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Stephen Chalke

    Stephen Chalke je anglický autor a nakladatel, který se specializuje na psaní a vydávání vysoce ceněných biografických a historických knih o kriketu. Díky své jedinečné kombinaci vzdělání v oboru humanitních a přírodních věd přináší do své práce hloubku a analytický pohled. Jeho díla se vyznačují pečlivým výzkumem a poutavým vyprávěním, které čtenářům přibližuje bohatou historii a osobnosti kriketu. Chalke prostřednictvím své soukromé nakladatelské firmy Fairfield Books vytvořil díla, která opakovaně získala uznání v oboru.

    In Sunshine and in Shadow
    Micky Stewart and the Changing Face of Cricket
    Now I'm 62
    A Long Half Hour
    Punchy's Hampshire Years
    Summer's Crown
    • 2023

      A collection of the writings of the West Country journalist and author David Foot, interwoven with the story of his working life. Topics include cricket, theatre, Bristol local history, football and murder.

      Footprints
    • 2022

      A well-illustrated cricket quiz book, with more than 1,000 fun questions. In 16 of the 100 rounds famous cricketers ask questions about themselves. All proceeds are being donated to the Professional Cricketers' Association's Trust.

      Yes ... No ... Wait ... Sorry!
    • 2021

      The story of Alan Rayment's ten years (1949-58) as a Hampshire cricketer and ballroom dancer, the two careers ending as the result of an extraordinary spiritual experience. The book, unfinished at the time of Alan Rayment's death in 2020, has been completed by cricket author Stephen Chalke.

      Punchy's Hampshire Years
    • 2019

      Stephen Chalke's unlikely story of how he became an award-winning cricket writer and publisher, exploring the world of his childhood through the memories of old cricketers.

      Through The Remembered Gate
    • 2018

      A collection of 53 articles exploring the history of cricket. A sequel to the award-winning 'The Way It Was'.

      Cricketing Allsorts
    • 2017
    • 2015
    • 2012

      There are few men alive who have been as involved in English cricket as extensively and for as long as Micky Stewart. Now at last, he shares his reflections on his time in the game and on the changes he has lived through.

      Micky Stewart and the Changing Face of Cricket
    • 2010

      Essays on six cricketers of the 1950s: Arthur Milton, Geoff Edrich, Bomber Wells, Dickie Dodds, Ken Biddulph and Eric Hill.

      A Long Half Hour
    • 2010

      Philip Stone's father played a last game of cricket at 62. His diary records the unfolding story of his summer, interwoven with memories of his years growing up.

      Now I'm 62