Sky Turtle Press

18/03/2023

Our Arthur mug sample has arrived! It is gorgeous sitting with Gloriana. You can find this on our BackerKit page, if you are interested in a matching Arthur/Gloriana set. Link in comments.

06/03/2023

Our Backer Kit pre-order store is now open for all who did not get the chance to back our Faerie Queene Kickstarter campaign. You can visit the store now and have a look around here:

A text-faithful prose rendering of the 1590s epic poem by Rebecca K. Reynolds, with nearly eighty new illustrations by Justin Gerard.

15/02/2023

Only 70 minutes left in our Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene Kickstarter campaign. It's hard to believe we are only $9500 away from $300,000.

Crazy stuff. Crazy.

What an incredible experience this has been!

Thanks to everyone who has jumped in. I'll post link in comments, in case you want to order before this is over.

14/02/2023

Congrats, all! We did it! Thank you for all of your support!

I can't wait to see what Hannah does with the illuminated manuscript! It's going to be beautiful.

14/02/2023

13/02/2023

Our campaign is nearly complete.

Only 34 hours left to hit a Kickstarter stretch goal allowing us to include a free, illuminated manuscript art print with all Faerie Queene set orders.

Help us revive a 400-year-old epic. Newly illustrated. Generously footnoted. Enchanting.

We are grateful for all shares. We are also grateful for all who have participated so far. What an incredible campaign!

Link in comments.

11/02/2023

$400K is far off, but we wanted to reveal the final stretch goal.

Fantasy hero Charles Vess has agreed to do a special numbered Faerie Queene print if we reach our final goal. This would be mailed to everyone who has ordered a book set.

We love Charles and his work dearly. It's fun to dream about this happening. We can only imagine what his brilliant mind and gifted hand would do with this rich material.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skyturtlepress/edmund-spensers-the-faerie-queene-a-prose-rendering

10/02/2023

It happened! Hurrah! $200,000!

Sometimes when we cross a hump, the numbers fluctuate up and down for an hour or two, but around noon today, we hit 200K. So exciting! I love hitting this goal because it means everyone who bought a standard set of books will now receive a free printed slipcase!

It's unbelievable, but I guess it's time to reveal the answer to our first mystery stretch goal. Did you solve the riddle before the answer was revealed?

Here goes: calligraphy wizard Hannah Claire Weston has agreed to create a timeless piece of art, if we hit $250,000!

Upon reaching that stretch goal, she will design an illuminated manuscript of the first stanza of the first canto of Book One. If you've seen her work, you know it's exquisite.

Deep gratitude to everybody who has gotten us this far. It's been surreal watching this come together. Just four more days! What a journey!

09/02/2023

Steve Smith shares about The Faerie Queene Kickstarter campaign.

Steve Smith on The Faerie Queene Kickstarter campaign.

08/02/2023

If you ____, this project is probably not for you.

Just a few days left to help launch a new, old epic journey.
Link in comments.

01/02/2023

This is such a nice upgrade. I'm so excited about reaching this level!

(We aren't likely to continue the fancy/deluxe editions after this Kickstarter. So, if you are thinking about getting these, now is the time to either purchase or upgrade your standard set.)

31/01/2023

Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt

If you're thinking about giving a set of our Faerie Queene books as a Valentine's gift this year, perhaps you'd want to use this scavenger hunt to add a little whimsy to the day?

Just print off these images and hide them in the locations listed below. (There's also a blank, if you want to tweak the quest for your situation.)

The final two images can be attached to chocolate, flowers, or a suit of armor, or a well-behaved baby dragon--or just tucked in a box so your loved one knows what's coming.

(I'll post the link to our Kickstarter in a comment below.)

THE ANSWERS/LOCATIONS

1. Some sort of light fixture (Don’t hide the clue where it will catch on fire.)

2. A pillow

3. The eggs in the refrigerator

4. The thermostat

5. A box of tissues (These words/phrases are spoken after a sneeze in various countries.)

6. The junk drawer

7. Under the bed

30/01/2023

Our Faerie Queene Kickstarter Campaign ends on Valentine's Day.

What could possibly be more romantic than books full of trouble, death, and villains?

Link in comments.

29/01/2023

We have raised 1,739% of our funding goal with sixteen days left in our campaign. Thanks to Kickstarter for choosing us as a Project We Love. Your platform helps match strong ideas with committed investors for an epic crowdfunding adventure.

Through this campaign, we will re-introduce a 400-year-old epic poem, in a form the average reader can understand. Learn more about our project by clicking the link in the comments, or by searching Kickstarter for: Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene by Sky Turtle Press.

