Emma Purshouse is one of those people I, and so many others, COMPLETELY admire and can rely on one hundred per cent. So when I was working out who I would like Paul Kielty and I to receive specialist training from – to prepare us ahead of giving our own Painting By Pixels workshops at […]
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One year on.. Emma Purshouse children’s poetry book update
Here is some nice news about Emma Purshouse, illustrator Catherine Pascall Moore and their children’s book I ONCE KNEW A POEM WHO WORE A HAT… only 399 copies of I Once Knew a Poem who wore a Hat in the warehouse at the end of April 2017.. that means SIX HUNDRED COPIES are either sold […]
Event cancelled this Saturday at Waterstones Birmingham – please share
Oh – what a pity! Emma has lost her voice completely – and is in bed with the flu. So Waterstones Birmingham and I have decided to cancel this Saturday’s event that was to be held in the WONDERFUL children’s book floor. Because what is a performing poet without her voice?! Especially an award-winning poet! […]
Award-winning Children’s Poetry Book event !
“Emma’s poems are full of life and laughs, bubbling with music and wisdom and silliness and jokes and cute animals. She’s a great performer of her work and the book is crammed with tips to help the reader become a performer too.” A.F.Harrold – Bloomsbury Children’s Poet and has had his work on BBC […]
I once knew a poem who wore a hat: News
This article was recently in the Bromsgrove Advertiser You will be able to see both Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore at Waterstones Birmingham 2 to 3pm, Saturday 24th September. I’ll be there too – with the Rubery Award for Poetry – both to present to Emma and Cath – and to get […]
Rubery Award – the proof!
Here is the beautiful award that Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore have won for their magnificent children’s poetry book: I once knew a poem who wore a hat is packed with begging-to-be-read-out-loud poems and joyful pictures. A.F.Harrold says of it: Emma’s poems are full of life and laughs, bubbling with music and wisdom and […]
West Midlands Children’s Poetry book beats adult books to scoop Poetry Category of Rubery Book Awards 2016
Press Release 8 July 2016 – from Fair Acre Press. For further information contact Nadia at [email protected] I once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat – Poetry by Wolverhampton’s Emma Purshouse – Pictures by Solihull’s Catherine Pascall Moore – Published by Oswestry -based Fair Acre Press, and edited by the Shropshire Press’ Nadia Kingsley […]
Winner of Poetry Category, Rubery Book Awards 2016
Well – this news was completely unexpected! And absolutely wonderful: Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore’s children’s poetry book: I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat is the the POETRY CATEGORY WINNER in the Rubery Book Awards 2016!! For more details go here This is what the judges said about the book: Lots of […]
Shortlisted in the Rubery Book Awards!
I ONCE KNEW A POEM WHO WORE A HAT has been shortlisted in the Rubery Book Awards! This is what the judges say about: I Once Knew a Poem who Wore a Hat by Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore Fair Acre Press is particularly delighted, as there are very few book awards out there […]
News from poet Jill Munro – The Quilted Multiverse
Her son Louis Munro finished his Marathon run in Uganda! and by so doing raised six thousand pounds for children’s education in Uganda. And somewhere along the line he managed to stop off and hand out thirty copies of I once knew a poem who wore a hat, which has given me, Emma and Cath […]
