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Quilty Pleasures - Autumn Courses & Events - 08/09/2010
Quilt Group Come along and sit and sew with your fellow quilters! We provide the tea & coffee - just bring along your hand sewing/quilting.At the shop, every other Wednesday from 8th September, 7.45pm to 9.45pm£3.50 per session. Please note that due to limited space in the shop places must...
Billy Showell Book Launch - 01/09/2010
Come and join Billy Showell at the launch of her amazing new book, A-Z of Flower Portraits, at Kew Gardens in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art.The event will take place on 18th September, from 2pm-4pm.Billy will be signing copies of her book at the event, so com...
Search Press on YouTube! - 22/07/2010
Hello Everyone!The official video from the Search Press Meet the Artist event is now available on YouTube.This was filmed by Ben Kersey, son of our Managing Editor Sophie. I think you will all agree he has a real talent - next stop Hollywood!
NEW Arts & Crafts at PURL - 16/07/2010
ARTS & CRAFTS FOR CHILDREN - SUMMER HOLIDAYSMonday Tuesday (10.30am-12.30pm)Wednesday (10.30am-12.30pm) Thursday (10.30am-12.30pm) Friday (10.30am-12.30pm)Shop Closed 27.07.10Mosaics - Jo28.07.10Tie Dye Workshop Phil Bint29.07.10Embroidery - Sally30.07.10K...
Jean Haines @ Mall Galleries - 14/06/2010
Search Press author Jean Haines, will be taking part in The Society of Women Artists Annual Open Exhibition this year.The exhibition is being held at The Mall Galleries and runs from 1st to 10th July. Jean will be there on 7th July from 11.30am.Jean will be doing two demonstrations through...
We won! - 11/05/2010
We are delighted to announce that Search Press has won Best Craft Book Publisher in the Craft Business Awards 2009/10.Winning this award is a great honour for us as it is voted for by our customers - so we would like to thank everyone who voted for us.
Watercolour Competition 2010 - 28/04/2010
Call for entries - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2010.Artists are invited to submit works for the 2010 Competition and have the chance to appear in the largest watercolour exhibition in the UK.Deadline for entries is 3rd July.Prizes include:First Prize: £10,000Second Priz...
Bookseller Award Nomination - 26/04/2010
Search Press is thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for another award.We have been nominated as Independent Publisher of the Year in the Bookseller Industry Awards.This nomination is a real honour, especially as it comes so soon after we were awarded Innovation of the Year b...
Search Press wins! - 13/04/2010
We are proud to announce that Search Press was awarded The Nielsen Innovation of the Year Award at the 2010 Independent Publishing Awards this weekend.We won this award for our bestselling Ready to Paint series:NIELSEN INNOVATION OF THE YEARArts and crafts specialist Search Press received ...
Janet Whittle Workshop in Italy - 30/03/2010
Watercolour artist and Search Press Author Janet Whittle, is hosting a new workshop this September.The workshop will take place in the beautiful Sibillini Mountains National Park in Umbria and runs for 6 nights from 6th - 12th September.Wonderful scenery and food is promised, and non paint...
Search Press Tweets! - 18/03/2010
You can now follow Search Press on TwitterCheck back for daily updates on the craft world, new publications and the people who work behind the scenes at this popular publishers!
Society of Botanical Artists - Silver Jubilee Exhibition - 11/03/2010
The Society of Botanical Artists are holding their Silver Jubilee Exhibition next month, at Westminster Central Hall.The exhibition will be open daily between 10am and 5pm, from Friday 16th to Sunday 25th April and features Search Press author Billy Showell.Prints, greetings card...
Cardmaking Workshops - 11/03/2010
Creativity Cards & Crafts in Eastbourne are running Cardmaking Workshops throughout spring, please find the new list of classes below. MARCH Saturday 20th Penny Black - The content of this workshop will depend on the new designs from Penny Black - usually gorgeou...
3 Award Nominations for Search Press - 09/03/2010
We are proud to announce that Search Press has been nominated for 3 awards in the 2010 Independent Publishing Awards.Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year - "Search Press knows exactly what their readers want and delivers it to them very professionally. I...
Saving the world one box at a time! - 03/03/2010
Search Press was recently contacted by one of our customers, The Threshing Barn, who have come up with a unique way of recycling our cardboard boxes:"You will be pleased to know how creative we are with your empty cardboard boxes. As they are good quality we cut them up into weav...
