Courtney Marie Andrews announces book of poetry: Old Monarch
Courtney Marie Andrews has announced her first poetry collection titled Old Monarch, to be published via Simon & Schuster on 13th May. Source
View ArticleSam Lee to release debut book: The Nightingale
Award-winning folk singer, conservationist and curator Sam Lee is to publish his debut book 'The Nightingale'. It's preceded by a series of live and online concerts produced by The Nest Collective. Source
View ArticleNew Books: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay
Featured as a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, Scotland's National Poet Jackie Kay brings to life the tempestuous story of the greatest blues singer who ever lived - Bessie Smith. Source
View ArticlePoet, Painter & Bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti Dies
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, painter and owner of the world-famous literary landmark that is City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco has died at the age of 101. We look back at his life. Source
View ArticleRough Trade Books and Forum Books Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021
Join Rough Trade Books this evening as they celebrate International Women’s Day in a special free event with Award-winning indie bookshop Forum Books - featuring Martha Sprackland, Briony Bax and more...
View ArticleDavid Suff on “Walking on Skylark Ridge”
We chat with internationally acclaimed artist David Suff about his new book "Walking on Skylark Ridge" - part nature diary, part autobiography, this collection of writing and drawings documents our...
View ArticleVin Garbutt Autobiography to be Published: All The Very Best
The Teesside Troubadour Vin Garbutt who passed away in 2017 at the age of 69, is to have his autobiography published. Written in the years before his death, "this is Vin’s touching, funny and...
View ArticleSimon Moreton on “Where?: Life & Death in the Shropshire Hills”
We chat to Simon Moreton about his book “Where?” Following his father's death in 2017, the author went back to his childhood home in rural Shropshire trying to process his grief by revisiting his...
View ArticleBook Review: Martin Hayes – Shared Notes
With Shared Notes, Martin Hayes has written an engrossing book that illuminates his life-long musical purpose, where his music fits in the multi-faceted world of Irish traditional music, and how he...
View ArticleNew Book Series: ‘Sounding the Century’– the life & times of Bill Leader
Sounding the Century is a projected ten-volume series of books by Mike Butler covering the life of Bill Leader, the sound engineer and producer who straddled the age of traditional song and the folk...
View ArticleJames Yorkston announces second novel “The Book of the Gaels”
Following his bittersweet slacker debut novel 'Three Craws', Jame Yorkston has announced his second: The Book of the Gaels, described by musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker as 'An unsentimental and...
View ArticleSacred Bones to publish book on The Source Family
Sacred Bones have today announced that they are to publish a 200-page book on the legendary Los Angeles cult The Source Family and their wildly influential psychedelic rock band Ya Ho Wa 13. Source
View ArticleBook Review: Jude Rogers – The Sound Of Being Human
If you love music and sometimes muse over why it occupies such an important place in your life, you will revel in Jude Rogers' sweeping, often raw, but decidedly life-affirming book 'The Sound of Being...
View ArticleAnthony Joseph’s new poetry collection -Sonnets for Albert
With Sonnets for Albert, Trinidad-born poet Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. Cafe Oto are hosting a special launch event on...
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