Hi everyone – my new poetry book’s out!

‘MY POETIC LICENCE’
(Selected poems and song lyrics 1998-2008)
by Attila the Stockbroker
Published 19th May 1998
Roundhead Publications
ISBN 978-0-9532812-1-3

 I’m proud to announce the publication of ‘My Poetic Licence’, my first book of poems for 10 years.  I’ve brought it out it myself, as I did the last one, for the simple reason that I got tired of paying my previous publishers (Unwin and Bloodaxe) two-thirds of the cover price for copies to sell at the 100 plus gigs I do every year!  The book is available at all my forthcoming gigs (there are lots, see below)  from my PO box and from the online stores on my websites.  No, it won’t be in the shops – but the ones I did with ‘big’ publishers were difficult to find in the shops anyway...  
It will, however, be on sale in my favourite pubs – the Evening Star in Brighton and the Duke of Wellington in Shoreham.

In the book there are 41 poems and song lyrics and 2 autobiographical prose pieces,
and it comes with a 73 minute compilation CD featuring highlights of my work from the past 28 years.
You can read all about it and see the contents list for book and CD here http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/poeticlicence.html

I have huge amounts of gigs coming up, including book launches in London and Brighton and a summer crammed full of festivals.  Here they are.
If you run a website/fanzine/newspaper/radio station(!) and can publicise the book with a link to the above site that would be ACE!

Cheers!
Attila


MAY

23-25   TIMPERLEY, Cheshire Strummercamp at Bowden Rugby Club  with my band Barnstormer http://www.myspace.com/strummercampuk

JUNE
BOOK LAUNCH TOUR

2     LONDON, Kilburn   New Variety at the Cock Tavern  - Book Launch  http://www.cocktavern.com   
3     BRIGHTON  Evening Star  01273 328931  (book launch in my favourite pub in the world!)
4     CREWE     Cross Keys     creweroots@hotmail.co.uk     
5     SHEFFIELD   Boardwalk with Joseph Porter from Blyth Power http://www.theboardwalklive.co.uk
6     BELPER   Queen's Head with Joseph Porter from Blyth Power  01773 825525     
7     CAMBRIDGE  Strawberry Fair (4.30pm in the Green Area then compering on the main stage)  http://www.strawberry-fair.org.uk
11     BELFAST     Art College     mark@creativewritersnetwork.org     
14     GAINSBOROUGH (Lincs)     Trinity Arts Centre     01427 676655     
16     LINCOLN     Drill Hall  http://www.lincolndrillhall.com/    
19     ANTWERP  (Belgium)   Bar Mondial  http://www.barmondial.be
21     Thuin (Belgium) Fete de la Musique
27     GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL     Cabaret Marquee, 2pm ish        
28     GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL     Cabaret Marquee, 2pm ish/ Poetry & Words Tent, 4.25pm         
29     GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL     Cabaret Marquee, 2pm ish         

July
4-6     GLASTONWICK 2008   Our 13th Annual Beer, Poetry & more Beer Festival
http://www.cask-ale.co.uk/beerfestival.html
11     ST ALBANS  Maltings Arts Theatre     a.varley@stalbans.gov.uk     
12     HALIFAX  The Shay  with TV Smith http://www.theshay.biz
13     SHOREHAM  Duke of Wellington  01273 389818  with Rory Ellis from Oz
18-20   SOUTHWOLD Latitude Festival http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk     

August

2-3     SHOREHAM  Duke of Wellington     01273 389818     Belgian Beer Festival (loads of performers TBC)
8-9     BLACKPOOL  Rebellion Punk Festival Solo and with Barnstormer http://www.rebellionfestivals.com
15-17  OTTERY ST MARY, Devon  Beautiful Days Festival  http://www.beautifuldays.org  
22 NORTHAMPTON  Shambala Festival   http://www.shambalafestival.org      
Many more TBC!

Attila the Stockbroker
http://www.attilathestockbroker.com
http://www.myspace.com/attilastockbroker