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Welcome to the Fair Acre Press shop!
We are very very proud of every one of our books – and are delighted that many of them have attracted the eye of award judges and reviewers too, and have been endorsed by people we deeply respect
Coming in 2027 – The Border Back of Beyond – a new book by Jean Atkin and Katy Alston with poems and pictures based on the Shropshire Borders’ landscapes and legends . This is part of a larger project with composer Martin Bussey
Fan-peckled – Jean Atkin & Katy Alston. Winner, Michael Marks Award for Illustrated Pamphlet. Twelve Old Shropshire Words in poems and pictures “Forgotten words given new life, which is one of the great functions of artistic endeavour – Ian McMillan”
House Work – Khadija Rouf “A poetry book which is a kind of wry love song to the domestic and to the realities of love itself – Deb Alma”
I Once Knew a Poem who Wore a Hat - Emma Purshouse – Winner, Rubery with illustrations by Catherine Pascall-Moore. This award-winning book of children’s poetry is aimed at children aged 6 to 11, is dyslexic-friendly and contains top tips for learning and performing poems
These are the hands – “A wonderful anthology to celebrate the NHS- Stephen Fry; Every ward and waiting room should have a copy – Simon Armitage”
#MeToo poetry anthology – Winner, Saboteur “This book contains the poetry of necessity and truth, exploding into the light, where it goddam belongs – Amanda Palmer”
Beyond Spring – Matthew Oates – guardian’s Best Nature Books of 2017; shortlisted, BBC Countryfile magazine, shortlisted for Richard Jeffries Award “A book to savour on winter’s evenings when the anticipation of spring temps us all – Brett Westwood”
Twelve pamphlets by Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry winner, Selima Hill
DIVERSIFLY: poetry and art on Britain’s Urban Birds ~ shortlisted for the International Rubery Award for Poetry & longlisted for the Saboteur Awards Best anthology
Paul Kielty’s Matt Hazard~Return of the Naive – endorsed by the renowned cartoonist Hunt Emerson
