In my posting on this blog dated 18 June I speculated as to whether the author of this booklet which we have in stock was the same person as the N S Thompson who writes literary criticism and poetry.
Mr Thompson has been good enough to give me a ring to confirm that he is one and the same person, and that this booklet was a limited edition of 500 which he had published whilst in India and then sold at poetry readings in pubs etc.
More to the point, he has continued to write poetry, and has a new book coming out soon, `Letter to Auden`, which will be published by Smokestack Books of Middlesborough during October 2010 (enquiries to www.smokestack-books.co.uk ).
At around the same time he will be giving a reading as part of the annual Poetry Festival at Beeston, Nottingham, and a tentative date of 19 October 2010 has been set for that.
The Beeston International Poetry Festival doesn`t seem to have an online presence at the moment, but I believe further information can be had by contacting John Lucas at Smokestack Books using the link above.
FOOTNOTE
We currently have a stock of over 80 books of poetry, with style and content ranging from the very traditional to the ultra-modern.
There is a temporary computer blip which means that, while all are individually online at each of the three sites we use (ABE, Antiqbook and Mare Libri), not all are showing up in the Poetry section in our shop on ABE.
We are working to resolve this. You can view the full list by using the `Buy Books - Hoonaloon Books` link provided, and any of the titles listed can be ordered from whichever of the three sites you prefer to use.
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