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Borders Books, Teesside Retail Park, Stockton-on-Tees: Wednesday 27 May at 6.30pm

Poet Tom Kelly reads from his acclaimed new collection, Love-Lines. From Newcastle, writer and perfomer Claire Morgan will be sharing some of her latest work. We also have an open mic. Bring along a poem, monologue or short story to perform. Celebrate the spoken word in a relaxed and supportive setting. Free event. All welcome. Further info from Jon Glasper on 01642 608651.

Love-Lines Review

“Kelly’s third collection, and his second to be published by the Red Squirrel Press, builds brilliantly upon the themes of his earlier work and resounds with a rawness, pathos and humour that leaps from the page and seems to whisper charmingly in your ear like an old friend. A proud son of the North East, his poetry is preoccupied with place and loss, with a faultless ear for the nuances of his native Tyneside, picking out the small details of everyday life and making them sing, from memories of awkwardly sharing a urinal with his father to nights spent wistfully looking through photograph albums, gazing at pictures that ‘umbrella the light but stop a long way short of living’. These are vivid, compelling and often beautiful poems, by turns sad and uplifting, that certainly deserve a wide readership.”

Taken from Poetry Book Society Bulletin
Issue 220
Spring 2009

Buy Love-Lines direct from Red Squirrel
http://www.redsquirrelpress.com/index.php?lovelines
Photo & article from South Shields launch
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/jarrow-news/Poet-tells-all-about-the.5236226.jp