Books by Carran Waterfield
Redhair and Daffodil Friend (1988, 2001, 2022, 2024) installation, children’s book, stage adaptation with The Herbert Museum Coventry, University of Salford; The Brinepoint Colouring Book (2024) Pink Granite (2025) A Walking Companion (forthcoming). The House - an augmented play script (2016) Routledge. The Poetic Body (Body and Awareness - ed. Sandra Reeve - 2016) Triarchy Press.
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Pink Granite
Redhair and Daffodil Friend are poking about in Brinepoint's ancient records. Ghosts from another era leap out from the dusty pages of a sacred book of mind-boggling prophecies.
Meet the One Ear quarriers during the Angry Time when assemblies at the Green Circle and the Blessing Hut were frequent and necessary.
Meet Great Old White Beard, Tommy and Susan Left Foot and Jimmy-who-went-over- the-edge.
Why are sisters Sarah and Ella One Ear enraptured by their Great Great Granny's rituals? Why are they so keen to play their part in saving the villagers from making a grave mistake?
The Grand Old Duke had gashed his shin
And ripped his ear off
Marching up and down that hill.
Up Up
Down Down
Ten thousand of them quarrymen
In a dispute over health and safety.
'Pink Granite' is an historical fantasy story that explores ritual, coastal communities, struggle and women's magic.
'Pink Granite' is a prequel to Carran Waterfield's 'Redhair and Daffodil Friend', praised by readers of all ages.
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Redhair and Daffodil Friend
A tale about friendship, loyalty and minding your own business.
Redhair and Daffodil Friend is set in the fantastical coastal city of Brinepoint. It is a story about friendship, loyalty and minding your own business. It is about living with uncertainty at a time when learning to take responsibility is a challenge.
The two inseparable sisters are left home alone guarding Brinepoint's unique magical defences against extreme winters and summers. Lurking in the shadows is a shady guy determined to make money from the magic. How will the diligent girls prove themselves when left in charge? How will they cope when time and nature confuse the seasons while their mam is far away, sharing the magic?
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The Brinepoint Colouring Book
'The Brinepoint Colouring Book' is a companion to Redhair and Daffodil Friend by Carran Waterfield.
Create your own colour scheme, or work with the original 'Redhair and Daffodil Friend' by Carran Waterfield to crayon or paint your own version.
This uniique colouring book contains several outline drawings from the original story along with brand-new designs from the award-winning illustrator Fruzsina Czech.
Immerse yourself in Brinepoint with ‘all the colours ever dreamed of’. Travel with your coloured crayons to the city by the sea. Create your own festival garland colour scheme. Draw yourself as a new character for the book. Have a go at the wordsearch.
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