Using the adventures and misdemeanours of the mischievous Findus the Cat and old Farmer Pettson, along with their farm animals and muckle friends, here are puzzles and activities to spark imagination and engage young minds.
David Kennedy from Waldorf Today was kind enough to review Nina Taylor’s Making Waldorf Crafts. Some of our favourite quotes are: ‘Making Waldorf Crafts isn’t your normal “I’m going to knit a gnome book”. You can…
Travels and Tales at Warming Waters There are shadows on the warming, northern seas. Long ago, refugees fled Doggerland when seas encroached. Now rising seas threaten the low-lying shores once again. Jules Pretty tells moving…
A piece in The Guardian by Joanna Partridge about Huxhams Cross Farm, including an interview with Marina O’Connell.
Marina O’Connell, of the Apricot Centre, hosted a Celebration of Regenerative Agriculture on Tuesday 10th May at the New Lion Brewery at Dartington, Devon with beer on the house. She wanted to celebrate not just her new book,…
We have released the catalogue of our 2022 publications! Give it a read to find out more about our new books under the wide ranging themes of Farming, Craft, Family, Steiner and Waldorf Education, and…
This week we launched the social media for Hawthorn Press’s new imprint Quickthorn books in preparation for some upcoming publications! Quickthorn publishes books with an emphasis on making and personal agency. We are constantly being…
Swedish company Polhus has created a playhouse based on the Findus and Pettson characters. The Pettson playhouse has two decorative chimneys and at the ridge, the internal ceiling height is about 1.9m, so even big…
We have launched a new logo that we will stamp onto the front of our books to illustrate the effort Hawthorn Press puts into caring for our world through our thoughtful books. Earth caring, to…
At the beginning of this February we hosted via Zoom the launch of our new Storytelling for Nature Connection: Environment, Community and Story-based Learning. The editors Alida Gersie, Anthony Nanson, Edward Schieffelin with Charlene Collison…
