Gustavo Pereira, THE ARRIVAL OF THE ORCHESTRA

Gustavo Pereira is one of Latin America’s most prolific poets, the best-known Venezuelan poet of his generation, and a leading spirit in his country’s Bolivarian revolution. The Arrival of the Orchestra is the first publication of Pereira’s work in English.

‘In this remarkable book, Gustavo Pereira reflects with insight and eloquence the reawakening in Venezuela that offers us all the threat of a good example.’ John Pilger

Paperback £7.95 ISBN 978-0-9564175-3-4

N.S. Thompson, LETTER TO AUDEN
Letter to Auden is an anti-heroic verse-epistle, combining Byron’s savage wit and Auden’s breezy conversational manner. It is a study in contemporary manners, mores, culture and politics. It’s a poem, a letter, an anachronism, a parody and a bagatelle. It’s an irreverent and original venture into the world of the Audenesque, and a homage to one of the twentieth-century’s greatest poets.

Nigel Thompson worked in Italy for several years as the curator of Casa Guidi, the Florence home of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. His publications include Chaucer, Boccaccio and the Debate of Love, several chapbooks and a full-length collection, The Home Front.

Paperback £7.95 ISBN 978-0-9564175-1-0

Marilyn Longstaff, RAIMENT

Raiment is a book about the ways in which we clothe our bodies and our spirits. It is a study in faith and disappointment, bras, knickers and the whole armour of God. These are poems about the flesh and the spirit, cheerfully balancing desire and loss, hope and failure and finding satisfaction in small pleasures in a world that contains no angels in bright raiment.

Marilyn Longstaff’s previous books are Puritan Games and Sitting Among the Hoppers. She lives in Darlington.

Join us to launch Raiment with a reading at Bishop Auckland Town Hall at 7.30 pm on Wednesday October 6th. Entry free, but please telephone the Town Hall (01388 602610) to reserve a ticket.

Paperback £7.95 ISBN 978-0-9564175-4-1

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