Hedley Griffin

Hedley Griffin is a UK based Animation Director, writer, illustrator and author of his latest novel "Serventa's Challenge". Having started his career animating some of the films on the Mr. Men series he spent 30 years as an animation director, much of this time working for BBC and Channel 4 Schools Television. Some of the BBC programmes he worked on included "On The Road", "The Worm That Turned", "Vision On", "You and Me", "Words and Pictures", "Words and Pictures Plus", "Writing and Pictures", "Storytime", "Le Club - Les Aventures de Globo", and "Watch". Channel 4 credits include "Maths Mansion", "Rat-a-Tat-Tat", "Word Machine", and "Arts Cart". Four stories were commissioned by BBC Storytime, "Leroy's New Bike", "Cyril's Bad Day" ISBN 978-07188286-5-3, "Cyril's New Parrot" ISBN 978-07188286-7-7, "Cyril's New Flower" ISBN 978-07188286-9-1, which were then published by Lutterworth Press. Other publications were "How to Draw 101 Super Heroes" Top That Publishing ISBN 978-18451073-8-3, "An Animator's Guide to 2D Computer Animation" Focal Press ISBN 978-02405157-9-3.

In 2003, Hedley started DangerSpot Books Ltd, writing, illustrating and self-publishing a range of child safety picture books, covering topics such as road safety, trips and falls, fire safety, farm dangers, stranger dangers, and much more. The series of 17 titles have been published in China by several different publishers, many, twice over, one has been published in Holland, and two in Hungary.

Hedley now writes and self-publishes Historical fiction under a new imprint, Ancient Publishing, "Memory of an Ill Wind and other stories", "Serventa, Shadow of the Light", "Serventa, Priestess of Atlantis", Serventa of Motherega,"Serventa of Tutulümar", "Serventa of Nova Talakar", "Serventa's Challenge", inspired by unique spiritual knowledge provided by The Erasmus Foundation where he lives and works as a volunteer and trustee of the charity. These books were reviewed in May OpenDoor magazine. June OpenDoor magazine published "The Nøkken" short story, also to be published by Carmina magazine.

Originally brought up near the south coast Hedley moved to Suffolk thirty years ago to escape the kelpies, sprites and deer flies of Sussex. He has no religion but is a lover of nature, spiritual knowledge and wisdom.

Julia Griffin

Julia's love of writing started early in the form of writing a diary at school, followed by diaries during her various travels round the U.S., India, Kashmir, Austria, Scotland and Wales. Many of Julia's travels were on her own and so writing thoughts, experiences and events was a way of satisfying a need to communicate personal thoughts and also offload, at times, emotions and feelings.

In 1979, through her mother, Julia met Paddina and Gordon Cole who had started The Fellowship of Erasmus, now named The Erasmus Foundation, a spiritual teaching and healing centre and registered charity based in Suffolk. She was immediately fascinated with what she heard from the spiritual tutors within the Foundation and continued to attend various meetings and seminars over the following decades. Julia also felt drawn to Paddina and Gordon personally and, like many who came into contact, learnt so much from their example.

As her confidence grew and an understanding and acceptance settled into a strong belief and purpose, Julia's writing evolved into subjects relating to getting to know yourself, being true to yourself and what this can give you; and subjects that give meaning to who and what you are, why you are here and where you have come from.

Having gained so much from her journey to date Julia felt inspired to share her experience and understanding through the various writings you will find here and which involve a wealth of spiritual knowledge and wisdom provided by the spiritual tutors at the Erasmus Foundation. Some of these writings go back many years and have formed a part of The Erasmus Newsletter, the quarterly magazine of The Erasmus Foundation, which itself has evolved as the contributors also developed. There are also various communications, listed under 'Spiritual Insights', sent to Government and individuals in all areas of life and which cover a range of topical subjects, again using the knowledge and understanding from the Foundation. Recently Julia has been writing for some online magazines to try and reach out further to those who might be like minded or searching for answers to life's many questions.

Julia's hope and wish is that these writings will stimulate some thought to help provide some answers to people's lives so that the challenges and difficulties in this uncertain world can be faced with more clarity and understanding. As events unfold and expose the reason and purpose behind the imbalance and sickness of our world, there is much material to write about, and much to give light, hope and positivity for the future.

In this respect, Julia would wish to draw attention to the following website and podcast www.erasmus-foundation.org and also www.ancientpublishing.co.uk.

Julia lives with her husband, Hedley, in Laxfield, Suffolk, U.K., the home of The Erasmus Foundation, where she is one of a small number of volunteers working for the charity. Sharing their home are two wonderful dogs and two loving cats. Julia is an avid feeder of birds and lover of nature, a keen grower of vegetables and fruit, and enjoys experimenting with vegetarian cooking.

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