Cosy is a darkly comedic look at the joys and humiliations of getting older and how we shuffle off this mortal coil. Three generations of a dysfunctional family explore their choices in a world obsessed with eternal youth, and asks whose life (or death) is it, anyway? Not my words, I’m afraid. I find, despite […]
Announcing the winners of the inaugural Fair Acre Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2016
Here, below, is the Judge’s Report from Jonathan Edwards which includes the shortlisted and winning poets of the Fair Acre Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2016. I would like to take a moment though – to thank Jonathan Edwards publicly for being such a careful and caring Judge. In the year following his win of the Costa […]
PDF of shortlisted poems from the Fair Acre Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2016
Ahead of the announcement of the two winners of the Fair Acre Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition, along with Jonathan Edwards’ Judge’s Report we would like to announce that you can now buy a PDF which contains a poem from each of the eleven shortlisted poetry pamphlets, along with a biog from each of the poets. […]
Poetry on Stinging Nettles ebooks now on sale
Go to the Fair Acre Bookshop to find out more, and to buy the Poetry on Stinging Nettles ebook Available in either PDF format or ePub £2.99, with monies donated to Plantlife Also available in the Maligned Species series are Poetry ebooks on – Spiders, Grey Squirrels and Frogs.
Book News here at Fair Acre Press
Sitting Ducks by Lisa Blower should arrive by courier at both Lisa, and Fair Acre Press’ door on 26th February Its official publication date is not until April 28th 2016 but it can be pre-ordered at Wenlock Books (go here) It is a wonderful novel of a family at the time of the 2010 election, […]
Poetry on Frogs ebook and PDF now on sale
Go to the Fair Acre Bookshop to find out more, and to buy the Poetry on Frogs ebook Available in either PDF format or ePub £2.99, with monies donated toFroglife Also available in the Maligned Species series are Poetry ebooks on – Spiders, Grey Squirrels and Stinging Nettles
Sitting Ducks – Lisa Blower’s debut novel goes off to the printers…
Lisa Blower – a writer who has already seen a fair amount of praise with shortlistings such as BBC Short Story Awards, will soon be releasing her debut Novel Sitting Ducks – and Fair Acre Press is very proud to be doing that said publishing ! The book is off to the printers next […]
Spiders and Grey Squirrels ebooks, or as PDFs, now on sale
The Poetry on Spiders and Poetry on Grey Squirrels ebooks are now available at £2.99 each. ALSO on Saturday 13th February – there is a poetry on grey squirrels event at Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Shrewsbury – details here
The e-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g team on stage with The Public Astronomer, at Stratford Literary Festival
We are delighted to announce that we will be on stage with the Greenwich Observatory’s Public Astronomer in Stratford -upon-Avon. The brainchild of the festival organiser – Annie Ashworth – we will add poetry and music and hear close-up what Dr Marek Kukula has to say about the Universe ! I wonder if he will […]
announcing Shortlist: Fair Acre Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition
Well, Jonathan Edwards has been carefully deliberating over all of the submissions – and on March 4th there will be a report from him, and we will announce his two competition winners for 2015/16 There were a total of 130 entries – and these entries came from all over: including Australia, France, Germany, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore, […]
