Sharing everything you need to know about the attributes, behaviour, quirks and qualities of chickens, author, gardener and floral artist Arthur Parkinson offers detailed advice to equip you with the practical skills to look after hens in your own garden.
Accompanied by illustrations, Parkinson celebrates all hens, great and small, highlighting some of the most common to the most perilously rare of breeds, the lesser-known of which may well disappear. Joyful and inspiring, Hen Party is a clucking poultry show of a book for anyone dreaming of the good life.
“It is my hope that this book will help you discover, or reconfirm, which chicken breeds are your favourites and encourage you to keep them yourself, or at least to remember them.” – Arthur Parkinson
Arthur Parkinson was born and bought up in Nottinghamshire. He has loved chickens all his life and his other passions concern organic gardening, conservation and sustainable floristry. He is a writer, illustrator and photographer with his work and interests regularly shared on his Instagram account.
Hen Party: A Celebration (Particular Books) will be released on the 2nd of October, 2025.
