On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:35:58 +0000, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Over on the Forum, LWHistorian has tried an 'outside the box' approach to > finding Ms Laycock's contact details. An author she collaborated with quite a > lot some years ago is Juliet Bawden. We may have discovered Ms Bawden's fax > number (she only wants to be contacted by fax, apparently). Jon, do you think > we should try following up this line of enquiry? I'm afraid being faxless > myself, I cannot help. This is of course in addition to the contact details > for the two Jane Laycocks he found. Hm. I'm a little leary of contacting former collaborators since it is an imposition that they're not really asking for. Ms. Bawden presumably wants faxes about her own work, not someone else's. Perhaps this would be better reserved until more appropriate channels have been exhausted. Thoughts? > I have also found the UK Children's Books Website, which has an illustrator > directory here: http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk/ills.html > > Should I try E-mailing them regarding Mr Hooks and Ms Laycock (neither of whom > appear on the list)? Go for it. :) > I know this is all getting a bit bureaucratic, but organisation is definitely > something we need, particularly to avoid unnecessarily repeating leads already > tried and exhausted. Agreed. -- Jon