Fair Acre Press is SO proud to be publishing the paperback edition of Matthew Oates’ new book Beyond Spring – Wanderings through Nature. I am still pinching myself about how this actually came about – but you know how things can work out… and Matthew and I have been in close contact, and worked together […]
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June 3 Poetry for Wild-Life, Much Wenlock
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 […]
Help bring this HARDBACK nature book into the world!! x
THE BOOK COVER of Beyond Spring – Wanderings through Nature… an update – if you would like to read more about this book, buy a limited edition HARDBACK copy of the book, or donate to Fair Acre Press please click here – it is a safe, easy-to-use site which you now can use as a […]
Poetry event June 3, 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 […]
Taking a Page from Matthew’s Notebook…
By the time Matthew and I met at his house, in April, I had already read his manuscript through, plus gone through it sentence-by-sentence, editing it with him. What an absolutely joyous experience that was…. He is such a pleasure to work alongside and his words and the spirit behind his words are absolutely wonderful. […]
Words from the Wild-life, event
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 Chandler Nadia Kingsley And more Tickets £10 in aid of Cuan Wildlife Rescue available from [email protected] Saturday […]
Fundraising continues…
A huge thanks to those who have already bought the hardback copy of Matthew Oates’ new book BEYOND SPRING: Wanderings through Nature. As you can read in this week’s DIVERSIFLY blog… its a really special book 🙂 I would really appreciate you letting everyone you know about this short-lived opportunity to buy this future classic […]
Wonderful Academic Children’s Poetry Book out – by a lovely schoolfriend :)
Debbie Pullinger and I went to school together, in Cambridge That is what I will be bragging about for the next few months and years! – having had a sneaky look at this extraordinary academic tome she has researched, written, and Bloomsbury has published. The book is expensive -£85 – but this attached pic will […]
One year on… Lisa Blower’s Sitting Ducks update
Sitting Ducks is shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Literary Fellowship Award 2017 – the results of this will be announced in September 2017 It has attracted some great endorsements and reviews – I would particularly like to thank Stuart Maconie, Catherine Burgass, Kit de Waal, Writing West Midlands, National Writer’s Conference, Anna Dreda and the […]
Fundraising continues! (and a great opportunity for you x)
We continue to offer Matthew Oates’ HARDBACK version of his new Nature-writing book BEYOND SPRING: Wanderings through Nature at the reasonable price of £15 plus p&p through this – a Kickstarter campaign It is the most extraordinary and important book – it heralds in a new, no – old way of looking at nature: forget […]