David Arscott

David Arscott
OccupationAuthor, local historian and publisher
NationalityBritish
Alma materHertford College, Oxford

David Arscott is an author, local historian and publisher from Sussex.

He has written more than 40 books about Sussex, as well as several volumes of the Salariya Book Company's Very Peculiar History series[1] and a number of works of fiction. His 1984 novel The Frozen City has been translated into Japanese.[2] His first venture into political satire, Lady Thatcher's Wink, was published in 2016.[3] As an author, his books are largely held in libraries worldwide.[4] As an author, he has been collected by libraries worldwide.[5]

Arscott worked as a journalist from 1959, first with the Investors Chronicle and the Evening Standard in London and then for the English language paper The Daily Journal in Caracas, Venezuela. Returning to England, he reported for the Dorset Evening Echo.[6] After taking an English degree at Hertford College, Oxford,[7] he joined BBC Radio Brighton as a news producer, switching to general programme production and presentation shortly before the station expanded to become BBC Radio Sussex.[8]

His publishing company, Pomegranate Press, founded in 1992, until recently offered a self-publishing service to other authors. It initially specialised in books with a Sussex theme but later expanded to include the Pomegranate Practicals nutshell guides, fiction and a range of non-fiction titles.[9]

He is also involved in media training with Curtin and Co, working with colleagues in the UK and abroad to coach individuals and groups in improving their skills in front of the microphone and the camera.[10]

David Arscott lives in Lewes, UK.[11]

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  2. ^ "David Arscott". ameqlist.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Pomegranate Press – Fiction, Poetry and Plays". pomegranate-press.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Arscott, David". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Arscott, David". worldcat.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ Arscott, David (2012). A little book of Arscotts. Lewes, East Sussex: Pomegranate Press. ISBN 978-1-907242-39-7.
  7. ^ "News From Old Members" (PDF). The Hertford College Magazine. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  8. ^ White, Tim. "Author David Arscott". battle-abbey.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Pomegranate Press – Lewes publisher of Sussex authors and self-publication specialists". pomegranate-press.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Our People". crisis-comms.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Pomegranate Press – Lewes publisher of Sussex authors and self-publication specialists". pomegranate-press.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2016.