Emma Lee's story features in Gentle Footprints
Posted on 30th April 2010
Leicestershire writer Emma Lee’s story “Snowena” featured in “Gentle Footprints” story anthology to raise funds for wildlife charity Born Free.
Emma Lee has written a short story about a snow leopard which is included in an anthology of 19 stories, “Gentle Footprints” published by Bridge House Publishing. Proceeds will be donated to international wildlife conservation charity Born Free and its patron, actress Virginia McKenna OBE, has written the book’s foreword.
Virginia McKenna, whose association with lions started with her starring role in the 1966 movie Born Free, about a couple who raised an orphan lion cub, says of Gentle Footprints: “As someone who, for over 45 years, has been fascinated by animals, animal issues and their relationship with humans, I have been intrigued by this diverse and yet symbiotic collection of stories.
“Each writer has, of course, his or her own style, personal passions and individual focus on their chosen subject but, without exception, one is drawn into the narrative and enters, briefly, the particular world or moment being revealed.”
Gentle Footprints will be officially launched at this year’s Hay Festival. On Friday June 4 guest speaker Virginia McKenna will discuss the anthology and her work with Born Free, and there will be short readings from selected authors.
The book will retail for £11.99 of which £1 plus a share of the author’s royalty will be donated to Born Free.
For more information about Gentle Footprints call Debz Hobbs-Wyatt on 01286 870870 or 07919 407459 or email” marketing@bridgehousepublishing.co.uk”:mailto: marketing@bridgehousepublishing.co.uk
Details of the official launch of Gentle Footprints can by found on the Hay Festival website at www.hayfestival.com
Gentle Footprints authors have created a special blog providing further information and photographs about their chosen animal. See http://gentlefootprintsanimalanthology.blogspot.com/
Emma Lee
Emma Lee’s stories and poems are widely published. Her poetry collection, “Yellow Torchlight and the Blues” is available from Original Plus (UK) and novel “Bitter Fame” via http://www.bitterfame.webs.com. She blogs at http://emmalee1.wordpress.com. A knee injury forced her out of the ice-rink and she found herself hanging around with bands until she swapped beer-sticky floors for the comforts of cinemas. She lives in Leicester with her husband and daughter.
Virginia McKenna OBE
A veteran of screen and stage, BAFTA and Olivier Award winner Virginia McKenna (78) is best remembered for her 1966 role as Joy Adamson in Born Free, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Bill Travers, her real life husband, co-starred with her, playing conservationist George Adamson.
McKenna appeared in An Elephant Called Slowly (1969) alongside George Adamson, who had become a close friend, and elephants Eleanor and Pole Pole. The death of Pole Pole in a zoo prompted McKenna and Travers to found Zoo Check in 1984 and to their establishing the Born Free Foundation in 1991.
Travers died in 1994. McKenna continued her campaigning work and ten years later received an OBE for services to wildlife and the arts.
For more information on the Born Free Foundation visit www.bornfree.org.uk
