The QueenSpark Books project team, historian Dr Geoffrey Mead, young artists and writers, and project mentors Tim Pilcher and Paul Collicutt met recently for a sunny WWI inter-generational event at Pavilion Gardens Cafe in Brighton. The session brought together the group as part of the research for a digital and print graphic novel based on the lives of the people of the city up to and including the First World War. David, the Pavilion Gardens Cafe owner encouraged some of his older customers to join in, enabling participants to hear (in person) from people who had relatives who went through the war.

Brighton’s Graphic War project, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Great War, marks a moment in time where young people can be creatively engaged in understanding the lives of their forebears, and the impact the War had on this city and its people. See more images and resources on the QueenSpark Books project website, brightonsgraphicwar.com

Queenspark Books is currently looking for new shops and venues in the city who would like to sell selections of our books on a discounted sale or return basis around Brighton and Hove and further afield. Books are delivered to you and provided on a discounted sellers rate, along with a host of other benefits including free literary gifts and postcards. If you can recommend a new stockist partner for our books, then we will gift you a selection of five of our own titles for free!

To find out more contact admin@queensparkbooks.org.uk