Sitting Ducks by Lisa Blower is now on the top five shortlist for the Arnold Bennett Book Prize!! Earlier this year it was announced that Sitting Ducks had made it on to their longer shortlist. But now the judges final decision will be between Sitting Ducks, 2 poetry collections, a new edit of a Bennett novel […]
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Poetry & Music day, Mid Wales Arts Centre, 2nd July
Just wanted to share this information from the lovely Cathy Knapp who runs Mid Wales Arts Centre in Caersws, Nadia x: SUNDAY 2ND JULY A day full of poetry and music Local Musician, Poet and Printmaker, Jeb Loy Nichols back from touring in Europe, will be playing numbers from his newly released album […]
Fair Acre Press answers
We have recently joined the Independent Publisher’s Guild (IPG) – and what a GREAT organisation it is for small and independent publishers!! The chief executive of IPG rang me a few months ago, when Fair Acre Press joined – and in the half hour of conversation- she crammed in enough money-saving, business improving and altogether-great […]
Want to hear poetry and help Shropshire’s wildlife?!
Ruthie Lowe has organised a poetry fundraising event at Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre WORDS FROM THE WILD-LIFE An evening of poetry with some outstanding poets! (says the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre events page about this Poetry fundraiser I will be reading at!) Come and hear: Chris Kinsey (BBC Wildlife poet of the year 2008) Keith […]
June 3 Poetry, Much Wenlock – for Cuan wildlife rescue centre
Ruthie Lowe has organised a poetry fundraising event at Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre WORDS FROM THE WILD-LIFE An evening of poetry with some outstanding poets! (says the Cuan Wildlife Rescue Centre events page about this Poetry fundraiser I will be reading at!) Come and hear: Chris Kinsey (BBC Wildlife poet of the year 2008) Keith […]
Your LAST CHANCE to buy!! or donate x
This is your last chance to buy, or donate to the Kickstarter campaign I am running on behalf of Fair Acre Press Go here – to either donate from £1 to whatever as a kindness, a generous support of a tiny publishing house with huge ambitions for its writers, projects and books. buy a copy […]
Listen to Matthew Oates
Just over a year ago I interviewed Matthew Oates on the subject of Stinging Nettles – for the Arts Council England-funded project “Maligned Species” You can hear that less than 20 minute podcast here TOMORROW our kickstarter campaign closes – and your ONLY chance to buy a limited edition hardback copy of Matthew Oates’ new […]
Please support! – here is a list of poets and writers in Matthew Oates’ new book
We haven’t received all the permissions yet from the living poets’ and writers’ publishers – so this list is incomplete – but here is a list – in alphabetical order – of poets and writers – both dead and living – that you can find extracts and full poems within Matthew Oates’ forthcoming book […]
Intro to Matthew Oates’ new book
Below – is part of the introduction to Matthew Oates’ book BEYOND SPRING: Wanderings through Nature. The hardback copy edition is £15 plus p&p – and ONLY available here until 29th May… the end of this Bank Holiday weekend. It will make a fabulous present – Christmas, Birthday… especially as you will be able to say […]
Be part of this joy!!
Below are some reviews for Matthew Oates’ last book In Pursuit of Butterflies: If you would like to buy a limited edition hardback copy of his next book for £15 (plus p&p) please go here You can donate from £1 there too! Nadia x REVIEWS OF In Pursuit of Butterflies (Bloomsbury) by Matthew Oates Oates […]
