Archive | Not quite Pepys

We published Lisa Blower’s first novel Sitting Ducks – and still have  a few copies if you missed it first time round… a funny stark working class novel set in Stoke-on-Trent which was shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Book Award If you click here you can read more about Sitting Ducks and order a copy […]

Hi everyone I thought I’d like to share with you what has happened at Fair Acre Press this year! But make it a little easier by presenting it mostly in picture form We have published books! Windy Old Fossils – a hilarious short play by Tom Wentworth for 2 actors on wind power and rural […]

We are very proud to have published Keith Chandler’s long poem: A Ballad for Kitty Cockroach for adults and children – it is a story about climate change and how these insects might save the world from humans! A great stocking filler A great New Year gift for yourself Click here to buy a copy […]

Common Salt by Chris Kinsey Tenth Christmas I dismissed Santa and was thrilled – a chemistry set and microscope matched my wishes. Casting iron filings and magnet aside I purpled colourless days with gallons of potassium permanganate hoarded the small tube of heavenly blue copper sulphate helplessly watching it fade to dull white. I tilted […]

I have just rung up Qube Gallery in Oswestry and there are still a few places available on Paul Kielty’s Origami Stars workshop It is on Tuesday 26th November from 2 till 4 and it costs £20 There are 5 people booked on – with the space for a few more… You can book a […]

Hi everyone Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore’s award-winning poetry book for primary-school aged children, dyslexia friendly, with helpful hints on how to learn a poem and perform it (now a legal part of the primary and scondary school curriculum) will soon be in its second reprint ready for Xmas shopping and beyond! THE INTERNATIONAL […]

” Two artists have been chosen for inaugural Creativity Fellowships, Swansea University’s Cultural Institute has announced. Kaite O’Reilly, a playwright who works in disability arts and mainstream culture, and Peter Matthews, a visual artist whose work straddles the performance and the conceptual, will take up their one year Fellowships next month. Created by writer and […]

Kaite O’Reilly – author of the acclaimed new version of Aeschylus’ PERSIANS is currently in Singapore! You can catch her, and poet Chris Kinsey – author of From Rowan Ridge – at the aptly titled SMALL WORLD THEATRE on 23rd November Both books are £9.99 and can be bought directly through Fair Acre Press or […]

Here is a link to a review on the renowned Ink, Sweat & Tears website by Pat Edwards – poet and director of Welshpool Poetry Festival You can find more details and other endorsements of the book, and how to buy a copy here Nadia x