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Forewords and Book Contributions

30 June 20186 September 2025

It’s always flattering when I’m asked to write material for others’ books. These contributions are a mixture of forewords and short essays.

Forewords

  • Morgue File, Book 2 (2018) by Mike Meyer
  • Ghost Signs of Bath (2016) Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott
  • Morgue File, Book 1 (2016) by Mike Meyer
  • The Essential Guide to Hand Painted Signs (2016) by Wayne Tanswell
  • Ghost Signs of London (2015) by Nicholas Brewer
  • Fading Ads of Gloucester (2014) by Chris West

Short Essays

  • ‘Drum machines have no soul: The enduring appeal of hand-painted signs’ in Brush Master (2018) by Half Letter Press
  • ‘What to do about ghost letters’ in Ghostletters Vienna (2016) by Tom Koch
  • ‘Ghost signs: their place in history, on high streets and in our hearts’ Fading Ads of St Louis (2013) by William Stage
  • ‘Ghostsigns and the stories they tell’ in Liverpool Ghostsigns (2012) by Caroline and Phil Bunford
  • ‘Fading Ads and a Transatlantic Relationship’ in Fading Ads of New York City (2011) by Frank Jump
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