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BATH U.K.BOOK LAUNCH
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***FREE EVENT***
with wine, soft drinks, and nibbles

Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights
Independent Bookshop of the Year 2008 (British Book Industry Awards)

6.30pm - 8pm
Saturday, October 4th
14/15 John Street
(behind Jolly's, opposite the "Salamander" pub)
Bath, BA1 2JL

BATH BOOK LAUNCH OF "WING BEATS: British Birds in Haiku"
with wine, soft drinks, and nibbles.

FREE COMPLIMENTARY "the haiku journal" notebook with every Wing Beats purchase.

This event will include acclaimed nature writer, BBC Wildlife series producer, and Guardian columnist
Stephen Moss and leading British haiku writers John Barlow; Matthew Paul; and Alan Summers.
and guests.

MR B's EVENT WEBPAGE:
Mr B's weblink
Mr B's Map and address:
Where Mr B's is at!


extended "Book launch" party
This event is from 6.30pm to 8pm, but if anyone wishing to join us afterwards for
an extended "Book launch" party
is warmly welcome.


"Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku" is simply unique.  Snapshot Press are based in Liverpool so this is a rare chance to hear, and speak to a publisher who was a finalist for this year's Poetry Society of America's 'Williams Carlos Williams Prize.' (Alan Summers, With Words)

Copies of the first edition/first printing can be ordered at:
Where to order Wing Beats

Or at Mr B's!
Mr B's Contact details

Wing Beats weblink: Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku
With Words weblink: With Words

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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT "WING BEATS: British Birds in Haiku"
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Wing Beats is a 320 page hardback book. It has been described as:

“a wonderful new book . . . a truly unique book for both nature and poetry lovers which explores both British avifauna and the history and intricacies of haiku poetry, considering the relationships between these in a global context. It is written and compiled by renowned haiku poets John Barlow and Matthew Paul . . . and has gorgeous photographic watercolour illustrations by Sean Gray as well as a foreword by bird expert and BBC wildlife producer Stephen Moss” (The Book Monkey)

“full of acute observations, artistically moving, and intellectually stimulating – a very important book” (William J. Higginson, Haiku Handbook)

"This volume of haiku about birds and what it means to encounter birds in the landscape achieves the near impossible. It captures the deepest feelings and the most minute observations in the fewest words possible—
a triumph of seeing, expression and poetic control." (Mark Cocker, 'Birds Britannica')

"The poems in this volume are worthy heirs to three great traditions: the British love of nature, especially birds; the poetic approach of John Clare, rooted in observation and reality but taking the reader to a higher plane; and finally, of course, the long and venerable tradition of haiku.  By combining these, the writers have produced something truly unique: beautifully written yet easily accessible poetry that helps us reconnect with the natural world in a deeper, more intense way."(Stephen Moss, BBC TV Wildlife Documentary Producer, and writer)

"Wing Beats: British Birds in Haiku"  is simply unique.  Snapshot Press are based in Liverpool so this is a rare chance to hear, and speak to a publisher who was a finalist for this year's Poetry Society of America's 'Williams Carlos Williams Prize.' (Alan Summers, With Words)

 
Copies of the first edition/first printing can be ordered in advance at:
Wing Beats Bookshop


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