Winter & Drew announces new memoir from celebrated artist, Annabelle Gregory

Written 29.09.2025 by admin

COMING SOON
Annabelle Gregory’s new memoir, The Art of Becoming, will be published by Winter & Drew on 14th November 2025.

Winter & Drew Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of this exciting and moving new memoir, The Art of Becoming by artist, former restaurateur, model and antique dealer, Annabelle Gregory (84).

The Art of Becoming is an extraordinary and memorable journey through a gritty, glamorous and gloriously unpredictable life. From her beginnings as a model working with legendary directors Cy Endfield and Dick Lester, to navigating the shadowy nightclub scene of Soho where her husband’s path crossed with the notorious Kray twins, Annabelle’s life has been anything but ordinary. Whether she’s crashing a flame-painted hearse into a post box or appearing in five different television adverts during a single commercial break, her stories pulse with the energy of someone who has truly lived.

Publisher Jonathan Posner of Winter & Drew says “We are excited to be publishing this candid, revealing, and irresistibly engaging memoir. The Art of Becoming is a masterclass in finding beauty amid chaos. Each chapter springs from a piece of Annabelle’s art, a photograph or some other artifact, transforming forgotten moments into vivid, honest, and often hilarious tales. With the eye of an artist and the heart of a storyteller, she weaves together eight decades of love, laughter and heartache into something unexpectedly profound.”

Long-time Modbury, Devon resident, Annabelle, and her husband Barry, ran the iconic Bistro 35 on Church Street for over two decades, employing many local young people and becoming so much a part of the Modbury scene that a gang of her regulars still meets, more than 4 years after she closed the Bistro and retired.

The book will be launched (hardback only) at an exclusive event at the Brownston Gallery in Modbury on November 14th 2025. Annabelle will be donating all profits from the sale of the book to the Brain Tumour Charity (https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org).

Cover reveal planned for mid-October. Watch this space!

Copies can be pre-ordered for £20 plus P&P via this website – see the Bookstore page.