Pens of the Earth

This is to regretfully announce that nine sponsors who helped fund the publication of Wild Seas, Wilder Cities via our Crowdfunder were not acknowledged in the book due to an administrative error. This will be rectified in our forthcoming ebook and any future editions of the paperback.

In the meantime we’d like to express our deep gratitude to the following sponsors:

• Jackie Arnold
• Janet Brown
• Carol Dowie
• Martine Egan
• Sue Harper
• Gail and Jon Loose
• Loree Westron
• Ruth Wilkinson
• Sandra Wilkinson & Jeremy Pack
• And also those sponsors who chose to remain anonymous.

We’ve published four poems that were commended in our ‘Community’ competition. You can read them here.

Our Instagram page has been rejuvenated, under the discerning eye of Peter Brown, one of the artists contributing to our book. You can check it out here.

Our book Wild Seas, Wilder Cities will arrive on 21st October! How do you get your copy?

• Come to our launch, where it will be available for the special price of £10.
• Pre-order from the award-winning Pigeon Books in Portsmouth (for collection or delivery). Price £10.99.
• After our launch, buy from another independent bookshop (up to date list here) or buy the ebook from the usual places.

Our 2024 Annual Report is now available to read. It’s been a busy year!

Thanks to everyone who entered our ‘community’ competition. The judges have made their verdicts, and the results are now available here!

With £100 recently raised by the Pens friends litter pick, we’ve hit our target of £2,000 to publish our book. That means we’re now directly raising money for the Solent Seagrass Restoration Project!

The litter pick is ongoing, having recently reached over 3,000 pieces of litter (new target: 4,000). It will continue until our launch on October 21st.

It’s a fabulous feeling to announce that all proceeds from our book launch – including ticket sales, book sales, litter picking and litter art sales – will go to supporting the wonderful and essential work of restoring seagrasses.

Our book will become available to pre-order from Pigeon Books from early summer onwards (for collection or delivery).

Tickets for our book launch event at Portsmouth Guildhall are now available at the bargain price of £6 each. It’s going to be great and we’d love to see you there! Order your tickets from the Guildhall here.

Our competition deadline has now passed. Thank you to everyone who entered! Results will be announced by 30th April 2024.

Don’t forget, our competition on the theme of ‘community’ runs until the 14th January 2024 – only a month (and a bit) to go! You can read all about what we’re after here.