List Of Writers

THEAR, KATIE

Katie Thear was born in Llŷn, North Wales. She is well-known as the author of more than twenty practical, non-fiction books for the small farming sector. Hearing the Grass Grow (Broad Leys Publishing, 2008) is her first novel. 

Selected Publications:
Non-fiction
Home Dairying Book: Complete Guide to Home Dairying (Broad Leys, 1978)
Practical Rabbit Keeping (Ward Lock, 1981)
Part Time Farming (Ward Lock, 1982)
The Family Smallholding (Batsford, 1983)
Kind of Living: Practical Guide to Self-sufficiency (Hamish Hamilton, 1983)
Home Dairying (Batsford, 1983)
Practical Chicken Keeping (Ward Lock, 1983)
Commercial Goat Farming (Broad Leys Publishing, 1985)
Keeping Quail: A Guide to Domestic and Commercial Management (Broad Leys Publishing, 1987)
Goats and Goat Keeping (Murdoch Books, 1988)
Home and Farm Dairying (Broad Leys Publishing, 1988)
Free-range Poultry (Farming Press Books, 1990)
Incubation: A Guide to Hatching and Rearing (Broad Leys Publishing, 1997)
Starting with Chickens (Broad Leys Publishing, 1999)
Starting with Ducks (Broad Leys Publishing, 2002)
The Smallholder’s Manual (Crowood Press, 2002)
Starting with Geese (Broad Leys Publishing, 2003)
Cheesemaking and Dairying: Making Cheese, Yoghurt, Butter and Ice Cream on a Small Scale (Broad Leys Publishing, 2003)
Organic Poultry (Broad Leys Publishing, 2005)
Starting with Turkeys (Broad Leys Publishing, 2006)
Starting with Goats (Broad Leys Publishing, 2006)

Fiction
Hearing the Grass Grow (Broad Leys Publishing, 2008)

Contributed to:
The Complete Book of Raising Livestock and Poultry (co-editor) (Taylor & Francis, 1981)
Small Farmer’s Guide to Raising Livestock and Poultry (co-writer) (Arco, 1984)
Poems of the Countryside (editor) (Broad Leys Publishing, 1985)