Great night at the Crispin

Yesterday’s launch of the anthology proved to be a great success both commercially and artistically. One of the great things about the Jolly Crispin is that you never know what wonderful beers or ciders they will have on tap on any particular night. That being said, I always have the house bitter Fownes’ Crispin Ommer. […]

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Count Down to Last Virion Standing

Tonight sees the launch of the anthology A Music Box of Tranklements the first of our new series. This follows on from the launch of Billy Spakemon’s Billy United last week. On Monday the Kates Hill Press took delivery of all our new titles. These are exiting times. We are two weeks away from World […]

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A Music Box of Tranklements – now available

A Music Box of Tranklements, the first of our anthology “Tranklements” series is now available. Just visit the shopping area on this site to order your copy. The launch will be held tonight at the Jolly Crispin, 25 Clarence Street, Dudley, DY3 1UL kicking off at 8.00pm. Many of the contributors will be performing from […]

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World Hepatitis Day – Double Launch

The proof copies of Last Virion Standing – A Journey to, through and beyond hepatitis C, and Second City Stories arrived at the Kates Hill Press this morning. Both books will be available from World Hepatitis Day, 29th July 2016. Last Virion Standing tells the story of author Greg Stokes’s inevitable infection with hepatitis C […]

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July – Launch Month

July will very much be a month of book launches for the Kates Hill Press with four books being launched in three separate events. All the launches are to take place at the Jolly Crispin, 25 Clarence Street, Dudley, DY3 1UL. Tuesday 5th July: Billy United – Billy Spakemon’s collection of dialect poetry. Thursday 14th […]

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Music Box of Tranklements Available July 14th

The proof copy of the anthology Music Box of Tranklements arrived at the Kates Hill Press this morning. It’s publication date is Thursday 14th July and a launch event will be held at The Jolly Crispin, 25 Clarence Street, Dudley, DY3 1UL on that evening, 8.00pm start. Authors included in the book will read from […]

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Last Virion Standing / Second City Stories – Double Launch

Last Virion Standing – A journey to, through and beyond hepatitis C, Greg Stokes’s hard hitting account of his own time carrying the infection and the diabolical politics surrounding the contamination of the blood supply will be published on World Hepatitis Day, 29th July. His collection Second City Stories, which was written during his first […]

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