The Benson Window Appeal

Episode 03 of Radio Tilling will shortly be posted online (watch the RSS feed on the side or check out iTunes or other podcast services soon!) and in it I take a look at the Benson Windows in St. Mary's Church, Rye and at the fundraising effors currently being made to save them from weather damage!
In the episode I mention some links and forms which you can use if you would like to help with the appeal; the E.F.Benson Society link mentioned is here; the Friends of St. Mary's form can be downloaded here (requires Adobe Acrobat) .
Please do consider contributing to this exceedingly good cause - hopefully the windows can be save for future generations, and you will be, in some way, imitating Lucia or, as Mrs Mapp-Flint nicknamed her, "Lady Bountiful"!

Major Benjy at The Oxford Literary Festival

Well, strictly speaking, it's Guy Fraser-Sampson (my guest on Episode 2 of the Radio Tilling podcast) talking about his book "Major Benjy". Guy will be appearing at 12pm in Festival Room 2, Christ Church, and tickets can be booked by visiting This Page (you will need to scroll down the page for details on Guy's talk)

"Major Benjy" now available for pre-order on Amazon.com

As promised, here is the Amazon.com link to the new Tilling novel "Major Benjy" by Guy Fraser-Sampson:
Major Benjy
And here is the Amazon.co.uk link again:
Major Benjy

Quai-Hai!

After much teasing, the latest episode of Radio Tilling is now online, in time to mark Fred's 141st Birthday.
The link on the left is playing up at the moment - hopefully it will update itself shortly - in the meantime, the episode IS on iTunes; if you are already subscribed via iTunes, you should get the episode the next time your subscription updates (or you can subscribe for free by following the iTunes link o nthe left - which DOES work!)
Alternatively, you can get Episode 02 HERE

I am now planning the next episode... wish me luck!

Nearly...

After trials and tribulations undeserved (well, ALMOST undeserved!) I have finally finished editing and compiling the second episode of the podcast - but I'm going to make you wait for it until July 24th - Fred's 141st Birthday!

It's Been A Long Time...

...Since the last post, but I hope to be able to make up for this in the coming weeks and months!
Today (Sunday 6th July) I recorded an interview with author Guy Fraser-Sampson, whose new book, "Major Benjy" a new story based on the world of Mapp and Lucia, is set for publication on 1st September.
I had great fun talking to Guy about Benson, Tilling and books in general, and once the editing is finished, I hope to have it online as Episode 2 of the Radio Tilling Podcast on 24th July - Fred's 141st Birthday!
In the meantime, more information about "Major Benjy" can be found here

And UK fans can pre-order Major Benjy from Amazon.co.uk (affiliate link) here

As soon as the book is available to US readers, I will add a special link for them!
Please do support this book - it is the first of a planned trilogy and is the first officially authorised novel based on Tilling since Tom Holt's excellent books way back in the 1980's!

Now on iTunes!

Radio Tilling is now available to download from Apple's iTunes: clicking here will open iTunes (if installed on your computer) on the Radio Tilling page (there is also a link in the menu on the left of this post)

If you don't already have iTunes, you can get it here.