John Irving Clarke
THE BOOKS
Quality literature from the Currock Press stable. Established in 2001 to publish John Irving Clarke's After the Storm, Currock Press has since published a number of titles on an author subsidy basis. The following books are available as priced to include UK postage and packing. Use the contact tab if you are interested and a speedy service will be yours.
Too Many Villains
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The ground-breaking volume which includes work from Jimmy Andrex, John Irving Clarke and Gareth Durasow.
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This is the book which brought you
"Staring woman with a tache brushes past the fat smokers
While a sea fret blocks the sun above the plastic dog turd joke shop."

and
"burn at the stake all these
whose palms speak smoothly
of computer keys or piano keys."

Radical stuff. It also kick-started the Red Shed Readings
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£3.95
Gormless
Jimmy Andrex
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A West Riding upbringing; crogs explained and Harold Poynton's status as hero confirmed. But there's much more than that:

"A small moored boat like a blank page
invites us to take up the oars.
Blood and lungs pumping while angel words
echo as bottomless ink ripples."

Not so much Gormless as gorgeous. £6
Natural Light
Jane Steele
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An undoubted hit at the Red Shed Readings, Jane slices through pomposity and pretension with an easy style: Wakefield women beware! But don't be fooled; pathos also lurks here and the poignancy can be heart stopping.

£5

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The Blue Bridge
Pete Lancaster
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Delicate explorations of memory and loss; the post-industrial landscape and the personal interior.

"from the castle turret you think
you could reach out and touch
his wing-tips but he keeps
you at arm's length, the kestrel,
hooked blade of chestnut and blue-gray,
feathering the wind..."

£6
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