Fair Acre Press

30/07/2023

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/london-grip-review-of-khadija-roufs-house-work/

I so enjoyed VERBATIM, hosted by the generous Pat Edwards at the one-of-a-kind Poetry Pharmacy. It was the first time I had met Khadija Rouf and her readings reminded me why I was so keen to publish House Work by Khadija Rouf

Here is a review in London Grip, by the wonderful Pat Edwards in which she writes: Sensuous, honest writing about sexual encounters, childbirth and early motherhood… a totally honest way of c…

21/05/2023

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/.../needle-around-her-neck.../
Fantastic new poetry collection based on generations of women, living as immigrants, in East End of London by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi

18/05/2023

22/01/2023

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/pbs-review-of-selima-hills-pamphlet/

This is a chilling reminder of climate catastrophe. Hill’s poems weigh heavy upon us, an urgent warning we can no longer ignore. Poetry Book Society review, Winter 2022 Selima Hill is one of our gr…

22/01/2023

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/charles-fosters-novel-on-longlist/

Charles Foster’s novel “A little brown sea” has been longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award, given annually for a book about Greece You can read more about his no…

22/01/2023

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/selima-hill-wins-kings-medal-for-poetry/

Along with so many people I am so delighted that Simon Armitage recommended Selima Hill for the first King’s Medal for Poetry I have been extraordinarily lucky to have been in snail-mail cor…

22/01/2023

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/love-poems-by-mario-petrucci/

LOVE POEMS by Mario Petrucci - out Feb 14th 2023

He has a launch with Oxford Stanza on 27 March 23

On 14th February – we publish a pamphlet of truly wonderful love poems by Mario Petrucci The poems are as sublime as the cover! You can read more about the pamphlet here, and also buy a copy …

29/10/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/sonnets-by-martin-figura-on-social-care/

“These poems tell the truth about social care. They are drawn from the voices of people working in social care, and from the people they care for in Norfolk. They give life to the bravery, sa…

15/09/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/a-spectacular-new-a-to-z-coffee-table-book-by-selima-hill-and-artist-tim-nicholson/

This is a wonderful book for adults - but children love it too!

This work swells with the play of language, tone, and perfectly judged lines. Here are scamperings of humour, patient humanity and shadows stood about. Imagine two people went out to fly a kite in …

15/09/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/selima-hills-september-pamphlet-and-more/
Perfection

All we want to do is spend our days
walking upside down on our hands
across the lawn and round the lily pond.
We brush the daisies with our perfect hair.
Everything about us is perfect –
our Aertex shirts, our Chilprufe underwear,
our tiny shorts the colour of meringues.

NEW pamphlet out by Selima Hill - one of 12 pamphlets coming out in 2022 - read more about it by clicking the link above :)

07/09/2022

A four week zoom poetry course with celebrated poet Jonathan Davidson

06/09/2022

This event is one for all the poetry fans! We’re so pleased to be partnering up with Poetry Book Society again to bring you a showcase of three exceptional poets. Zaffar Kunial, Don Paterson and Degna Stone will all be reading from their brand new collections and you won’t want to miss it. (There might also be a 50% off ticket deal but you’d have to click the link to find out)

https://durhambookfestival.com/programme/event/poetry-book-society-showcase-zaffar-kunial-don-paterson-and-degna-stone/

06/09/2022

Did you hear the thunderstorms last night? LT Camera Club member Liam McGlinn captured this incredible photo of lightning over Blackburn town centre 😲 👏🏼

05/09/2022

A talented young poet and writer from Lancaster has had her very first book published about discrimination and gender.

05/09/2022

Check out the PBS Eletter featuring Hex by Shane McCrae, our Autumn Pamphlet Choice, the Laurel Prize and so much more https://mailchi.mp/poetrybooksociety/hex

05/09/2022

🎬Coming soon!
Videos of Sue Hiley Harris and Alison Lochhead Sculptor discussing their work in the RAGE and Calm exhibitions

Artwork in photo: Mary Lloyd Jones, Naddu laith, 2005, Oil on canvas

RAGE Exhibition
Mary Lloyd Jones & Alison Lochhead

Calm Exhibition
Sue Hiley Harris & Carine Van Gestel

Thursday to Sunday, 11-4pm

🎬 Yn dod yn fuan!
Fideos o Sue Hiley Harris ac Alison Lochhead Sculptor yn trafod eu gwaith yn yr arddangosfeydd RAGE and Calm

Gwaith celf yn y llun: Mary Lloyd Jones, Naddu laith, 2005, Olew ar gynfas

Arddangosfa RAGE
Mary Lloyd Jones ac Alison Lochhead

Arddangosfa Tawel
Sue Hiley Harris a Carine Van Gestel

Dydd Iau i Ddydd Sul, 11-4pm

26/06/2022

Offcumdens - a photography & Poetry Book about Yorkshire

https://johnfogginpoetry.com/2022/06/19/my-kind-of-poetry-emma-storrs-and-bob-hamiltons-offcumdens/

15/05/2022

https://londongrip.co.uk/2022/05/offcumdens/

This is an outstanding collection arising from a collaboration between photographer Bob Hamilton and poet Emma Storr. I am not surprised it has been shortlisted for a Saboteur Award 2022 for best collaborative work (final result still awaited). What particularly struck me was the way in which the po...

