Talking about Ken Russell

After ten years of research and writing, my lovely big book about Ken Russell is published. It is called 'Talking about Ken Russell' and is available in two hardback formats. A standard edition in black-and-white, which costs £30 and is widely available (Amazon, book shops, etc.) and a colour edition, much better printed, with 60 extra pages of illustrations, that is limited to 500 copies. The colour version costs £95 in the UK, $135 in the United States, which includes postage. Email camerajournal@hotmail.com for availability and to place orders.

Here's the blurb: 

A celebration of the work of Ken Russell. A portrait of the man and his art from the 1950s to the great films of the 1960s and 1970s, the cult films of the 1980s, through to the digital short films with which he ended his career. Talking About Ken Russell includes hundreds of exclusive interviews with Russell and the people who worked with him, and includes, for example, the first-hand testimonies of a dozen people who worked on Women in Love, and twenty members of the cast and crew of The Devils. Actors, editors, designers, continuity women, producers, assistants, special effects artists, composers, sound recordists, and the camera crews, all recall their working days with Ken Russell. In addition to these interviews, Paul Sutton adds choice finds from his ten-year research into Russell’s careers in photography, film and opera, and uncovers a treasure trove of previously unknown material. This book aims to shine new light on the popular masterpieces and bring to the fore lesser-known works that should be better-known.

Contributors include: Angela Allen, Lindsay Anderson, Luciana Arrighi, Roy Baird, Stuart Baird,
Joan Bakewell, John Baxter, Richard Bennett, Alan Benson, Jonathan Benson, Cyrus Bharucha, Derek Boshier, Don Boyd, Mike Bradsell, Melvyn Bragg, Peter Brett, Garrett Brown, Kevin Brownlow, Humphrey Burton, Nell Campbell, Colin Chilvers, Roger Christian, Peter Coulson, Kathryn Cowdrick, Bernard Cribbins, Roger Crittenden, Carl Davis, Janet Deuters, Paul Dufficey, Peter Ettegudi, Peter Firth, Barrie Gavin, Uri Geller, Nickolas Grace, Tony Gray, Georgina Hale, Philip Harrison, Vangie Harrison, Ron Hitchins, Christopher Hobbs, Tim Hutchinson, Dan Ireland, Glenda Jackson, Margaret Jacob, Anne James, Alexei Jawdokimov, Gemma Jones, Carol Kane, Miriam Karlin, Tony Kaye, Felicity Kendal, Sara Kestelman, Dave King, Larry Kramer, Bruce Lacey, Sandy Lieberson, Christopher Logue, Barry Lowe, Paul McGann, John McGlashan, Hong Manley, Mardik Martin, Murray Melvin, Helen Messenger, Emma Millions, Brian Murphy, Maureen Murray, Tony Palmer, Judith Paris, Vivian Pickles, Rosalind Plowright, Geoff Portass, Mercedes Quadros, Craig Reardon, Gary Rich, John Richardson, Ken Russell, Barry Sandler, Simon Sayce, Brian Simmons, Ann Skinner, Dick Smith, Richard Smith, Bob Solo, Mike Southon, Rob Stork, Peter Suschitzky, Dudley Sutton, Matthew Sweet, Ronnie Taylor, Brian Tufano, Twiggy,
Robin Vidgeon, Stephen Volk, Rick Wakeman, Vicki Wallis, David Watkin, Ken Westbury, David Whiteson, Ian Whittaker, Billy Williams, Michael Winner, Selena Wylie