{"product_id":"9781911048268","title":"Diversifly: Poetry and Art on Britain's Urban Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology, of new poetry and art about Britain's urban birds, grew out of the close encounters I have had with birds when visiting central London from my home on the Shropshire-Wales border. I noticed how much closer I could get to blackbirds and other shy birds there. I noticed the number of people with headphones to their ears, and phones in front of their eyes. I thought about the joy I get from watching birds and how at my lowest times their constancy, their flight and their song have enlivened me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see from the contents page that only a sample of birds seen in Britain’s towns and cities are included, and that there are a particularly large number of responses to both pigeons and gulls. I like this. These are the birds the poets and artists who took part in this project responded to. I have chosen work I hope you will enjoy – whether you are an expert or novice in poetry, art, or ornithology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt www.fairacrepress.co.uk you can read the blogs I wrote on urban birds to encourage people to pick up a pen or paintbrush. There you can also download or stream six free podcasts: conversations and readings featuring my favourite UK nature poets: Alison Brackenbury, Gillian Clarke, Chris Kinsey, David Morley, Katrina Porteous and Richard Osmond. You can also join naturalist Brett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestwood and myself on an urban bird walk podcast in Stourbridge, West Midlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would particularly like to thank the poets I commissioned to write a bird poem who are not known for, or used to, writing about nature: Brian Bilston, Carrie Etter, Andrew McMillan, Sabrina Mahfouz, Kaite O’Reilly, Emma Purshouse, Amaal Said, James Sheard and Dorothea Smartt. And my sincere thanks go to Arts Council England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fair Acre Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033357959408,"sku":"9781911048268","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911048268_p0.jpg?v=1763629825","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911048268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}