TUMMY JONES - ODEBRY MON
Billy Spakemon
Billy
Spakemon is the stage and pen name of Brian Dakin.
Dedicated to the promotion of the Black Country dialect as the core of
our identity, Billy Spakemon’s output of poems, stories and songs
in his ‘mutha tung’ is truly prodigious, reminiscent of the output of
Bob Dylan in his youth.
Billy
has been performing his work across the region for years and is it’s finest
performance poet. This,
his third
collection,
of consists of poems, stories and songs, many of which have been performed live
across
the region.
Again the sweep of subject matter is immense, from love to loss, tragedy
in the tunnel to fun in the fode...
So,
sit back get yer yed in his book, tune into his spake, and enjoy the bard of the
Black Country.
Billy’s
fust tew
books,
Chant of the Mutha Tung and
Cor Yow Shurrup a Minit Billy are
also available from The Kates Hill Press
A5 booklet, 48 pages, £3.00 (plus 50p
p&p)
ISBN 978 1 904552 21 5
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THE FORTS OF KIMMY SUE ANNE
Louise Mary Stokes
Kimmy
Sue Anne, from the rough, tough streets of Dudley’s Kates Hill, overlooked as
it is by the town’s ancient castle, waxes lyrical about her love of ancient
military edifices, inspired no doubt by…
Yo!
Guy! It is not those kind of forts, it is the forts that I is finkin innit.
Those are the forts in this book, what I have writ…
The
Forts of Kimmy Sue Anne… Words of wisdom from Kates Hill’s finest chav poet
though innit.
Yo!
Guy! I is da only chav wot is writin
me pwoems…
The
Forts of Kimmy Sue Anne, award winning poet…
Yo!
Guy! Wot award is it I is winnin…
Kates
Hill Press Chav Poet of the Year 2007…
Yo!
Guy! Seein as you is awardin me you can keep your forts…
Kimmy
Sue Anne:-
Just
one of the characters of Louise Mary Stokes.
There’s a whole family of them to look forward to...
A5 booklet, 40 pages, £3.00 (plus
50p p&p)
ISBN 978 1 904552 22 2
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CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE FAMILY OF THE GROTEQUE
Louise Mary Stokes
Kimmy
Sue Anne the
Chav Poet:-
Is
just one of the characters of Louise Mary Stokes.
If you thought she was bad enough, there’s a whole family of them…
Nan
- Roz Coalstead,
a sweet little old lady (coughs)
Great
Uncle Dirk O’T’Dea
- Stand oop comedian from oop
North.
Nicola
Goff -
The goth, Kimmy Sue Anne’s cousin, formerly Nicola Heathland Smith but
changed her initials from NHS… her world is bleak bleak bleak.
Pamela
Mary Crabfish -
Dirk’s ex missus, from Glastonbury, wears tartan, drinks baby ham and
black.
Arthur
Stringer Turner -
Pamela’s nephew, Kimmy Sue Anne’s second cousin twice removed
- or something
- angry young man wannabe.
Celestine
- Kimmy Sue Anne’s
eccentric aunt from somewhere exceedingly posh… Solihull
Jean-Stefan
de le Broadbean d’ Urse au Mange Tout -
French
artist, the intended of Nan Roz Coalstead.
Meet
them all in this book…
A5
booklet, 36 pages, £3.00 (plus 50p p&p)
ISBN 978 1 904552 27 7
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MAROONED
(A JOURNEY THROUGH BULLYING USING POETRY AS THE GUIDE)
Louise Mary Stokes
"The
way she looked, the way she spoke to me. MAROONED is as author LOUISE MARY
STOKES describes it, “a journey through bullying using poetry as the guide.”
Just one look at Louise’s CV tells a story of a formidable woman, who has
achieved intellectually and professionally, and more recently as a writer and
performer. How can a woman like that be bullied? Well, bullies are everywhere
and the bullies described in Marooned operated in the NHS, beloved by the
British public. The NHS came into being in the context that health care being
the sole preserve of the wealthy could not continue. But the NHS is changing.
There was a sketch in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life in 1983 in which the
patient was an afterthought. It was satire, and not meant to be the blueprint
for future health care. In these days of targets one begins to wonder. To this
we can add the welter of paper protocols in the name of Quality Assurance that
in fact assure that quality doesn’t enter into it as the context of service to
patients is stripped from the equation. It takes a certain type of person to
manage this. Today’s NHS is constipated with functionaries, the frankly not
very good who can’t or don’t do context, only paper protocol. In this
environment another type of person flourishes alongside the functionary, a type
of person whose skills are valued when hitting targets is the prime aim… the
psychopath. Not the knife wielding maniacs depicted by Hitchcock and Hopkins but
the bog standard person without a conscience who operates by distorting reality,
draining their victims of their humanity like vampires. Another of their skills
is superficial charm, wolves in sheep’s clothing who take people in and avoid
detection. That is how even formidable people can be bullied.
Those things she said, the threats, the put-downs, the vicious, snide
tone of her voice, grinding me down, day after day, after day, until I
became a shadow, a hollwed out shell, unable to think or function..."
From In The Cold Light Of Day
MAROONED charts a course through that process. It isn’t about the bullies as
such. While it is important that the existence of bullies in our public services
is broadcast, MAROONED is above all the compelling story of one woman’s
survival.
American psychologist Martha Stout, author of The Sociopath Next Door has
written, “living well is the best form of revenge.” Bullies do not like
people who are truly alive and beyond their power. In writing MAROONED, Louise
Stokes has shown them that she is now living well.
