The Westerman Yarns: Westerman Yarns Newsletters

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Westerman Yarns Newsletters

Membership of The Friends of The Westerman Yarns is still free of charge and all subscribers receive free complimentary reduced resolution pdf copies of The Westerman Yarns Newsletter. The newsletters are now available as high resolution, full-colour, satin finish magazines.

May 2013, Issue 1: £3.50 plus UK postage £1.50

November 2013, Issue 2:    £3.50 plus UK postage £1.50
May 2014, Issue 3                £3.50 plus UK postage £1.50
November 2014, Issue 4:    £3.50 plus UK postage £1.50
May 2015, Issue 5:               £3.50 plus UK postage £1.50

All five issues £17.50 plus UK postage £2.50

I am happy to obtain quotes to post overseas. Please email me at westermanyarns@gmail.com.

The next issue of The Westerman Yarns Newsletter will be available November 2015.

The Westerman Yarns

Percy F Westerman was born in Portsmouth in 1876 and for a time attended Portsmouth Grammar School. He worked as an Admiralty Clerk in the Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, and whilst there he began to write contributions for yachting magazines and other periodicals

At the age of 31 he began writing adventure books for children and during a fifty year writing career, he wrote more than 170 books. In the 1930s he was voted the most popular boys' author in a Daily Sketch poll conducted through public libraries.

His son John F C Westerman went on to write another 30 books in a similar style.

‘Westerman’ books are now sought after by collectors around the world.
If you are interested in learning more about Percy Westerman, please contact me as there are several different themed talks about him, his books and his love of sailing.