Frances
Bingham ...

Although The Principle of Camouflage is Frances Bingham’s debut novel she is no newcomer to the literary scene. The daughter of the Scots historian and biographer Caroline Bingham, Frances has had her own successes: her short stories and poetry have been published in award-winning anthologies, and in 2008 she released a biographical critical edition of Valentine Ackland’s poems, Journey from Winter, a work which encouraged Ali Smith to dub her 'Ackland's critical guardian angel'. Frances has performed poetry live on Woman’s Hour, and contributed to the Radio 4 series From the Ban to the Booker.

The Principle of Camouflage, which follows the story of a woman on the edge of sanity living with her daughter on a remote island, is a magical exploration of place, exile and home, the powers and duties of the artist, the restoration of lost things, the discovery of love, and the survival of hope in an apparently doomed world. It has been praised by Maureen Duffy for being 'A true work of the imagination transporting Prospero's island, and us to wartime Britain on a shining wave of sea images.'

Visit Frances’ website here or read more about The Principle of Camouflage in her blog.