JEMIA DE BLONDEVILLE, a Hastings-based poet and artist (and good friend of mine) recently reached out for help in putting together a book of her poetry. The result is WHERE FAIRIES ONCE DWELT, a slim volume of her whimsical writing, which she will be selling to raise funds for local wellbeing charity Arts on Prescription. Her poetry is very evocative of the 1970s hippy spirit, the thirty or so poems in this collection offering an ethereal take on nature and the supernatural. My contribution was to design and collate the paperback book itself around Jemia's poems, create the book cover to her specifications (front and back) using artwork created by Arwen Rose of Willow & Wolfe, then prepare print-ready files for publication. WHERE FAIRIES ONCE DWELT is available from Bookbuster in Hastings (price GBP 2.99), and from Jemia herself if you manage to catch her at one of the town's many poetry events. I believe she also plans a book launch event at Arts on Prescription at their Art in the Park centre in Alexandra Park, so look out for that too! It's a cute little poetry book and should sell well locally. Happy reading! Steph.