Joanna Sheen wins Best New Craft Book 2009 - 19/01/2010
We are thrilled to announce that one of our titles Joanna Sheens World of Cards has just been voted Best New Craft Book 2009 in the Aceville Craft Awards. This award is very special as it is voted for by readers of Crafts Beautiful, Let's Make Cards and Let's Get Crafting magazines.Our congr...
Search Press helps to build a school in Ghana - 25/11/2009
Search Press is publishing a practical healthy eating cookbook in January and the entire proceeds will go towards building a school in Ghana, in Nwanta, a deprived region of North East Ghana. Help us by adding a copy to your orders and enjoy (amongst other things) lots of healthy, quick an...
The Big Draw - 13/11/2009
Search Press recently sponsored an art competiton to support The Big Draw - a nationwide art/drawing event that ran throughout October.We teamed up with Saltmarsh, Tunbridge Wells Museum and Tunbridge Wells Adult Education Centre and asked local school children to submit artwork based...
Calling all Art Groups - 12/11/2009
Do you run/lead an art group? Would you like to be part of our 40th Anniversary celebrations next July? If so please get in touch via enquiries@searchpress.com for more details.
Dani Humberstone Book Launch - 14/10/2009
Dani Humberstone, author of one of Search Press' newest titles: How to Paint Abstracts, is holding a book launch on 30th October from 7pm-9pm.The event will take place at The Hen on the Gate Barn in Mayfield. Entrance is by invitation only, so if you would like to attend please contact Dani by p...
Practical Art Book of the Year - 02/06/2009
Search Press is thrilled to announce that 4 of our titles have been nominated for this years Practical Art Book of the Year.The Acrylic Flower Painters A-Z (Lexi Sundell), Terry's Top Tips for Watercolour Artists (Terry Harrison), The Watercolour Flower Artists Bible (Claire Waite Brown) an...
James Horton named president of RBA - 01/06/2009
Search Press author James Horton (Painting Landscapes in Oils) was elected as the new president of The Royal Society of British Artists on 28th May.Formed in 1823, The Royal Society of British Artists advocates the highest standards of skill, expression and concept throughout the visual arts.To find...
Billy Showell Radio Interview - 03/04/2009
Search Press author Billy Showell, held a book launch for her new title, Watercolour Fruit & Vegetable Portraits on 1st April.During the launch she was interviewed by Andy Garland from BBC Radio Kent. The interview will be on air Sunday morning (5th April) at about 8.20amFor those of you that en...
Red Nose Day - 20/03/2009
Here at Search Press we take fundraising for Comic Relief very seriously.Last Friday we baked cakes, held a charity auction, auctioned off promises (such as dog walks for a week) and a few of us went that extra mile and dressed up in silly costumes.Above is our Publicity Manager,...
Stitches Competition Winner - 24/02/2009
This year at Craft, Hobby & Stitch (a trade show held at the NEC, Birmingham), we ran a competition on our stand. Everyone who put their business card in our entry box was in with a chance of winning £200 of craft books.We would like to announce the winner: Sarah Hillman of The Wool Shop, ...
Terry Harrison demonstrates at our Sales Conference - 17/12/2008
Here at Search Press we have an annual Sales Conference. This year it was held on 12th December and we were thrilled when Terry Harrison agreed to demonstrate a project from his new book - Ready to Paint: Barns, at the event.The whole day was a huge success and Terry managed to paint this ...
Search Press Wedding - 08/12/2008
Here you are, the proof that they did actually do it and not just take the presents and run.And do it in style they did. This is the happy couple after their fairytale wedding on a Mauritius beach. We wish them both a lifetime of happiness.
Knitted Tea Party - 03/12/2008
The 29th November saw the event of the month, as far as Knitter's are concerned - The Ultimate Knitted Tea Party at I Knit London, to celebrate the launch of Wild Tea Cosies and Knitted Cakes.The event officially started at 3pm, but by 2.45 the shop was full of people knitting and admiring the c...
News from the Trade - 23/10/2008
Monkton Elm Garden Centre in Somerset is one of Search Press' newest customers, so we were delighted to receive the following words of praise from them:Search Press have been a great supplier for us at Monkton Elm. We are a new craft centre in Taunton, Somerset. The catalogue is simp...