A new children’s book from Belfast is not only raising money for good causes but also gaining positive reviews for its potential in helping combat bullying. Eamon Nancarrow, who wrote the stories in ‘Liono, the little lion who loves flowers’, explains why: “The nine stories gently reveal that there is room in the world for [...]
Top Belfast hair stylist highlights new author
The internationally acclaimed hair stylists ‘Peter Maud Hair Peace‘ have begun a new campaign to help up and coming Northern Ireland artists. Utilising space in their Belfast salon they’ve begun exhibiting and selling work by authors and painters. For the owner Peter Maud it was a very simple decision: “New artists need support and we [...]
Eamon and Teelin are interviewed on U105
The last monkey
At Showcase UK we’re always wandering around thinking of possible plots for films, plays and even the odd sitcom but currently our efforts are concentrated on Eamon and Teelin’s book for children ‘Liono the little Lion who loves flowers‘ This has to be one of the most naturally created books around. As the images inspired [...]
Second set of page proofs for Liono
The last post on Friday evening delivered Liono’s second set of page proofs from Action Publishing. Overall we’re really happy with how it looks and there are only a couple of dots and dashes we’ve missed. Soon we’ll be setting up the pre-ordering page at shop.showcaseuk.tv
Liono reaches final stages
The final page proofs for ‘Liono the little lion who loves flowers’ have been received, checked and some minor alterations made. Once these have been finished we’ll be making the first two chapters available as a taster. Pre-orders will be available from the Showcase UK shop
Tom Ashford’s debut soundtrack
A chance encounter in Lockswood Centre has led to local composer Tom Ashcroft releasing his début album ‘Point to Point’. His mother Susan was talking with drama producer Jennifer Rainbird in one of the shops and naturally mentioned how well her son Tom had taken to composing soundtracks. What Susan didn’t realise is that Jennifer’s [...]