A plea from Michael Green, that I want to share as widely as possible. Thanks Nadia x (Fair Acre Press) – So, over to Michael…. who is asking you to email him with your name and type of writing you do, to add weight to the campaign:- The massive attack on public good continues.Shropshire’s libraries are […]
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Jonathan Davidson – new poetry book
Having pre-arranged a place and time with him, Jonathan Davidson surreptitiously passes me a copy of his new book. I imagined its brown paper wrapper, it turns out. Money exchanges hands I scarper before he changes his mind … I don’t know if you have read Jonathan’s Smith/ Doorstop 2011 collection EARLY TRAIN ? It is […]
Wenlock Poetry festival 2015 – some personal highlights, in pictures – I have run out of words … well, almost…
Liz Lefroy at Glyndwr University’s Carnival of Words 21.4.15
What a great idea – a Carnival of Words in Wrexham/ Wrecsam. The University has such a lovely feel to it – and as I started learning Welsh at the start of this year I was mouthing the bilingual signs as I went along to Liz Lefroy’s reading. A lovely audience – a mixture of […]
Lefroy, Chandler, Calcutt, Kingsley – 3 poetry pamphlets reviewed
Life. It’s a funny old thing isn’t it? It just keeps on and you just keep on (if you’re lucky). There aren’t any end of year reports once you leave school. Or are there? I got into publishing by mistake – I had an idea for Shropshire Butterflies – a poetic and artistic guide to […]
e-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g: the History of the Universe in 45 minutes
Above are Giancarlo Facchinetti, Emma Purshouse, Nadia Kingsley and Professor Trevor Ponman – together they are the e-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g team and whisked 3 full-domes (instead of full-houses!) of people up into space, at the Birmingham Art and Science Festival 2015 on the 17th March. We would like to thank the University of Birmingham – a […]
Read John Siddique !
I’m probably the last to arrive at the John Siddique party…. He is described by The Spectator Magazine as “A Stellar Poet”. The Times of India describes him as “Rebellious by nature, pure at heart.” Jackie Kay describes his writing as “A brilliant, balancing act”. He has numerous awards, honours and fellowships. … thanks to Emma […]
e-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g: The History of the Universe in 45 minutes. Performance dates
Here are some festival dates – in case you want a make a note. They are also on the Fair Acre Press’ events page. Thank you to the festivals so much for hosting us ! And to Arts Council England who has supported the whole project You’ll see that Emma Purshouse and Nadia Kingsley are […]
Revisiting Jonathan Edwards’ poetry
Jonathan Edwards’ first collection of poetry – “My Family and Other Superheroes” – published by Seren – has won the Costa Prize for Poetry. And I am so excited – for the poems, the poet, and for all the people who will now read these poems, who may not even have come across the book […]
WHAT POETRY/POET AND/OR COLLECTION IS YOUR INSPIRATION?
This was a question I was recently asked to answer – on behalf of Wenlock Poetry Festival and their search for the second ever Shropshire Young Poet Laureate. It was one of several questions. The answers that I and other poetry lovers gave can be found on http://www.wenlockpoetryfestival.org/laureate/ Unfortunately I got somewhat carried away – there wasn’t […]
