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A Badgers Tale – Eric Ashby edition

A magical realism tale in the Natures Heroes series. Liam finds a way to join the world of badgers in this rite of passage story. This edition features the work of wildlife cinematography pioneer Eric Ashby MBE, who was the mentor to wildlife campaigner and TV presenter Chris Packham.

 

A Badger’s Tale – Naturewatch Edition

A magical realism tale in the Natures Heroes series. Liam finds a way to join the world of badgers in this rite of passage story. Created for the Naturewatch Foundation in conjunction with their campaign on badger baiting and illustrated with drawings of badgers by some exceptionally talented young people and selected by Chris Packham.

 

 

A Breath Before Dying

This long form poem tells a lifelong love story shattered by dementia.

The narrative takes the form of an enduring romance, a stirring of ghosts from the shadows and dust of the day, and a strident polemic to do with the right to die after death’s bitter promise has stolen all that was once thought possible.

 

Babylon Farm

A man awakes with no memory of a past, only the will to live. He is a prisoner in a world where no other form of animal life now exists - just human beings (who still have a taste for flesh). He is one of those who will be farmed to satiate that appetite. Includes 13 original paintings,

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Enchanted Wood – A Brush with a Foxes Tale

A magical realism tale in the Natures Heroes series. The story of one man's journey to find his place in nature and the boy he comes to share this with. From the darkness of Arthur’s initial despair it becomes an uplifting story when he introduces Liam to the secret world of foxes.

 

Entertaining an Artist

This affectionately fictionalised ‘cautionary tale’ brings something of the gently whimsical feel of Winnie The Pooh to the author’s sometimes confounding, yet always humorous, encounters with an Artist of her acquaintance. Who just happens to be vegan, too.

Found

This long form poem is the third part of a journey to explore what is meant by love in a confused world amongst confused people. A journey which was begun in the sister volume "Lost Wanderings"

 

I want to see

A collection of beautiful photos and poems on the theme of love.

Words and photographs by award-winning photographer Geoff Francis.

Designed by Paul Windridge.

Lost Wanderings

This long form poem tells of a lifelong journey for the meaning of what love might be. A journey which is concluded in the sister volume “Found”.

Love looks

A collection of beautiful photos and poems on the theme of love.

Words and photographs by award-winning photographer Geoff Francis.

Designed by Paul Windridge.

 

Or is it ?

A tale set in a dystopian world where the appetite for flesh can only be fulfilled by taking human life.

Ingenious ways are contrived to meet that demand.

 

Prisoners on the Carousel

104 poems written during the lockdown period exploring the sense of confinement and an examination of what freedom means.

Sailors

Inspired by two lines by Leonard Cohen, this book is dedicated to Sea Shepherd with whom Geoff has had a long-term connection. It includes details of facts about what is happening to the oceans and also quotes from Captain Paul Watson the organisation's founder and driving force.

Spirit of the Game

Jamie Steele has never heard of Stanley Matthews…. But the legendary footballer is about to change his life forever! A tough, heart-warming and uplifting young adults’ tale weaving heroes, racism and love with more than a touch of earthbound football wizardry. The educational initiative this book generated has been endorsed by the UN Department for Sport and Peace.

Spirit of the Game audiobook

Jamie Steele has never heard of Stanley Matthews…. But the legendary footballer is about to change his life forever! A tough, heart-warming and uplifting young adults’ tale weaving heroes, racism and love with more than a touch of earthbound football wizardry.

An Audiobook version of 'Spirit of the Game'.

Click [View Now] to listen to all episodes on Spotify.

Spirit of the Game movie script

An insight into the creative process and energy that goes into realising a groundbreaking 2-D animated movie. Tony White is most probably the greatest 2D animator. He is certainly the most experienced, having worked with many of the geniuses of what is now a much neglected industry. Book to follow.

Stanley Matthews – The Black Man with a White Face

Written by Geoff Francis, with the help of Stanley's daughter Jean Gough, just a decade after Stan’s death. This authorised biography celebrates the little known influence Stan had in Africa on football, race relations and even, according to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with helping to dent apartheid.

Unnatural Heart

‘As a conservationist and representative for a beleaguered planet, Geoff Francis sees the poetry in the plight and offers through his own art and writing a resonance for salvation’. David Erdos These poems were collated for the Poet Laureate’s Environmental Competition in 2020.

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Amazing photographs of foxes by Paul Windridge - painter, video & digital artist, music maker, writer and photographer whose work has been exhibited and screened worldwide.
With poems by Geoff Francis - Saatchi-shortlisted artist, award-winning photographer, sculptor, writer, poet and environmental activist.
Werewolf Dreams

A Gothic tale. A detective sets about understanding an epidemic of unexplained deaths and suicides in the elite business world. The perpetrator is a werewolf but there is no blood on his teeth or in his mouth. He simply has the power to make these people face the consequences of what they do.