A5 booklet, 52 pages, £3.00 (plus
50p p&p)
ISBN 978 1 904552 19 2
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HAPPINESS
IS...
Carol Ward
"The Baftas and Oscars
oh what a bore,
superlatives abound
and luvvies galore..."
From The Baftas the Oscars
HAPPINESS IS…A collection of Wolverhampton
poet Carol Ward’s work reflecting the quirky nature of human beings and
relationships.
Carol’s writing is influenced by alternative and zany comedians such as Eddie
Izzard and Spike Milligan and writes who are bold and adventurous in their work.
She has been described as the ‘Pam Ayres of the Black Country,’ by Express
and Star columnist Peter Rhodes these poems are lively and humorous.
Happiness Is,,, includes her ‘Animals’ collection.
A5 booklet, 48 pages, £3.00 (plus 50p
p&p)
ISBN 978 1 904552 16 1
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COR YOW SHURRUP A MINIT BILLY!
Billy Spakemon
Billy Spakemon is the stage and pen name of Brian Dakin. As a child, as the title suggests, Brian could ’gie aspro the yed airche’ as he just wouldn’t stop rattling. As an adult, thankfully, he is no different. Dedicated to the promotion of the Black Country dialect as the core of our identity, Billy Spakemon’s output of poems, stories and songs in his ‘mutha tung’ is truly prodigious, reminiscent of the output of Bob Dylan in his youth.
Billy has been performing his work across the region for years and is it’s finest performance poet. This collection of consists of poems, stories and songs, many of which have been performed live at the Lamp Tavern in Dudley where he is resident, and elsewhere. The Graiyte Eskairpe is also available on CD.
So, sit back get yer yed in his book, tune into his spake, and enjoy the bard of the Black Country.
Foreword by Professor Carl Chinn MBE
A5 booklet; 52 pages; £3.00 (plus 50p
p&p)
ISBN 1 904552 11 0
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EDNA AND ARTHUR
Carol Midwood
CD version of Carol's booklet of poems about the composite Black Country characters.
CD, 37 min 43 sec, £3.00 (plus 50p
p&p in u.k.) RRP £5.00
RKS 02
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EDNA AND ARTHUR
Carol Midwood
"Our Arthur," said Edna, "Oy'm
off ter see Mom
"Er cor abide yo' so yo'd better not come."
From DIY At Edna and Arthur's
A booklet of poems about the composite
characters Edna and Arthur. Carol and her husband John once kept the Old
Mill, a Holden's house in Upper Gornal. Edna and Arthur are based on the
many parts of their regulars. Join Arthur doing DIY and the housework,
accompany them on trips to Ikea, Spain and the Stourbridge Beer Festival.
Meet their pets, the cats and Gnasher the dog. Whatever they do, a trip to
the pub is never far away for Arthur, and Edna isn't averse to a tipple herself.
The booklet is complimented with illustrations by Karen Brockhouse.
A5 booklet; 32 pages; £2.50 (plus 40p p&p)
ISBN 1 904552 08 0
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CHANT OF THE MUTHA TUNG
Billy Spakemon
"In Tippun things am pucked up they lyke stoowed
tay.
Now the tacky bonks bay no moowa in Braidly"
From That's the Wey we Spake
Dialect Poetry from Brian Dakin who writes and performs under the name Billy Spake Mon. This is a passionate volume that shows that the Black Country Dialect is here to stay.
Includes;
"Naiyla Wimmin", "That's the Wey we Spake", "Mutha Tung", "In the
Fode" and "Town on Foowa Moowerns."
Read em out loud, get the rhythm, be proud….
A5 booklet; 40 pages; £2.40
(plus 40p p&p)
ISBN 1 904552 00 5
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REFLECTIONS
Clarice Hackett
"Clouds break with a crack
Torrential rain falls
Peppering windows
Splashing walls"
From Rainy Moods
Reflections is a collection of 49 of Clarice Hackett's poems, some of which have been published before in various magazines including Woman's Own.
Includes; "Sam", "Aria of Autumn", "Rainy Moods"; "The Call of the Sea", "Sport of a Sort" and many more.
A5 Booklet; 40 pages; £2.20
(plus 40p p&p)
ISBN 0 9520317 7 9
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MORE REFLECTIONS
Clarice Hackett
"Tall white candles in the spring
Promise Sport to be
When prickly outer cases burst
Beneath the chestnut tree"
From Chestnuts
A further 32 poems form this second volume of poems by Clarice Hackett. Again the subjects are wide-ranging, love, social issues, nature.
Includes; "The Lace Maker", "Up the Cut", ""Nearly a Century of Progress", "A Ride on the Santa Special", "The Snow wind", and many more.
A5 booklet; 36 pages; £2.30
(plus 40p p&p)
ISBN 0 9520317 9 5
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MEMORIES AND THOUGHTS
Tossie Patrick
"There comes a thrush around each day
To sing to us his merry lay"
From
The Thrush
Several of her poems have been published previously in
The Black Country Bugle but here, for the first time in one collection, are all the poems of TOSSIE PATRICK which cover such diverse subjects as the seasons, nature, and writing as well as describing her family and the Black Country.
Includes; "An Ode to Shenstone Woods", "Flowers in Season", "Mill House", "Black Country
Nostalga", "When Pat Collins Fun Fair Came To Blackheath."
A5 booklet; 36 pages; £2.00
(plus 40p p&p)
ISBN 0 952317 6 0
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