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Phil Mansell: Words & Pictures- Meet Arabella Saturday – the juggling star of my new Children’s BookI’ve just published my latest children’s book on Amazon. It’s available via this link. And here’s a video telling you all about it.
- Great review for my latest play!Pleased to report that the world premiere of my new play, ‘Look Out – He’s Got A Gun!’ was a sell-out success. I’ve added one of the reviews below. The play is currently with my publisher, Stage Scripts, but in … Continue reading →
- New Play Set for World Première!I’m pleased to report that my latest play, ‘Look Out – He’s Got A Gun!’ has been lined up for its première later this year. Javea Players have given the two-act comedy spoof a slot in their Studio Theatre. The … Continue reading →
- Radio interview about my books, plays and artworkI recently did a radio interview with DJ Bob James of Valley FM in Orba, and we talked about a variety of things, including my new children’s book, ‘Uncle Mungo and the Great Wallaby Painting Contest’, my plays, illustrating books, … Continue reading →
- Creating a YouTube Channel to Promote my Uncle Mungo BookI’ve been reading lots of stuff about how to promote your self-published paperback on Amazon. It’s a steep learning curve. One of the tools I’ve decided to use is YouTube. I’ve discovered (slightly to my surprise) that I already had … Continue reading →
- Uncle Mungo – the video.I created the video below to promote my book ‘Uncle Mungo and the Great Wallaby Painting Contest’. Available in paperback from Amazon.
- Paintings now onlineI’ve finally got around to updating my artwork page and have uploaded a selection of the oil paintings I have completed over the last 12 months, along with some preparatory sketches. (All my work is for sale by the way … Continue reading →
- All Set to Publish!I’m about to press the button to launch my first book on Amazon. It’s a moment filled with excitement and not a little trepidation. Just how did I get here? It all started about a year ago when I wrote a story … Continue reading →
- Coming Soon: Adventures in publishing with AmazonI’m in the process of publishing my first book on Amazon – and it’s been quite a journey. I aim to write about my experiences in self-publishing and record some of the highs and lows of the process. Hopefully, this will … Continue reading →
- ‘Bats’ Takes to the Stage AgainI was delighted to see that another amdram group is staging my one act play ‘Bats’. Hedgehog Productions have put on five productions of the play in three different venues in October 2018. This follows the very successful staging of … Continue reading →
- Meet Arabella Saturday – the juggling star of my new Children’s Book
Tag Archives: Phil Mansell
New Website for My Plays
As one door opens… I was pleased to hear from the Endeavour Theatre Company in Australia who were keen to produce my play ‘According to Claudia’. This was welcome news after my publisher ceased trading due to ill health. Just … Continue reading
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Tagged According To Claudia, amateur theatre, amdram, Award-winner, drama, new writing, Phil Mansell, playwright, script, Silvermoon Publishing, stage, stage play, the stage
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Using Scrivener to Hit My Word Target
As I mentioned in my blog about my art, I have taken a break from writing plays and set myself the challenge of writing an adventure story aimed at pre-teens (or Middle Grade fiction, as it is often known). I … Continue reading
Capturing A Paul Daniels Magic Moment
The news of the death of magician Paul Daniels reminded me of the time I took his photo – and managed to capture the moment he astounded a member of the public. It was back in 2008 when I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Caerleon, campus, card trick, conjuring, magic, May Ball, Newport, Paul Daniels, Phil Mansell, Photos by Phil Mansell, Press Officer, University of Wales
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Being Rejected by Sir George Martin Makes the News!
Amazing the power of social media. Yesterday I wrote my blog about how the late Sir George Martin turned down my band, The BOI, and sent out a tweet about it. Next thing I know a reporter from the local … Continue reading
George Martin Turned Down My Band!
The death of Beatles producer George Martin marks the end of an era. He was as much a part of the Fab Fours’ legend as the lads themselves. Hard to imagine anyone else being able to take the sounds they … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, AIR London, Crosby Stills & Nash, demo tape, Devon, Drew Millin, Frank Zappa, George Martin, John Peel, Music, Phil Mansell, The Beatles, The BOI, Torquay, Virgin Records, Wild Man Fischer
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In Praise of Enid Blyton’s Adventure Books
As it’s World Book Day it seems appropriate to remember the author who first got me really excited about reading and writing. From the age of five I was taken by my mother to the magnificent old library on Soho … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, adventure, banned, best-seller, boarding school, children's authors, crooks, Enid Blyton, Handsworth Library, inspirational, J.K.Rowling, Phil Mansell, plot, R.L.Stevenson, Roald Dahl, secret caves, sexist, shipwrecked, smugglers, talking parrot, The Famous Five, The Valley of Adventure, treasure, World Book Day, writing and re-writing, xenophobia, yarn
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