18/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/offcumdens-in-living-north-magazine/

Living North magazine includes OFFCUMDENS in its LN faves in its 100th print magazine!!! You can also read about it online here where you will find three photos and poems too Living North say: Offc…

18/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/vote-for-offcumdens-please/

I am so delighted to say that OFFCUMDENS has been shortlisted in the collaborative work section of Saboteur Awards 2022 It is a book about YORKSHIRE – with photos and poems You can read more …

03/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/my-name-is-mercy-reviewed-by-sphinx/

The cumulative power of this slender collection is profound and memorable. Read the full review here Buy the pamphlet here I am so proud to have published Martin Figura who has a heart of gold and …

03/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/yorkshire-post-on-offcumdens/

Hi everyone Here is a wonderful feature about OFFCUMDENS – by Bob Hamilton and Emma Storr The online version of the article is here You can buy the hardback edition at £29.99 here You can buy…

03/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/hello-yorkshire-article-about-offcumdens/

Click here to see an article about Offcumdens on Hello Yorkshire! Here is an extract: The genesis of Offcumdens can be traced back to when Bob and Emma first met at a poetry event at The Leeds Libr…

03/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/youtube-video-of-offcumdens-launch-event-at-leeds-library/

Here is a video of the launch event of OFFCUMDENS! Hosted by James Nash – this is a very warm, humane, watchable discussion about Yorkshire, being Offcumdens, the process of collaboration Enj…

03/04/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/these-are-the-hands-nhs-poetry-anthology-review/

Two years after its publication on the exact day Britain was first locked down – The poets and editors were joined by Michael Rosen, Simon Callows and others at a wonderful belated launch eve…

16/03/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/yorkshire-photography-poetry-book-launched/ and events this week!!

  There’s a space; a liminal space, a creative space, an adventurous space and a surprising space where words and images meet and this superb book celebrates that exciting space. IAN McMILLAN …

16/03/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/nhs-poetry-anthology-review/

16/03/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/1-of-12-selima-hill-pamphlets/

DRESSED AND SOBBING Straight talking, strange and darkly funny, these poems walk the pathway between the bewilderment and the surprising comforts of becoming an old woman. ‘cosy in our large expens…

12/03/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/my-name-is-mercy-review-2/

Here is a great review of Martin Figura’s wonderful pamphlet from his residency at Salisbury hospital during the height of the pandemic It is by Khadija Rouf for THE FRIDAY POEM and says: The…

08/03/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/new-book-for-international-womens-day/

Many of us will recognise ourselves amongst these pages as the poet navigates the tricky waters between cleaning the toilet, caring for the children, her partner and herself; and often in that orde…

19/02/2022

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/my-name-is-mercy-review/

My Name is Mercy has been reviewed by everybody’s reviewing! You can read the full review here You can read endorsements from the guardian and Newsnight and buy a copy here I am so proud to h…

19/02/2022

I love this book by photographer Bob Hamilton and poet Emma Storr - advance copies now available! Plus launch events in March in blog :)

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/offcumdens-a-photography-and-poetry-book-by-bob-hamilton-emma-storr/

30/11/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/fred-daguiar-fair-acre-press.../
A fabulous article about poetry pamphlets, The Michael Marks Awards and weirdly but happily a huge section about Fred D'Aguiar's wonderful pamphlet Grace Notes - in the TLS!!!!

28/11/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/shop/signed-selima-hill-calendar/
SALE!! for 1 week only!!

29/10/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/sphinx-review-carl-tomlinson/

What a lovely review of Carl Tomlinson’s Changing Places “These are poems that are not easily spooked. They lean into their collar as they move steadily and willingly either door-to-doo…

14/09/2021

THIS!!!!
Please do share - I'm so excited to make 2022 - the year of the Selima -
Hill pamphlets!!!
https://fairacrepress.co.uk/twelve-selima-hill-pamphlets/

I don’t have quite all the endorsements through yet but I couldn’t wait a moment longer to share my news! Fair Acre Press is publishing twelve SELIMA HILL pamphlets!!! We will release a…

12/09/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/stella-wulf-the-high-window-artist-in-residence/

Stella Wulf is artist-in-residence at THE HIGH WINDOW You can read all about it if you click here You can buy A Spell in the Woods by Stella Wulf here Nadia x

12/09/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/great-master-small-boy-review-in-sphinx/

Life and music merge in Liz Lefroy’s pamphlet, and the reader emerges enriched. SPHINX Read full review here   To read other reviews or buy a copy please click here Nadia x

12/09/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/fan-peckled-reviewed-by-inksweat-tears/

“This significant collection explores in poetry and pictures the 19th century idiom of Shropshire.” To read the full review please click here I must agree – it is a wonderful book…

04/07/2021

https://fairacrepress.co.uk/a-these-are-the-hands-youtube-event/

Northamptonshire Wellbeing Festival 2021 hosted a virtual event on These Are The Hands NHS poetry anthology last week :) Here is the link You will see/ hear Katie Amiel and Deb Alma – the co-…