Puffin Post Vol.8 no.3


One of Jill McDonalds more surreal covers (this one was a bind to restore!). This features TOMCAT with one of his more unusual thought processes!

This issue contained:

Short Stories:
Treacle Tart – by Robert Graves

featuring:
Space Oddities by Patrick Moore
A Single Clue – Mollie Hunter explains why she writes historical novels
Making a Corn Dolly
Susan Cooper tells us about Secret Places
Soldier and Me – about the adaptation of ‘Run for your Life’ on Granada TV

… and Norman Hunters Magic Corner

Puffin Post Vol.8 no.3


One of Jill McDonalds more surreal covers (this one was a bind to restore!). This features TOMCAT with one of his more unusual thought processes!

This issue contained:

Short Stories:
Treacle Tart – by Robert Graves

featuring:
Space Oddities by Patrick Moore
A Single Clue – Mollie Hunter explains why she writes historical novels
Making a Corn Dolly
Susan Cooper tells us about Secret Places
Soldier and Me – about the adaptation of ‘Run for your Life’ on Granada TV

… and Norman Hunters Magic Corner

Puffin Post Vol.6 No.2

A cover with a rare opportunity to see a ‘real’ puffin alongside Fat Puffin.

Contents include:

Coverage of the Great Puffin 5th Birthday Exhibition.
A call to all Puffineers (members) from Kaye Webb to help raise £3000 to buy a stretch of coastline as a Puffin reserve. I add that this was achieved and is still there! If you want to visit, it is part of the RSPB reserve on Bempton Cliffs.

Short Stories:
The Changeling Dragon – by Modwena Sedgwick (illustrated by Ronald Searle)
Maddened by Mystery or The Defective Detective – by Stephen Leacock

Interview with Pauline Baynes – illustrator of the Narnia books
Interview with Arthur C. Clarke

Norman Hunter’s Magic Corner
David Swift talks about his Role as Napoleon in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace (1972)

Puffin Post Vol.6 No.2

A cover with a rare opportunity to see a ‘real’ puffin alongside Fat Puffin.

Contents include:

Coverage of the Great Puffin 5th Birthday Exhibition.
A call to all Puffineers (members) from Kaye Webb to help raise £3000 to buy a stretch of coastline as a Puffin reserve. I add that this was achieved and is still there! If you want to visit, it is part of the RSPB reserve on Bempton Cliffs.

Short Stories:
The Changeling Dragon – by Modwena Sedgwick (illustrated by Ronald Searle)
Maddened by Mystery or The Defective Detective – by Stephen Leacock

Interview with Pauline Baynes – illustrator of the Narnia books
Interview with Arthur C. Clarke

Norman Hunter’s Magic Corner
David Swift talks about his Role as Napoleon in the BBC adaptation of War and Peace (1972)

Puffin Post Vol.4 No.4


Another blinder from Jill McDonald. I really take my hat off to this lady. I still kick myself that I missed meeting her at the Puffin Exhibitions I attended. Ah my misspent youth chasing after authors!!

Anywho… the contents of this issue included:

Short stories:
My friend the Snake Charmer – by Ben Lucien Burman
The Picketty Ghost – by Ursula Moray Williams

Singular Disaster Strikes Survivor Z&!!5 – This looks like a collaboration by Jill McDonald and Norman Hunter – I’ll have to look into this!
Meet Your Author – Francis Hodgson Burnett – by Ann Thwaite
Museum Mania – A guide to five museums of interest to puffineers

…and pictures from the Hallowe’en party held on October 31st 1970 in Middlesex

Puffin Post Vol.4 No.4


Another blinder from Jill McDonald. I really take my hat off to this lady. I still kick myself that I missed meeting her at the Puffin Exhibitions I attended. Ah my misspent youth chasing after authors!!

Anywho… the contents of this issue included:

Short stories:
My friend the Snake Charmer – by Ben Lucien Burman
The Picketty Ghost – by Ursula Moray Williams

Singular Disaster Strikes Survivor Z&!!5 – This looks like a collaboration by Jill McDonald and Norman Hunter – I’ll have to look into this!
Meet Your Author – Francis Hodgson Burnett – by Ann Thwaite
Museum Mania – A guide to five museums of interest to puffineers

…and pictures from the Hallowe’en party held on October 31st 1970 in Middlesex