Sam Llewellyn is a writer, publisher and editor.
Sam Llewellyn has written some forty novels for adults and children. Since 2010 he has been the editor of the Marine Quarterly, a journal of the sea., which has a readership of about 4000. The object of the MQ is to print stories and articles about the sea as it is seen from the sea, and the parts of the land visible from the sea. He is a columnist for Practical Boat Owner, Hortus and Broad Sheep magazines and the RYA website, a novelist and a sought-after public speaker.
Latest book
Digging Deeper with the Duchess
Digging with the Duchess shifted the balance of gardening books away from muck and magic towards a darkish hilarity, earning international plaudits in the process. Digging Deeper with the Duchess is a new volume of essays, in which the saga continues, packed with horticulture, travel and risk. Read it if you dare.
Reviews
'It's hard to be funny about gardening, but Sam Llewellyn manages it in Digging Deeper with the Duchess.
The Oldie
'Funny, scabrous, phantasmagoric - not to mention surprisingly useful plants-wise. The perfect gift for a green-fingered loved one.'
The Tatler
'Unashamedly light-hearted and witty....Sam Llewellyn has a duchess staying with him in his house, The Hope, in Herefordshire. To keep her off the gin and fags he takes her either into his large garden or into other people’s, here and abroad, where she makes pungent comments and gets into scrapes. Along the way, information is imparted, some of it horticultural... I can recommend this book for your bedside table.'
Ursula Buchan in the Spectator
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