For readers, groups, press & programmers
Reading-group kits, discussion questions, the press file, approved biographies and the tech rider — collected here so nobody has to wait a month for a reply. Use any of it freely; credit the photographer.
12 pages · discussion questions, timeline, map
For Salt Rooms, Paper Bridges and The Cartographer's Hand. Includes a page of things Vell got wrong and later corrected, which groups seem to enjoy more than the questions.
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Two approved biographies (32 and 71 words), publication facts for every title, and jacket images at 300 dpi.
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Photographs by Nell Faraday, free for editorial use with the credit line intact. No cropping above the shoulders, please.
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A lectern, a glass of water, one microphone, and house lights left partly up so she can see the room. Nothing else is required.
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An extract from Paper Bridges with annotation, plus five exercises on technical description used in her workshops.
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Everything in one page for ordering, including the reissue details for The Cartographer's Hand.
Request thisSix questions that tend to start an argument rather than a summary. Vell will occasionally join a group by telephone for twenty minutes; ask, and be patient.
Invite her to your groupIsobel falsifies a notebook in order to protect a fact she believes is true. Is that a lie?
The estuary is described twice, forty years apart, in nearly identical language. What changes?
Whose account of the survey do you trust most, and when did you decide?
Salt, silt and paperwork recur across all four books. What do they have in common?
The map in the novel is drawn badly on purpose. Did you look at it more than once?
If the coastline does not exist, has anything in the book been lost?
| Title | Form | Year | Extent | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Quiet Meridian | Novel | November 2026 | 384 pp. | 978-1-0000-0001-4 |
| Salt Rooms | Novel | 2022 | 312 pp. | 978-1-0000-0002-1 |
| Paper Bridges | Debut novel | 2019 | 268 pp. | 978-1-0000-0003-8 |
| The Cartographer's Hand | Essays | 2016 | 196 pp. | 978-1-0000-0004-5 |
| Untitled | Novel | 2029 (expected) | — | — |