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BULLETIN: NEW NOVEL BY ADRIAN ROGAN
1314, a new novel by Adrian Rogan is published next month (October 2007) by Hayloft Publishing.
This is the sequel to Northern Warrior (Hayloft 2001). Both books are stories about blood, guts and love in the Borderlands of England and Scotland.
Informal launch evening at The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale (TBC).
Thursday 1st November 2007. Starting around 7:30/8:00pm
Signed copies available for sale Live music from Paddy Rogan Good People
PRESS RELEASE
WEDNESDAY 23 MAY 2007
NEW POETRY BY NORTHERN WRITERS
A book of poems was published recently by the playwright Mick Yates and the local writer Adrian Rogan. The book is called AVALON BALLROOM.
MICK YATES lives in Blackpool. His poetry has been published in Poetry Monthly, iota, Purple Patch and others. He is a successful playwright, winning an Edinburgh Fringe First in 1991. His work includes: Diablo (Coventry 2006) and Wellibob (Leicester 1978). He has also written for the TV series Doctors. ADRIAN ROGAN lives in Kirkby Stephen. He is the author of Northern Warrior and its soon to be published sequel 1314 (Hayloft Publishing, website: hayloft.org.uk, click to access)
– novels set in the time of Robert the Bruce, about the local hero Andrew de Harcla..
AVALON BALLROOM is made up of 19 pairs of poems - each pair is linked and appears on facing pages, the poems on the left by Rogan, the ones on the right by Yates. This style of collaboration is unusual, if not unique.
AVALON BALLROOM is published by Poetry Monthly Press, 39 Cavendish Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4HY. Website: poetrymonthly.com, click to access
AVALON BALLROOM is available from Poetry Monthly Press and these local outlets: The Bookshop, Kirkby Stephen; Lune Spring Garden Centre, Newbiggin on Lune; 2 Ravens, Kirkby Stephen; The Bluebell Bookshop, Penrith
If you wish to purchase avalon ballroom: by Adrian Rogan & Mick Yates online, please click here
E-mail: [email protected]

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Member Since: 5/26/2007
Band Members:
Mick Yates

Adrian Rogan

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new day by Adrian Rogan; an early morning in knockengorroch

i woke and tumbled from my bed and sought the singing in my head i glimpsed the land and climbed in night through music'd woods of swaying pines to the scarred crags on mountains and there were sung t...
Posted by avalon ballroom on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:43:00 PST

feeding the birds by Mick Yates

feeding the birds it was a small act of kindness at firsta few crumbs scattered anonymously along the towpaththeir hunger fed my addiction throughsoon it was half a loafthen one two sometimes even thr...
Posted by avalon ballroom on Sun, 27 May 2007 09:54:00 PST

curlew by Adrian Rogan

curlew between march and mayas the curlew riseson the hillsand the dead grass turnsfrom brown to greenall my hopes come live againand race to fill my every sense by the stony heightsclouds gather priz...
Posted by avalon ballroom on Sun, 27 May 2007 08:48:00 PST

sunset by Mick Yates

sunset not aserious haemorrhagethis eveninga smeara nickfrom shavingwiped clearwith tissue...
Posted by avalon ballroom on Sun, 27 May 2007 06:15:00 PST

empty heart by Adrian Rogan

empty heart   bathed in light i saw the moonpower the earth and seas naked i wasi heard the skywhere springs the gentle breeze beloved i wasi sang my heartempty for the stars to please...
Posted by avalon ballroom on Sun, 27 May 2007 06:12:00 PST