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Date Posted: 12:20:51 10/08/06 Sun
Author: Cinnamon Press (Excited & Elated)
Subject: Book Launch by Cardiff Poet Christopher Brooke

North Wales publisher — Cinnamon Press — announces the publication & book launch on 24th October 2006 of well known Cardiff poet christopher brooke's much anticipated first collection:

"& the concept of zero "
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The official launch will take place at Cineworld, The Top Floor Bar, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EN on Tuesday 24th October 2006, at 8:00pm (arrivals from 7.15 for complimentary glass of wine).

If you are unable to attend, advance orders can be placed on-line at CinnamonPress.com; signed copies can be ordered in advance by contacting mike@cinnamonpress.com.
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Published to critical acclaim this is a long overdue collection from well known Cardiff poet & performer, christopher brooke:

"vivid, edgy, ironic, wry, satirical, poigniantly empathetic, compelling... distinctive... impressive... a talented poet who has developed a distinctive perspective on his experience & on the world around him" — Rob Middlehurst (University of Wales)

"one is left feeling privileged to have been allowed to read this work... a better person for having been there" — Fran Medley (Western Mail)

"the briskness of diction, the rapid march of ideas, images & action... supported by piquant lyricism & music" — Chris Torrance

"dark & clever... a fine first collection merging wordcraft & dark humour. well, well overdue" — lloyd robson

"want to know where we are in this English-speaking south east corner of the enormous world? read christopher brooke" — Peter Finch (Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency & Society for Authors)
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"& the concept of zero" examines the notion of identity, whether personal, spiritual, social, political, cultural or geographical, & breathlessly evokes an exhaustive 2 year journey spanning Cardiff to London to Edinburgh; Nuremberg to Hamburg to Prague; Washington D.C. to Chicago to Miami through Ft. Lauderdale to Austin, Colorado, Las Vegas & Salt Lake City; Australia to Hong Kong. this is an outstanding collection, filled with "a poetry of velocity" (Peter Finch)
-----------------------------------------------------------Please email Jan Fortune-Wood for further details of the launch, or to receive press invitations. You can also email Jan to request a review copy, to arrange an interview with christopher brooke or to feature Cinnamon Press.

Contact details:

Jan Fortune-Wood, Editor, Cinnamon Press,
Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU

jan@cinnamonpress.com www.cinnamonpress.com

"& the concept of zero" paperback

ISBN 978-1-905614-05-9 £7.99
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christopher brooke is having a busy year: he began 2006 as the winner of the BBC Streets of... Short Story Competition with his poem 'when substances collide'; has had work featured in (amongst others) the Welsh Special issue of Orbis Quarterly Literary International Journal, New York's Void Magazine, & the critically acclaimed anthology of Welsh Poets, The Lie of The Land (in aid of The Meningitis Trust); travelled the United States of America & most of Europe; read at the Hay Festival; captained the Welsh team in the Tri-Nation Poetry Slam, at Bristol Old Vic Theatre; on 13th October he will read at the Ilkley Literature Festival; &, on 24th October he will be launching the eagerly awaited & the concept of zero, which has already been requested for consideration by the Welsh Book of The Year panel, 2007.

Cinnamon Press predicts next year is going to be even busier.

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