Today we crossed the $130,000 mark. As we reach new stretch goals, we are able to add more perks to our products. Just $20,000 more, and all deluxe set slipcases will receive an upgrade of leatherette slipcase with foil stamping.

Thank you to all who have joined the quest so far. And welcome to new investors who want to own a first edition copy of this beautiful three-volume set honoring a timeless classic.

27/01/2023

WE DID IT! $100,000 in less than two weeks. Hurrah!

25/01/2023

UPDATE:

$75,000 stretch goal unlocked!

First listing in publishing. Hurrah!

We are so close to getting those sewn-in bookmarks for everybody. After that, all the standard editions get a gorgeous upgraded cover with foil stamping and a dust jacket.

This is encouraging. Thanks to everybody who has been spreading the word.

20/01/2023

A Magic Ring, a Lost Tale, and a Phoenix

19/01/2023

Faerie Queene Update: Third stretch goal unlocked! What is Prose? An Invocation to the Muse.

18/01/2023

The Faerie Queene Update: Epic Conventions (Part One)

18/01/2023

📜 Long ago, before Lewis, Tolkien, or MacDonald, lived Edmund Spenser.

In the 1590s this British poet's epic adventure was published in six books. It’s an epic fantasy allegorical poem, written in nine-line stanzas, involving phrases like “iambic pentameter” and other incredible facts we need explained by a literature expert!

So in this episode we’ll be joined by Rebecca K. Reynolds, classic literature educator, audiobook narrator, and editorial director for Oasis Family Media. She will introduce us to a long-forgotten classic being given new life: The Faerie Queene.

Listen to Fantastical Truth anywhere you find podcasts, or at Lorehaven.com!

https://lorehaven.com/podcast/145-how-edmund-spensers-the-faerie-queene-shape-christian-fantasy-rebecca-k-reynolds/

Sponsors: Sky Turtle Press, Jamie Foley, Author,

16/01/2023

Dragon's roar and armor's gleam,

Garish caves and cauldron's steam--

Let us journey onward still

Where troves await to cheer and thrill.

Spread the news both far and wide,

Through hill and dale, by land and tide.

For treasures rise as patrons grow,

So gather, friends; let good things flow.

(We are so grateful for all of you. Next stretch goal? $25,000. Let's do this.)

16/01/2023

Today is the day! Our Kickstarter begins at noon CST.

Launching today, January 16th, Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: A Prose Rendering of the 1590’s Epic Poem.

Sky Turtle Press has been up to something. For nearly four years, this new imprint has been working to offer Edmund Spenser’s 1590’s epic poem The Faerie Queene in a text-faithful prose rendering. The Faerie Queene was a particular favorite of C.S. Lewis, who wrote, “The Faerie Queene never loses a reader it has once gained. . . Once you have become an inhabitant of its world, being tired of it is like being tired of London, or of life.” Yet, many have not read this epic poem because the language is too difficult for most modern readers to untangle.

This grand tale is Tolkienesque in scope, featuring underworlds, hidden lairs, monsters, giants, a dragon, wizards, and good knights who must learn their own weaknesses before completing noble quests. Spenser’s poem contains elements that inspired William Wordsworth, John Milton, James Thomson, Alfred Tennyson, John Keats, George MacDonald, L. Frank Baum, and even William Shakespeare. Readers will also find connections to classics by Virgil, Ovid, and Chaucer, and Geoffrey of Monmouth.

The Faerie Queene Kickstarter Campaign offers a three-volume, generously-footnoted set, with text that moves line-by-line through the entirety of Spenser’s 1590’s poem. Every monster, every enchanter, every impossible quest stands ready to face your stout heart.

Acclaimed fantasy artist Justin Gerard has created nearly eighty new illustrations for this project. Former classical educator Rebecca K. Reynolds authored the text, slowly integrating more of Spenser’s original language as she moved through the series. This approach helps readers learn while enjoying fantastical stories about wizards, monsters, dragons, and brave knights. Upon completion of the series, readers who wish to tackle an annotated copy of the original poetry should be prepared for that quest.

Sky Turtle Press is offering a free signed print by acclaimed fantasy artist Michael Kaluta for Day One supporters, so jump in early.

Read more about this project on www.faeriequeene.com.

Then, be sure to sign up on the preview page for our kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skyturtlepress/edmund-spensers-the-faerie-queene-a-prose-rendering Registering at this link will remind you when the Kickstarter goes live, so you don’t miss the Day One Giveaway.

A video describing this endeavor can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJ9pMyM1tk

12/01/2023

Sign up in the link found in comments below to be alerted when our Faerie Queene campaign goes live. There’s a Day One giveaway for those who jump in early, so be sure to find us Monday, January 16.

30/12/2022

When you were young and time was slow . . .
(Coming 2023)