Fair Acre Press is humbly proud to be publishing the anthology edited by Deborah Alma #MeToo – rallying against sexual assault and harrassment: A women’s poetry anthology which is published on 8th March 2018 – International Women’s Day The #MeToo social media phenomenon, as you will know, started/ restarted when several women came out into the open […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #7: Gillian Clarke
Welcome to the last-but-not-least of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. As Gillian Clarke brought her first collection out in the Nineteen Seventies I decided to throw the tricky question of what is poetry at her feet. This, and all her answers reflect her generous generous core and great passion for the Natural World, and […]
“Inspired in Caersws” festival – a date for your diaries?
Cathy Knapp, at Mid Wales Arts Centre, and I are so delighted to be able to announce that thanks to the financial support of the Arts Council Wales – we will be holding a festival of poetry, music and art – at Mid Wales Arts Centre on April 21st and April 22nd 2018 called INSPIRED […]
Fair Acre Press at London Book Fair
I am very excited to have had Fair Acre Press invited to showcase our books at The London Book Fair this year As their website says: A Global Event in The Creative Capital of the World Dates: 10-12 April 2018 The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale […]
Visiting Tanya Raabe-Webber’s studio
Paul and I went to Tanya Raabe-Webber’s studio on 21st February – the first of 2 one-to-two mentoring sessions with her. Tanya talked about the extraordinary projects she has run – including a recent one where she painted the amazing percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie – in front of a live audience!! And got the audience […]
Visiting Derwen College
In May 2018, Paul Kielty and I will be running some PAINTING BY PIXELS workshops at Derwen College in Gobowen; and at Designs in Mind in Oswestry. On 14th February 2018 we went along to Derwen College to meet up with Jen and Marianne in the Creative Studies quarter of the college. We thought we […]
personal blog WELSHPOOL Poetry Festival 8 – 9 June!
Wheee ! Have just bought tickets for three of the 4 poetry workshops at WELSHPOOL POETRY FESTIVAL 2018 (only 3 because I havent the brain power for three workshops in one day ) June 8 – 9th : run by the wonderful Pat Edwards, quietly & consistently aided by Deb Alma. I will buy tickets for […]
DIVERSIFLY podcast #6: Richard Osmond
Welcome to the sixth of 7 podcasts from the DIVERSIFLY project. Richard Osmond has been foraging for mushrooms since childhood, but it was only when he became dependent on it for his livelihood did his skills really develop. In conversation with Nadia Kingsley he talks about the influence of meieaval literature and other influences; and […]
Voting for Matthew Oates’ Beyond Spring?
The deadline for your votes is looming closer If you would like to vote for Beyond Spring as the BBC Countryfile magazine awards’ COUNTRY BOOK OF THE YEAR go here. There are other categories – you can or don’t need to vote in them. Thanks! If you don’t know the book yet then there are […]
Our Disability Equality Training Day
Paul Kielty and I (Nadia Kingsley) went to the Hive in Shrewsbury to DASH (Disabled Artists Shropshire) for a day of disability equality training. Little did we know that we would, by the end of the day, be deeply changed for the better. I think I had heard of the Social Model of Disability but […]
