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Celebrating the Books We Published in 2023
It is hard to believe we are here, at the turn of the last page of the calendar, once more. As we begin our 39th year publishing books for the good of the horse at Trafalgar Square Books, we face new challenges–within both the publishing and equestrian worlds. How do we keep the standards of…
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Learn How Horse Brains Differ from Human Brains at Golden Ocala
Experience an evening with Janet Jones, author of the international bestseller HORSE BRAIN, HUMAN BRAIN, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Golden Ocala in Ocala, Florida, in March! This is a limited-ticket event, so reserve yours now! During performance, well-trained horses and riders communicate mutually by sharing activation between equine and human neurons. This real-time…
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How Yoga Has Changed Horsemanship
It is a feeling that never gets old: sending the files for a book long in the making off to the printer. Ideas hit paper and what has been imagined becomes real…and then you can hold it in your hands, and share it with others. It is an honor to be part of the process…
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Hay Is for Horse Dads
Raise your hand if your dad carried hay bales for you? Water buckets? Drove the truck and trailer? Like so many horsey kids out there, I was bitten by the horse bug with no explanation. Neither of my parents knew anything about the animals, and while I was born in a rural area, I was…
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Hurray for Buy A Horse Book Day!
Tomorrow (Wednesday), May 10th, is the second annual Buy A Horse Book Day, and we’ve teamed up with our friends at HeelsDown and authors of horse books from all over the world to recognize all the ways and reasons we love books about horses. We invite you to join us! On May 10th, celebrate your…
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Happy Birthday, Norman Thelwell!
On this day in 1923, an artist was born–one who would make his mark on the equestrian world despite not being an equestrian himself. His name is synonymous for a particular depiction of fat hairy ponies, today seen on mugs and bedsheets and t-shirts around the globe. The genesis of this brand came 30 years…
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The Next Generation of Riders and Great Horsemanship, Made in Memphis
Here’s a cool and inspiring thing about publishing books by cool and inspiring horse people–we usually get to find out about all the cool and inspiring things they are doing BESIDES writing books! In December we published ARENA TRACKS by rider, trainer, and instructor Christian Baier of Southern Blues Equestrian Center outside of Memphis, Tennessee.…
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The Year in Horse Books: What We Published in 2022
Each year, as we leave December in the rear-view and welcome January with a whole-hearted cheers, we at Trafalgar Square Books (www.HorseandRiderBooks.com) like to look back and consider the books and videos we published over the past year. Often, the space between Januarys feels like decades, so it can give us a mighty big lift…
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10 Books for Horse Lovers
It is that gifty time of year, and in the scramble to make “just right” purchases, we can feel overwhelmed by the costs, the choices, and what’s good for the world and our favorite people. We know this feeling all too well, so in the spirit of the kinds of gifts that will keep on…
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TSB Author Chad Oldfather Featured at the Kentucky Book Festival
On Saturday, October 29, 2023, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (161 Lexington Green Circle) in Lexington, Kentucky, will host the 41st Annual Kentucky Book Festival, featuring top literary talent, including Geraldine Brooks, Barbara Kingsolver, John Meacham, and our own Chad Oldfather, author of A MAN WALKS INTO A BARN. Those who have read Oldfather’s memoir about fathering horse-crazy daughters…
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