THE KATES HILL PRESS, DUDLEY,
ENGLAND
PREVIOUS NEWS STORIES 2003
04/12/03: GHOST VOICES NOW AVAILABLE
Set
within the turmoil of the Vietnam war, Ghost Voices is a stark depiction of the
affects of combat upon some of the men of 2 Bravo 6 Platoon Royal Marines;
their relationships, attitudes and reactions to dealing with the perpetual
boredom and sudden horrors that peacekeeping can bring. Barry Morris reveals
what others often omit; the unrelenting struggle to overcome fear and the
powerlessness of having to witness abuse of non combatants.
A5 paperback; 320 pages; £7.99
ISBN 1 904552 01 3
22/11/03: SPAKEMON’S 2ND BOOK
With work almost complete on the
cartoons Billy Spakemon has been doing for Greg Stokes’s spoof detective novel
a second volume of his own dialect verse has been mooted, this time with
cartoons to supplement the poems. The second book is likely to be longer than
the first. More news on this as it
surfaces.
GHOST VOICES - Publication Date
Barry Morris’s book chronicling
373 days in the Vietnam war with the Royal Marines is to be published on 4th
December 2003 The publication is the result of collaboration between Morris and
the Kates Hill Press. The book is being distributed by Morris but will also be
available from the Kates Hill Press. Morris is currently working on his first
novel, Mindswept.
COMB BINDING COMING
Recent years have seen the Kates
Hill Press bring out several booklets. The beauty of this from our point of
view is that they can be produced more or less on demand. Longer works, even when producing short
runs, is always a balance between unit cost and length of run. In order to bring out more titles the Kates
Hill Press is going over to comb or wire binding to reduce the amount of
capital tied up in, and space taken up by, unsold stock.
BLACK COUNTRY CLASSICS
To inaugurate the new style of
publication the Kates Hill Press will launch a new series entitled Black
Country Classics early in the new year, 2004. The first tiles will be Amy Lyons
1902 work Black Country Sketches, and Dud Dudley’s Metallum Martis,
first published in 1665.
10/11/03:
TOSSIE LOOKING TO TV
Tossie Patrick is considering
dramatising life in a 1920s Black Country township as first described in her
booklet A Pocketful of Memories – Blackheath with a view to submitting it to
local TV stations. She was encouraged
to take this step when a writer from Wales contacted her after reading the
book.
04/10/03
SPAKEMON STORMS TIVIDALE
Poet and performer Billy
Spakemon’s gig at the Red Lion in Tividale went down a storm on Saturday 4th
October when he performed two 40 minute sets.
As always, entirely new material was produced for both sets including
“Battles wi the Lodge”, “Ar neeyully cut me chin off”, “Council Boy”, and
“Dividid Loyultis.”
Future Billy Spakemon gigs will
be advertised on this web site.
“Ar alus wantid ter be Bobby
‘Ope frum the Baggis but siyned skoowerlboy forms wi th’utha lot the
Wolves” Billy Spakemon on Dividid
Loyultis.
SPAKEMON
STORMS TIVIDALE
Poet and performer Billy
Spakemon’s gig at the Red Lion in Tividale went down a storm on Saturday 4th
October when he performed two 40 minute sets.
As always entirely new material was produced for both sets including
“Battles wi the Lodge”, “Ar neeyully cut me chin off”, “Council Boy”, and
“Dividid Loyultis.”
Future Billy Spakemon gigs will
be advertised on this web site.
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