.. on Keith Chandler’s award-winning collection The Goldsmith’s Apprentice: “Chandler’s portraits of working men and women transcend oppression and celebrate the workers’ skill and spirit. ‘Chemo Nurse’ sings with authenticity, recreating the banter of a brilliant bedside manner. There’s a tremendous amount going on within the collection’s 67 pages. ‘The Executioner’s Tale’, based on the […]
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Keith Chandler WINS!
I am delighted to be able to shout from all rooftops the Keith Chandler’s The Goldsmith’s Apprentice has WON the International Rubery Award for Poetry! Wonderful wonderful!! Well done Keith!!! The details/ proof is here along with a wonderful write up by the judges The book can be bought throughout the world, at all good […]
Shortlisted! Keith Chandler
Keith Chandler’s wonderful poetry collection “The Goldsmith’s Apprentice” has been shortlisted in this year’s International Rubery Award! Along with Fair Acre Press’ DIVERSIFLY, and poetry collections by Gregory Leadbetter, Kate Innes, and S.A.Leavesley – he is one of just 5 books shortlisted for their poetry award You can read more about Keith’s book, here The […]
REVIEW of Keith Chandler’s The Goldsmith’s Apprentice
“The Goldsmith’s Apprentice is a triumph; an absorbing and impactful collection of heartfelt poems which should be on the wishlists of glass-eye fitters, fishermen, politicians – and everybody in between.” Review by Victoria Pickup of “The Goldsmith’s Apprentice” by Keith Chandler on the University of Leicester’s EVERYBODY’S REVIEWING webpage – click here to read the full […]
Keith Chandler book LAUNCHES!!!!
I am so proud to be able to say that April 28th is publication date of Keith Chandler’s long awaited new collection HOORAY!!!! ENDORSEMENTS: “…Now humorous, now powerful, crammed with good ideas and great endings, these are accessible poems which are deeply engaged with both the ephemera and the big issues of ordinary lives… To […]
Photos of Inspired in Caersws festival!
All photos © Isaac 2018… Thanks to everyone who came! What a wonderful weekend!!!! Thank you Cathy Knapp for sumptuous food, drink, welcome and for sharing Mid Wales Arts with us! Happy Tenth anniversary! You are a one-in-a -million Cathy! Thank you Arts Council Wales so much for your support – without which we could […]
Poetry festival plus music and art! April 21 – 22, Mid Wales
I do hope you will join us at Mid Wales Arts Centre in Caersws, near Newtown – for some of the poetry music and art events I have organised there the weekend of April 21 and 22, 2018 All the details are here – if you click on this sentence Menna Elfyn, Robert Minhinnick, Gill […]
Looking ahead to 2018
A Happy New Year everyone! I do hope this finds you well, warm, and encouraged by the start of a new year x I just wanted to let you know a few things to expect from Fair Acre Press in 2018 – details will follow over the months. I am so delighted and excited about […]
2 of our books that will be out in 2018!
Keith Chandler’s poetry collection The Goldsmith’s Apprentice Go here to read more about it and read the wonderful endorsements from Prof. David Morley, and Jonathan Edwards. The book is out in April 2018 DIVERSIFLY – an anthology of Poetry and Art on Britain’s Urban Birds Go here to read more […]
Swanning Around : DIVERSIFLY BLOG #15
There are several species of swan in Britain but the most common is the Mute Swan – so-named as it has no call – though is very good at hissing, and even an occasional grunt. This Blog is part of the DIVERSIFLY project: For more details on the project go here Caroline Gill sent this account through […]