Monthly Archives: March 2019
Red Lion Books is shortlisted for Regional Independent Bookshop of the Year 2019
Yes, we are pleased and excited to have this recognition again this year!
And the judges want to know what you think about us!
If you want to let them know why you like the shop then click here, just follow this link and select Red Lion Books from the S.E Region list.
Then watch this space!
Celebrate World Book Day with us on Saturday 9th March
Home and Abroad: paintings by David Britton
Paintings by David Britton
New art exhibition opens March 2nd in our downstairs gallery area.
The artist will be in the shop to meet and talk with our customers
Saturday March 2nd 2-4 pm
David Britton went to Colchester Grammar School and then studied history at New College, Oxford. After a number of years in teaching, trying to fit painting and poetry round the edges, he left teaching to concentrate on art. After some time spent in the, to him, rather alien environment of Sheffield, he is back in his beloved native landscape of north-east Essex, living on Mersea Island and once again creating vast, haunting canvases which capture the big skies and the special play of light on land and water in Essex/Suffolk border country. Since his first one man exhibition at Project B Gallery, Colchester in 1975 David has exhibited widely establishing a reputation as one of our leading local artists.