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If anyone out there is considering publishing their book, I can thoroughly recommend contacting Gail and Dan of Tricorn Books. After trying unsuccessfully for two years to find a publisher for Thomas Ellis Owen Shaper of Portsmouth, 'Father of Southsea' (one kept it for a year, another lost it!) I really needed their upbeat can-do approach. They were very patient as well and more than ready to guide and work with me and Tim (the photographer) to ensure it was a book we could all be proud of.  Now I'm really looking forward to holding it in my hands and hoping other people will enjoy it too. Sue Pike

We design, produce and project manage the publication of  titles through Tricorn Books (www.tricornbooks.co.uk) a trading name of 131 Design

"I got just what I wanted at Tricorn Books and 131 Design - a professional service that's friendly and supportive.  Unlike some big firms, Gail and Dan are able to give each individual the personal attention needed to bring out the best in their project.  Nothing was too much trouble and all at an easily accessible, central location in Old Portsmouth!" Jane Smith, local historian and author of Hilsea Lido 75"

Work may include bespoke covers and dust jackets with your own images and illustrations, intricate page layouts or simply to replicate existing templates using library photos. We can even take a simple pile of photographs, illustrations and words and artwork them into a beautiful finished product.

Whichever way you want to go, we do understand that your book is a considerable personal investment and will not try to bamboozle you into using our ideas or formulaic templates – however, if you need a guiding hand through this daunting process, we are here to discuss it.

Press Release .  Press Release .  Press Release

New publishing company Tricorn Books in Old Portsmouth are celebrating their successful second year with a reprint of their first title: The Tricorn: Life and Death of a Sixties Icon by Celia Clark and Robert Cook - in full colour this time.  The first print run has sold out. 

Since mid-May last year Gail Baird and Dan Bernard have designed and published eight books.  Their subjects are extraordinarily varied: from Alex Hibbert's 'The Long Haul' describing the longest fully unsupported polar journey in history which he completed in 2008, to Roger James's 'Mongomery at Alamein' which includes his own account as a serving desert soldier. 

Gail and Dan ran creative workshops for young people in Paulsgove, Havant and Gosport - and published the impressive artwork produced, stimulated by visits to local museums and cultural venues in: 'Introducing the ‘M’ word: Engaging Young People in Museums and Cultural services'.  Tony Boxall's, 'The Ordanance of Southsea Castle' and Jane Smith’s 'Hilsea Lido 75: 75th Anniversary Souvenir Booklet' both cover local heritage and interest.

To come is Sue Pike's authoritative account of Thomas Ellis Owen's Southsea.  Owen was the developer/architect of one of the earliest garden suburbs, centering on St. Jude's Church, Kent Road.

Tricorn Books' publications have received some excellent reviews.  Icon magazine praised the Tricorn book as 'this odd but moving book', and the Twentieth Century Society commended its account of sixties social history and the quality of the photographs by Garrick Palmer, the Caravan Gallery, Jeannie Driver, Celia Clark and Robert Cook.  Excellent graphic design by 131 Design and quality, are characteristics of Tricorn Books' production.

Gail and Dan welcome new ideas for publications.  They can be contacted at 131 High Street, Old Portsmouth, via their web site at www.tricornbooks.co.uk and on 023 9273 6271.

The Tricorn: Life and Death of a Sixties Icon by Celia Clark and Robert Cook