SIMON WILLIAMS
THE PICKERS AND OTHER TALES
by Simon Williams Published February 2024 Perfect-bound paperback, 148x210mm 61 pages RRP £10.00 This is a collection of two halves. We begin with an acutely observed and hilarious portrait of Mr Picker and wife. Victoria Wood would have relished Mr Picker’s penchant for lederhosen and sandwich making or his wife’s aptitude for surfing. Part Two tells tales of human and animal interactions. From a supermarket checkout conversation about swallows, to an apology letter from jellyfish, Simon’s witty take on life is always affectionate, while managing to make serious points about climate change and decline in species. A highly entertaining and amusing read.
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Published 1st December 2020
Perfect-bound paperback, 14.8 x 21cm, 99 pages RRP £10.00 |
THE MAGPIE ALMANACK
by Simon Williams Simon Williams’ ninth collection, The Magpie Almanack, is as entertaining as we have come to expect from this versatile and accessible poet. [...} I’ve laughed out loud and been touched by many lines in this volume. It’s a great tonic in these grey times.
— Patricia Oxley 'These poems are accomplished, great fun to read and great fun to hear read, if you're lucky enough to see/hear him perform them live.' — Steve Spence As the title suggests, this collection embraces a very wide range of highly eclectic subjects under an equally remarkable set of titles: Kleen-eezy; Interview with a Blemmye; Rearranging my Pants Drawer; Sir Walter Raleigh’s Cycling Tour of the Americas; Nine Dadaist Views of Mt Fuji [....]I loved it! — Gill McEvoy |
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Simon Williams (www.simonwilliams.info) has been writing since his teens, when he was mentored at university by Roger McGough and Pete Morgan and his first collection was published back in 1981. Since then, he has published ten further collections, including a co-authored pamphlet with Susan Taylor, The Weather House (www.simonwilliams.info/books), which has also toured in performance. Simon was elected The Bard of Exeter in 2013, founded the large-format magazine, The Broadsheet and published the PLAY anthology, in memory of his young grandson, in 2018.
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