South Downs landscape writing debut signed

Penned in the Margins is to publish The Old Weird Albion, a debut book by American artist and writer Justin Hopper. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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