Fox
Spirit believes that day to day life lacks a few things. We need the fantastic,
the magical, the mischievous and even a touch of the horrific to stave off the
banal and humdrum.
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A small
indie press based in Leicestershire, Fox Spirit Books works with authors and
artists from Leicestershire and worldwide to bring fantastic stories to the
reading public. It started in 2012 with
a plan to put together an anthology ‘Tales of the Nun and Dragon’ and has grown
rapidly since. In 2015 Fox Spirit won
the British Fantasy Society, Best Independent Press. As of January 2016 Fox
Spirit have over forty titles out. While mainly focussing on genres like sci
fi, fantasy, horror, crime, and all the blending they offer, the press also has
a small book of poetry based around fox mythology from local poet V.C. Linde, a
translation on a fencing manual that was lost for 400 years (The Second
Giganti) under the Vulpes imprint and will be launching a line of martial arts
manuals and biographical works under FoxGloves.
Director
and commissioning Editor Adele Wearing has lived in Leicestershire most of her
life and in addition to running Fox Spirit, has been involved in running local
lit events such as the Fox Bites short readings evenings, open to all local
writers and the 2014 Leicester Comic Con run by Leicester Shootfighters’ Nathan
Leverton. Adele is a regular on panels at events like Edge.Lit and also gives
occasional short courses or seminars aimed at new writers making first contact
with the industry.
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