Sark – Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook

Appointment with Venus

Peter Kenny

January 20, 2010

My friend Catriona lent me this 1951 novel by Jerrard Tickell, an Irish novelist (1905-1966). Appointment with Venus was made into a film the same year, with a cast which included David Niven, Kenneth More, Glynis Johns and others, and shot in Pinewood Studios and on Sark. The story features an imaginary Channel Isle named…

Amorel, Appointment with Venus, Catriona Stares, Jerrard Tickell, Sark

More glimpses of Mervyn Peake

Peter Kenny

November 16, 2009

I have been reading more of Mervyn Peake, particularly Boy in Darkness and other stories which was edited by Sebastian Peake. All the stories were new to me, and it is beautifully produced with more than 40 illustrations by Peak too. There is one story in it called I Bought a Palm Tree, about a…

boy in darkness and other stories, i bought a palm tree, Mervyn Peake, Sark, Sebastian Peake

Mervyn Peake in Sark

Peter Kenny

October 23, 2009

I have been looking at some of Mervyn Peake’s work, and there is a great site here, run by his son Sebastian Peake. I emailed Sebastian to ask for permission to use one of the photos on The Anthology of Guernsey site. Sebastian says this picture is of his father “at work writing Gormenghast in…

Arundel, Arundel Castle, Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake, Sark, Sebastian Peake, Warningcamp