Book launch evening with Adrian May

Fri  16th December from 6.30pm at the Bookshop

Wivenbooks are to publish Adrian May’s second collection of poetry, and the book launch will take place at the bookshop from 6.30pm on Friday 16^th December. All are welcome.

Ballads of Bohemian Essex (Wivenbooks, £9) is an incredible collection of songs, recitations (story-poem-songs) and Adrian’s poem-essay-paper reclaiming the first English poet, Caedmon, as a wise, inspired father of native song.

The collection tells of his ‘spent youth’ in Braintree, and of his life as a third generation bohemian singer, poet, and musician. Both of his grandfathers sang comic songs, his mother played the piano and the ukulele. His poet and journalist father John moved to an old rambling rented farmhouse in Essex, down a long unmade road before the second world war, where he was born.

Do come along and join us for what promises to be an enjoyable evening.

To order your copy of the book, give us a call on 02106 824050, or order by email.