A 2007 calendar based on John Clare's famous long poem The Shepherd's Calendar is now on sale, featuring illustrations by artist and Clare enthusiast Carry Akroyd. The calendar includes a beautiful linocut image for each month evoking the natural and human landscapes about which Clare wrote, specially produced by Carry Akroyd for Carcanet's forthcoming edition of John Clare's The Shepherd's Calendar.

To order the open-out, A4 calendar for £7 including UK p&p, send a cheque payable to Carry Akroyd to: Carry Akroyd, 4, Luddington in the Brook, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 5QU.

Carry Akroyd is a Northamptonshire-based painter and printmaker. She first became immersed in Clare's poetry when she was commissioned by Northamptonshire Libraries to create a touring exhibition based on his writings in 1996, and has been making artworks inspired by his words ever since. Visit www.carryakroyd.co.uk for further exhibition details and examples of Carry's work.

The Shepherd's Calendar by John Clare, edited by Tim Chilcott, will be published by Carcanet in November. It presents, for the first time in nearly 180 years, two major versions of one of John Clare's most celebrated poems side by side.

Click here for more information or to pre-order this title with a 10% discount and free UK p&p.