Smokestack Books

Three New Poetry Titles from Smokestack, March 2012

ORPHEUS ASCENDING

John Gibbens

A re-telling of the Orpheus myth, set in the London music scene in the late 1980s, a retro-future where violent unrest meets government backlash and where pastoral idyll becomes a precarious refuge from the perilous currents of history. It is a book about music, love and Fascism.

John Gibbens has been gigging with The Children since the early 1990s. He lives in London.

Paperback £7.95 ISBN 978-0-9568144-5-6

FROM HERE TO TIMBUKTU

Pauline Plummer

A modern-day version of The Canterbury Tales, following a group of Western holidaymakers on a safari-holiday. It's a travelogue, a satire, an epic poem and a study in Third World poverty and First World consumption.

Pauline Plummer has published four previous collections of poetry, Romeo's Café, Palaver, Demon Straightening and Bamako to Timbuktu. She lives in Cullercoats.

Paperback £7.95 ISBN 978-0-9568144-4-9

BOTH

Steven Blyth

A book about domesticity, the triumphs and failures of a life defined by family, friends, work and love, a study of Masculinity and Class, family Christmases and Corporate Strategy meetings.

Steven Blyth has published five previous books of poetry, The Gox, Baddy, So and Mr Right. He lives in Manchester and works in local government.

Paperback £7.95 ISBN 978-0-9568144-3-2