The excellent independent bookshop Toppings of Ely (based in Midge Gillies’ home town) hosted a highly successful talk by the author about her book - recently reissued by Safe Haven in an updated and revised edition - at a local church. The event was extremely well attended, and Toppings sold all their substantial stock.
Juliet Rix and Safe Haven Books launch London's Statues of Women at St Dunstan in the West church
Juliet Rix and Joy Battick at the launch.
Juliet signing a copy for Rebecca Hawkins, sculptor of Lai Dai Han Mother and Child statue in St James’s Gardens.
Over 60 people filled the remarkable Fleet Street Church of St Dunstan in the West for the official launch of London’s Statues of Women - chosen by the author because it hosts, in its statue of Elizabeth I to the right of the entrance, the oldest statue of a named woman anywhere in the capital. A number of sculptors whose works appear in the book came along, including Mary Millner (Ada Lovelace), Rebecca Hawkins (Lai Dai Han), Catherine Anne Laugel (young Victoria) and Kevin Atherton (Joy Battick, twice). Joy herself also came, along with her daughter. We sold, and Juliet signed, every copy of the stock of books we brought.
Positive News features London's Statues of Women
Positive News magazine has featured London’s Statues of Women. As the piece says, ‘These sculptures do more than decorate the city, they reshape its story. Each woman depicted stands as a symbol of progress, resilience and creativity. And as their presence grows, so too does the promise of a more inclusive public space where every Londoner can see themselves reflected.’
The Camden New Journal features London's Statues of Women
The Camden New Journal, one of the best local papers in London, has given London’s Statues of Women a long and favourable review.
Matt Chorley interviews Juliet Rix about London's Statues of Women on BBC Radio 5 Live
On 31 July Juliet Rix was interviewed by Matt Chorley on his afternoon Radio 5 Live show about London’s Statues of Women.
Times Radio interviews Juliet Rix about London's Statues of Women
Tom Whipple interviewed Juliet Rix on Times Radio’s afternoon show about London’s Statues of Women.
The Londonist features London's Statues of Women
Juliet Rix has a feature on London’s Statues of Women on the hugely popular Londonist website.
The Times features London's Statues of Women
The Times’s London section published a double-page feature spread by Juliet Rix on London’s Statues of Women.
London's Statues of Women featured on London Cheapo
The London Cheapo website is featuring Juliet Rix’s London’s Statues of Women, and specifically recommending its Statue Safaris around central London.
Juliet Rix interviewed on BBC News website about London's statues of women
The unveiling in a London park of the capital’s latest statue of a woman, landscape gardener Fanny Wilkinson, saw Juliet Rix, author of London’s Statues of Women, interviewed by Radio London for the BBC News website.