Introduction
Earthright Publications is a very small imprint which has published or helped publish fourteen titles, eight of which are still in print and which can be ordered from the publisher via earthright@phonecoop.coop
Titles in print
Cordon Rouge: vegetarian and vegan recipes from the Red Herring
ISBN 0 907367 10 0 (reprint published December 1998; A5; paperback, perfect bound; 176pp) £7.50
A best seller. Over a hundred delicious recipes, interspersed with practical cookery advice and short accounts of running a small café, attractively produced and with colour and black and white illustrations.
To Rekindle Fire: Poems by Nigel Wild
ISBN 0 907367 12 7 (November 1999; A5; paperback, perfect bound; 60pp) £4.50
Nigel Wild is a campaigner for peace and justice and in his book of poems he reflects on his experiences as a baker, campaigner, prisoner and traveller. Illustrated with his own woodcuts.
Generating Pressure: The Campaign against Nuclear Power at Druridge Bay by
ISBN 0 907367 08 9 (December 1991; A5; paperback, perfect bound; 160pp) £4.00
The Druridge Bay Campaign was built up into a formidable – and ultimately successful – pressure group from simple beginnings, when a nuclear power station was proposed for the Northumberland Coast.
Power at Bay by
ISBN 0 907367 11 9 (December 1997; squarish 210 × 200mm; paperback, perfect bound; 192pp) £11.95
Power at Bay follows up the story told in Generating Pressure, describing and analysing how local people not only prevented the building of a nuclear power station but also halted commercial sand extraction. Both books are readable yet detailed, full of practical hints for campaigners, attractive and well illustrated.
Credo and other Poems for a non-nuclear world by
ISBN 0 907367 03 8 (December 1983; A5; paperback, wire stitched; 24pp) 75p
One woman's reaction to, and rejection of nuclear weapons, illustrated with her own line drawings.
Nuclear Fragments: Pictures, poetry, prose
ISBN 0 907367 01 1 (April 1982; A5; paperback, perfect bound; 60pp) £1.95
A anthology of anti-nuclear and pro-peace poetry, prose and pictures, none previously published.
Newcastle upon Tyne: a view
ISBN 0 907367 06 2 (August 1988; 200mm square format; paperback, perfect bound; 24pp) £2.50
Black and white photographs of central Newcastle upon Tyne by Clare Brannen, with a concise commentary by Dave Howarth.
Obtaining titles
You may occasionally find Earthright Publications’ titles in bookshops, especially smaller, more specialist bookshops such as Housmans in London or Libra Aries in Cambridge, and some wholefood shops may stock Cordon Rouge. But it is not easy to interest most bookshops in relatively obscure (as far as they are concerned) titles from tiny publishers who do not use a distributor so few of them will keep any Earthright Publications’ titles in stock. You may also find Earthright Publications’ titles listed on Amazon but they do not hold any stock and it will take several weeks for you to get the books via them. The best way to obtain copies of Earthright Publications’ titles is to order direct - it is quicker and there is no charge for postage within the UK.
Ordering from Earthright Publications
Please send a letter to Earthright Publications, 7 Tiverton Way, Cambridge CB1 3TU or e-mail Earthright Publications at earthright@phonecoop.coop, stating clearly which book or books you wish to order and how many copies. Please remember to give your name and address or I cannot post the books to you. A cheque, made payable to Earthright Publications, for the correct amount to pay for the books is appreciated but if you prefer I can invoice you.
There is no charge for postage within the United Kingdom. Orders sent overseas will be despatched by airmail. Generally books will be despatched within two weeks of receipt of order.
Trade orders
All titles are distributed by the Earthright Publications, though Gardners and Bertrams will order the occasional copy from Earthright Publications, presumably to fulfil trade orders. Trade terms for bookshops and wholefood shops and similar outlets are 35% discount off cover price, no small order surcharge and no charge for postage within the UK.
Earthright Publications is prepared to supply books on special terms to alternative/radical groups for sale at Green Fairs and Festivals or similar events. Please contact me to discuss possibilities.
Out of print titles
Food: Need, Greed & Myopia by
ISBN 0 907367 00 3 (first edition 1980; paperback)
What’s Where in Newcastle by
ISBN 0 907367 02 X (1987; paperback)
Food: Need, Greed & Myopia by
ISBN 0 907367 04 6 (second, fully revised edition 1986; paperback)
Map Guide to Newcastle upon Tyne by
ISBN 0 907367 05 4 (1983; folded sheet)
Food out of Chile: Recipes and stories from Maria Figueroa by
ISBN 0 907367 07 0 (1990; paperback)
Alleycat's Tyneside: the radical guide to Newcastle by
ISBN 0 907367 09 7 (1997; spiral bound)
The Zapatistas: a rough guide
ISBN 0 907367 99 2 (June 2000; paperback)
Background
Its proprietor, Monica Frisch, started Earthright Publications in 1980, in order to publish the first edition of Food: Need, Greed & Myopia, using experience gained through her involvement with Tyneside Free Press Workshop Ltd. Having enjoyed the process she decided to continue publishing although, unlike Bloodaxe Books, which also started on Tyneside at about the same time, Earthright Publications stayed very small, never publishing more than two titles in any one year and making only a small income for its proprietor.If Earthright has a specialism at all it is probably local books: nine of the fourteen titles it has published have a strong link to north-east England, where Earthright Publications started, being about local issues (two books about the Druridge Bay Campaign), local guide books (four titles), linked to a local cafe (two titles) or by local authors. Earthright Publications does not publish fiction, and has no plans to produce any more books of poetry (as sales of the three published have been slow — all are still available).