New edition of Anne Powell's The Fierce Light published 19 October 2006

November 19, 2006

A new edition of WPA member Anne Powell's acclaimed selection of prose and poetry from 38 contemporary British, Australian and New Zealand writers who fought during the Battle of the Somme, The Fierce Light: The Battle of the Somme July - November 1916 is published today (19 October 2006) in paperback. The book was first published in 1996 by Anne and Jeremy Powell's own Palladour Books and this new and revised edition is published by Sutton Books to commemorate the present 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. It is available at a generous discount through the WPA's own Amazon A-Store. Please click here to order it now!

A copy of Anne Powell's The Fierce Light or other books from these pages would of course make a fine Christmas or seasonal present for all of your friends interested in war poetry. While visiting our Amazon Store, now or later, why not order all the books and other publications you need to be delivered before Christmas - whether or not about war poetry - and benefit the WPA? (It will receive a small commission.) Forgive the blatant commercialism, but it's for a charitable cause! All you need to do is begin your search at our Amazon Store, here, for the WPA to benefit. Many thanks!