History Talks
Published by
Red Squirrel Press

“Tom Kelly is a prolific writer. In addition to his collections of poetry (of which this is the fifth), he has also penned numerous plays and this contributes to the real sense of drama that fills his poems. He writes about the North East past and present, and there is an impressive sense of place in all these poems. From ‘Flash Gordon’ who “shopping in Asda…keeps an eye on the check-out,” to “My father’s brother. Unmarried…He’d drink at dinnertime and worked nights in the Steel Works.” Perhaps it is in the final stanza of ‘Cold Morning’ that best sums up this collection and Tom’s visceral, immediate poetry. “I can’t see the future/imagine anything/apart from this.” History Talks.”

Poetry Book Bulletin, Spring, 2011

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Tom Kelly and Lesley Mountain

There is another chance to hear two Red Squirrel poets reading at one event at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 8th March, at South Shields Central Library. Lesley Mountain, whose Dance of the Disappointed left many readers disappointed last year, when the launch had to be cancelled, will join Tom Kelly who will be celebrating the publication of his new collection, History Talks. These two fine – and very different – readers delighted the audience at Newcastle’s Lit & Phil when they teamed up to launch their books: if you missed them then, don’t miss them again!

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