On Saturday June 30th we will be pleased to welcome Kirsty Fergusson to The Book Shop to sign copies of her new book “Slow Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly”.
Kirsty is well-known figure in West Dorset having been head gardener at Mapperton from 1990 to 1993, and she lived in the area until 2003. Since then she has divided her time between homes in Cornwall and Jarnac, France where she runs garden tours. As a garden writer she has contributed regularly to House and Garden, Homes and Gardens, Garden Life as well as the gardening and weekend pages of the Telegraph and the Times. She has also written for Country Life, Kew Gardens quarterly magazine, and The Garden, the monthly journal of the RHS.
Kirsty has written the book for Bradt Travel Guides: she also contributed to “Slow Dorset” a companion volume in the Bradt series which was published in April this year.
“Slow Cornwall…” is as much an entertaining armchair read as a practical guide: this is a personal, slow, tour of Cornwall. Experience crashing waves and glorious beaches, wild moorland and wooded valleys, and the quiet and hitherto unsung byways of the Cornish landscape. Take time to savour the outstanding cuisine and seek out the lively arts scene. Interviews with locals – from blacksmiths and bakers to artists and fishermen – paint an intimate picture of the people of the region. Kirsty Fergusson enriches your stay with her local knowledge on where to stay, eat and drink and what to see and do. Tips on where to paddle with the tide up wooded creeks to village pubs, on where to discover lost varieties of Cornish apples and on riding a bike from standing stones to swimming holes, provide an intimate picture of the county.
The signing will run from 10am to 12 noon. The book can be preordered below, for home delivery or collection and payment at the shop.
