A piece in The Guardian by Joanna Partridge about Huxhams Cross Farm, including an interview with Marina O’Connell.
Hawthorn Press author interviewed in The Guardian
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Celebrating Regenerative Agriculture in Totnes
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,…
Check out our new catalogue!
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…
Introducing Quickthorn books!
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…
Introducing our new Earth Caring Stamp!
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…
Storytelling for Nature Connection Launch
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…
Hawthorn Press is forty years young
The last month of the year it is a time of reflection. This is Hawthorn Press’ 40th year and those 40 years have gone by quickly. It seems only yesterday in 1981 that Hawthorn’s founding…
New Books for Autumn 2021
This autumn Hawthorn Press will publish some exciting new books, including Making Waldorf Crafts and World Tales for Family Storytelling
Making Waldorf Crafts
This autumn we publish Making Waldorf Crafts by Nina Taylor – a recipe book to guide young people through making things on their own (with a little help or guidance from an adult, if needed).
Hawthorn Press Shortlisted for IPG Sustainability Award
We are delighted to have been Shortlisted for the 2021 Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) Sustainability Award.
An Enchanted Place: Winnie the Pooh’s return to defend the 100 Acre Wood?
Jonathan Stedall in his new book, An Enchanted Place, wonders: What sort of a person Winnie the Pooh would be like if he became a human being? Would he still write poetry, and still be fond…
Planting a children’s forest
As we enjoy midsummer, the authors of The Children’s Forest are promoting children planting trees and learning how to look after them. Check out the film to learn more and there is even a course…
Small Steps to Less Waste is Launched
We were delighted to launch the new title Small Steps to Less Waste with author Claudi Williams and some of the book contributors discussing how we can all make small but important changes that reduce…
Stories to Light the Night – Online Launch Event Now Available to Watch on YouTube
The online launch of Stories to Light the Night by Susan Perrow is now available to watch on our Youtube channel.
Stories to inspire change
We’re delighted to be publishing Small Steps to Less Waste, a community project in association with Action on Plastic. The book contains 12 stories of personal enlightenment and the practical changes people made to live…
Learn How to Make Dolls with Author and Crafter Steffi Stern
Steffi Stern’s latest book, Making Soft Dolls: Simple Waldorf Designs to Sew and Love, has just received a lovely review in Waldorf Today.
Welcome Imbolc with song
Homeschooling discussion
On 16 January 2021 we held The Case for Homeschooling panel discussion with author Anna Dusseau. As many families home school in the latest Lockdown, this timely panel discussion shared personal experiences of home learning…
