![]() ![]() ![]() In 1996, the stories were adapted for television, using the voices of actors including Jim Broadbent and June Whitfield.Īnn-Janine Murtagh at HarperCollins said the publisher’s staff were all deeply saddened at the news of Barklem’s death. Each of the stories was deeply researched, and would take up to two years to finish all of the food that features in the stories, for example, was created by Barklem in her kitchen first, to see that it worked. ![]() They were followed by The Secret Staircase, The High Hills, Sea Story and Poppy’s Babies. She went on to publish Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story and Winter Story in 1980. I certainly never imagined that one day I would write my own,” Barklem said. “I did not have a very clear idea of my future but assumed I would earn my living by illustrating other people’s books. Illustration: Jill Barklemīarklem first conceived the stories in the 1970s, as she commuted from her Epping home into St Martin’s School of Art on the London underground. Hawthorn blossom, as pictured in one of the Brambly Hedge books. ![]()
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