Books on art, gardening, food, surfing and more...

Alison Hodge are publishers of high-quality, award-winning, illustrated books by leading authors. We specialize in the areas of art and photography, gardening, garden history, horticulture, natural history, food and surfing.

This site contains full details of all our books – in print and forthcoming – and information about their authors. You can use Google Book Search to look inside lots of the books … just follow the link from the catalogue entry. If you would like to make a purchase, it couldn’t be simpler … put the book in your shopping basket, and go to Google Checkout.

We enjoy producing our books, and we hope you enjoy them too.


WHAT’S NEW?
Just published …
Sarah Chapman's Iconic Cornwall portrays those iconic locations that exemplify Cornwall – places that fascinate, intrigue and inspire.

Cornwall from the Coast Path records a 16-day walk around the coast of Cornwall. Handsomely illustrated, it captures the authors’ passion for Cornwall’s rich coastal heritage.

We have three new books in our Pocket Cornwall series: Exploring the Cornish Coast, Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and Wildflowers of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The first book in the series, Exploring the Camel Estuary, published last year, was so popular that we have just reprinted it.

Explore Cornwall with Pocket Cornwall … they’re great little books, and great value for money!


AWARDS
We are thrilled to have been shortlisted in the prestigious British Book Design and Production Awards 2008. The listing is in the Brand/Series identity category for our new Pocket Cornwall series.

David Chapman’s books Wild about Cornwall and Penwith Moods both received Commendations in the 2008 Holyer an Gof Awards for the best Cornish publications of 2007.

We received the Waterstone's Special Award 2007 – the first of its kind – for John Such's book Cornwall from Above at the 2007 Holyer an Gof Awards. This book has been reprinted twice already!

Andrew Tompsett's book Golden Harvest: The story of daffodil growing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly won First Place in its class in the 2007 Holyer an Gof Awards for the best Cornish publications of 2006. John Such's book Cornwall from Above received a Commendation in its class.

Cornish Fishing and Seafood, by Carol Trewin and Adam Woolfitt, won the Gourmand English-UK Awards 2006, in the category Best Local Cookery Book. Previous winners include Rick Stein and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards are regarded as the Oscars of food and drink books, and regularly attract some 6,000 entries from 65 countries. Winners are selected for the author ‘whose personality and heart shines throughout the book’; for their high quality of production and printing, and as a user-friendly book that ‘respects and understands’ the reader.

Philip McMillan Browse's book Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs won First Place in its class in the 2006 Holyer an Gof Awards for the best Cornish publications of 2005.

Gourmet Cornwall, by Carol Trewin and Adam Woolfitt, won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2005, for the Best Local Cookbook published in English in the UK. It was also shortlisted by the Guild of Food Writers for their Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food 2006.

Charles Fox's book, Glendurgan: A Personal Memoir of a Garden in Cornwall, was awarded First Place in its class in the 2005 Holyer an Gof Awards for the best Cornish publications of 2004. Suzanne Treseder's A Passion for Plants: The Treseders of Truro received a Commendation in the same class.