Who are we?

and what have we done...

For a long time, Granite and Glitter was a bit of a closed book. We want the work to speak for itself, so who we all are is a bit of a mystery. However, Granite and Glitter is led, and was founded by Sam, whose writing and work is the current focus of the group.

Growing up on a sheep farm on the Welsh borders, Sam left for London as soon as legally able and studied at the London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Art, eventually training as a costume designer.

After a few years in film, theatre and one memorably camp production of H.M.S Pinafore on a boat in the Thames (Gilbert and Sullivan megamix anyone?) He moved into visual arts.

Restless, he marched down the A30 one day from 'up country', leaving a career in art, theatre and fashion in the pursuit of the good life, or something like it (as far as he can tell there is no reason he can't dig an allotment in heels or co-ordinate his nail varnish to match the chicken coop*).

After moving to Cornwall and founding Granite and Glitter he discovered a stack of papers in a house sale that referred to an island off the Cornish coast, which led to the rediscovery of Eythin. Soon after, having performed the correct rituals and designed the right robes he worked with the Eythin Trust to establish a residency, where he and the rest of GAG remain.

The island helped him discover a love and talent for writing, something that he had not considered much before, despite a lifelong love of reading. After rewriting a collection of Eythonian Folktales, Sam turned to the mainland. His first novel, GORSE, a dark, literary fantasy set in an 18thC Cornwall where folklore is dangerously real, will be published in 2024 by Solaris Books.

He is represented by John Baker and Julie Gourinchas at Bell, Lomax, Moreton

*If there is such a rule please don't tell him...

Dog

Co-FOUNDER

Dog keeps us grounded, dog keeps us fit.

Dog also prevents a great deal of work from happening.

Blame dog for any lapses in output.