Mettallum Martis and Black Country Sketches, the first titles in the Black Country Classics series, are now available from the Kates Hill Press. (the official publication date is 06/05/04, ISBN info will not appear on data bases until then) Publication … Continued
Work on Black Country Sketches and Metallum Martis is now near completion. The covers of both books are ready and the introductions written. The only outstanding work is a final correction on the script of Metallum Martis. The titles should … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued