Neil Gower
@neiljgower
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Artist. Welsh bibliophile, writer and... yes, poet (there, I've said it)
My ivory tower, Lewes & Berlin
Joined December 2010
If you are interested in writing #memoir, its power to express the unspeakable and change a life, read this extraordinary interview with @clarebest1 whose memoir, The Missing List pushes the bounds of form https://t.co/ED63TLg9QH
#writingcommunity
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In this series of interviews, I will be talking to memoirists, both published and working towards publication, about their writing process, and how writing memoir has helped them better understand...
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ā¦@Lilydunnwriterā© ā¦@clarebest1ā© You may have seen this before, but here are my musingsā¦ The Bookseller - Features - Brief encounters: Neil Gower on how to design for sensitive subjects with tact
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Illustrator Neil Gower gives us a glimpse into his process for designing the cover for Clare Bestās The Missing List and explains the challenges distinct to this brief.
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I love mountain roads. I love the vantage they confer. I love the shapes they describe: all loops and flourishes. I love to draw them on maps. I love to FEEL the terrain in the paper. The Bwlch Mountain Love Letters to Elsewhere #Bwlch #Rhondda #Cwmparc #Wales
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This was a delight to devise and paint - a great title always helps -hope it showsā¦ #painting #gouache #bookcoverart
Dear stranger, welcome to Sark. š A haunting, historical mystery awaits in THE STRANGERāS COMPANION, out on 20th June. Thank you to @neiljgower for the stunning cover! šāØ Available to pre-order & request on NetGalley here: https://t.co/dknrgQ28YR
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I am more proud of this cover than is entirely seemlyā¦ The Strangerās Companion by Mary Horlock @BaskervilleJMP
#painting #gouache #bookcoverart
Itās raining in Bristol again but who cares when thereās a finished copy of this beauty to admire! š This delicious 1930s mystery, set on the tiny island of Sark, is a joy for fans of Kate Atkinson & the coastal gothic of du Maurier. Cover by @neiljgower #TheStrangersCompanion
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I call this one āthe green, green graphs of homeā¦ā #SouthDowns #Sussex
#photography #colour
@theROSAmag #art
Green Shoots, Monsters, Sickness, Envy? What do you most associate with the colour green? Take a deeper look into the history and meanings of colour with @Saschaloske, @brightonmuseums curator and colour historian... https://t.co/N6Oc84Y9pG Image: @neiljgower
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Green Shoots, Monsters, Sickness, Envy? What do you most associate with the colour green? Take a deeper look into the history and meanings of colour with @Saschaloske, @brightonmuseums curator and colour historian... https://t.co/N6Oc84Y9pG Image: @neiljgower
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Yes, I was aiming for a Ravilious/Lowry (LS not Malcolm) mash-upā¦ ā¦and I confess to being rather proud: both of the cover and to be associated with this book. Feel free to judge either by the otherā¦
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And a sixth, bonus book - 12 bird biographies in 1 - The Twelve Birds of Christmas, a playful reinterpretation of the familiar carol! Lovely dust-jacket by @neiljgower - Happy Christmas to you all and here's to a better 2024...
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I was unwittingly snapped āin actionā while drawing Notre Dame in the Writersā Room Visitor Bookā¦ #NotreDame #Paris
#pencil #drawing #sketching
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Well, this could NOT go unrecorded, and where better? The view and my contribution to the Shakespeare&Co Writersā Room Visitorsā Book #NotreDame #Paris
#pencil #drawing #sketching
@Shakespeare_Co
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Today, Kingston Ridge, like running through hot Ravilious honeyā¦ #SouthDowns #Sussex
#running #Ravilious
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The annual @stbridelibrary conference is back after a twelve year hiatus. I created the posters for it, using type sourced from the library itself. Online and in-person tickets can be found here: https://t.co/1O2H9HrWRf
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āIt is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferentālose your invaluable curiosity... Itās as simple as that.ā -Tove Jansson
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