I must say I didn’t know the post-publishing part of bookmaking could be so pleasurable. But as I read Andrew Fusek Peters’ charming story on the Spotted Flycatcher in this month’s The Countryman magazine, and flick to its Review pages to read their review which couldn’t BE more praising – I do feel I have a sixth sense […]
Author Archive | Nadia
Wilderland
You may want to vote for WILDERLAND: Wildlife and wonder from the Shropshire Borders by Andrew Fusek Peters – in The People’s Book Awards Here are a few recent comments on the website: I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book, having seen some of the author’s photographs online. The physical book does […]
I once knew a poem who wore a hat: News
This article was recently in the Bromsgrove Advertiser You will be able to see both Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore at Waterstones Birmingham 2 to 3pm, Saturday 24th September. I’ll be there too – with the Rubery Award for Poetry – both to present to Emma and Cath – and to get […]
Sitting Ducks News
NOT THE BOOKER prize is accepting nominations here until 1st August – you can nominate ONE novel by following the link – you leave a comment – including the word nominations – and the book /author you have chosen. This is a great article about the lack of working class literature, in Herald Scotland […]
The National Writers Conference – a personal blog
I went along to The National Writers Conference at the University of Birmingham last week. What a great day! It was a mixture of frantic note-taking, a great lunch, and meeting up with old friends and chatting to people I’d not met before. The speakers were of an extremely high calibre… not only on paper, […]
Rubery Award – the proof!
Here is the beautiful award that Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore have won for their magnificent children’s poetry book: I once knew a poem who wore a hat is packed with begging-to-be-read-out-loud poems and joyful pictures. A.F.Harrold says of it: Emma’s poems are full of life and laughs, bubbling with music and wisdom and […]
“Read this novel to understand why Stoke had largest Brexit vote”
Sitting Ducks by Lisa Blower has received another great review. From Richard Lakin – who, it says, lives in Staffordshire, England. For STRUCTO MAGAZINE: “Lisa Blower isn’t alone in using literature to explore post-industrial Britain, but where others may struggle for authenticity, her first novel convincingly captures the world of zero-hours contracts and profiteering landlords. Stoke-on-Trent […]
Five Star Review for Wilderland
Amateur Photographer is the world’s oldest consumer weekly photographic magazine, first published in October 1884. They have given WILDERLAND : wildlife and wonder from the Shropshire Borders a five star review. This is what they say: THERE has been a boom in photographers and writers taking flight from urban life to reconnect with Britain’s natural […]
New KINDLE version of Sitting Ducks , & other recent news about the book
Some news about Sitting Ducks, and its author Lisa Blower… Sitting Ducks is now available on KINDLE – for £4.99 – click here to buy Ahead of Lisa Blower appearing at Latitude Festival 2016 she has been interviewed for Oxford Student.com and you can read this here Lisa was recently at Stoke-on-Trent’s Hot Air Festival […]
West Midlands Children’s Poetry book beats adult books to scoop Poetry Category of Rubery Book Awards 2016
Press Release 8 July 2016 – from Fair Acre Press. For further information contact Nadia at [email protected] I once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat – Poetry by Wolverhampton’s Emma Purshouse – Pictures by Solihull’s Catherine Pascall Moore – Published by Oswestry -based Fair Acre Press, and edited by the Shropshire Press’ Nadia Kingsley […]
