Lost Words for Nottinghamshire

by Patrick Limb in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

We did it

On 16th July 2018 we successfully raised £5,700 with 115 supporters in 28 days

To ensure "The Lost Words" by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris find a home in every Primary School in Nottinghamshire

by Patrick Limb in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Patrick Limb

Patrick Limb

2nd July 2018

Primary schools target in sight; stretch target now on the horizon!

Hello there, as the end of week 2 for this 'all or nothing' campaign comes into view, all
thanks
to
your generosity #LostWordsforNotts is 80%+ of the way to its primary target! With a gentle push round your colleagues, friends and family, it will get funded before another week is out. Numbers of…

Patrick Limb

Patrick Limb

25th June 2018

A week is a long time in Crowdfunding

Thanks to you - your support - #LostWordsforNotts has just over-flown the £3,000 mark! "The Lost Words" have then found their voice in Robert Macfarlane's own county of childhood; and Jackie Morris's charm of goldfinches is singing ever louder - so, "thank you" for your generosity and kindness. Because of…

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Rewards

This project offers rewards in return for your donation. Please select a reward below.

£20 or more

The book "These Seven"

A sampler anthology of short stories by Nottingham writers in support of Nottingham’s Stories – the City Read and Write project funded by Arts Council England and managed by Nottingham City of Literature. Available to collect from Five Leaves Bookshop.

£25 or more

3 of 10 claimed

Exploring Nottinghamshire Writers: the book

One great book deserves another: “Exploring Nottinghamshire Writers” is a guidebook to the literary landscape of the region - three centuries and more of writers and the places that inspired them.

£60 or more

4 of 5 claimed

£10 Book Token at Five Leaves Bookshop

The award-winning Five Leaves Bookshop is one of the few independents to open in any UK city centre this century! Found at Long Row, Nottingham, it's the place to go to 'book up' your ideas

£250 or more

0 of 1 claimed

A nature poem by Georgina Wilding

Super grateful to the super-talented Georgina Wilding, Nottingham's very own first Young Poet Laureate (and semi-officially appointed head of awesomeness in NG land right now) for agreeing to write for this very generous donor a one-off, specially minted poem about Nature and Nottinghamshire. Not so much the Ode less travelled as a unique opportunity to have your own dedicated verse.

£100 or more

5 of 5 claimed

£20 Book Token at Five Leaves Bookshop

Five Leaves Bookshop, a supporter of this campaign, is one of the few independents to open in any UK city centre this century! Located on Long Row, Nottingham, it's the place to go to 'book up' your ideas!

£100 or more

1 of 1 claimed

Drawing of a Hare

Another one-off. Detailed ink drawing of a hare by Harry Whinney - co-organiser of TLW -Notts, and organiser of TLW - Lincolnshire

£100 or more

1 of 1 claimed

Sand Martin Hide

A ‘behind the scenes' tour for a couple of Notts Wildlife Trust’s unique Sand Martin Hide at Attenborough Nature Reserve followed by tea/coffee & cake in the Nature Centre. Learn about their amazing journey to and from Africa and how research from this nest is helping us understand precisely where birds return to in Africa each Autum to spend the winter.

£175 or more

1 of 1 claimed

Artist's Proof of a Fox's Wedding

A Fox's Wedding - when the rain falls and the sun is shining - is an artist's proof by Jackie Morris, the illustrator and co-author of the Lost Words. It shows two foxes gathered under gilded parasols and has been signed by her

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