I am so very delighted to announce that from 10th October 2017 – the newest book from Matthew Oates will be available to buy at all good bookshops!!! It is a WONDERFUL book. From the first moment I read it I knew that Beyond Spring is a very timely and needed book – very different […]
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WHO NEEDS NATURE? Event!!!
Matthew Oates, Mary Colwell and Brett Westwood – on stage together!!! In a one-off discussion at Birmingham Literature Festival: launching Fair Acre Press’ BEYOND SPRING – Wanderings through Nature – by Matthew Oates Expect a lively, controversial, and fascinating debate by three of the country’s leading naturalists, and nature-writers. Come armed with questions, or sit back and enjoy! […]
WHO NEEDS NATURE? Event!!
Matthew Oates, Mary Colwell and Brett Westwood – on stage together!!! In a one-off discussion at Birmingham Literature Festival: launching Fair Acre Press’ BEYOND SPRING – Wanderings through Nature – by Matthew Oates Expect a lively, controversial, and fascinating debate by three of the country’s leading naturalists, and nature-writers. Come armed with questions, or sit back and […]
Danuta Kean interviews Lisa Blower, Mslexia
Danuta Kean interviews Lisa Blower for this season’s Mslexia, in their Debut Interview slot. She writes, within the two page spread: “A bright, witty woman, Blower wears her academic credentials lightly: she has a PhD and lectured in Creative Writing at Bangor University. Sitting Ducks was written out of her frustration at never hearing working-class voices, […]
Lisa Blower Interview: Sitting Ducks, and Working Class Literature
As I get together a box of books for a ‘clandestine’ drop at a Coffee Shop on a roundabout ahead of Lisa Blower’s next events, I am alerted to a fascinating interview – by author Amanda Saint. It is about Sitting Ducks, in particular – and Working Class Literature in general. Here it is. […]
Lisa Blower at Birmingham Literature Festival 2016
This year’s Birmingham Literature Festival line-up looks extraordinarily exciting. Including this jewel: a panel discussion about working class literature – with Tim Lott, Charlie Hill, Niall Griffiths, Kit de Waal and Lisa Blower. For more on Lisa Blower’s novel Sitting Ducks; including its excellent reviews – go here Go here for the full festival programme […]
Proud to be their Patron
I have just finished setting up a Standing Order… I am proud that Fair Acre Press has become Patron to Stratford Literary Festival. Annie Ashworth, their festival director recently emailed Fair Acre Press – wondering if we would be willing to write a line or two to support their most recent funding proposal. When I read of all […]
