Early August Mark, The Red Ceiling Press, sent me a PDF copy to look through for typos/formatting corrections. I found a few of those and made a few changes myself. After 5 attempts it was signed off on the 6th and I could go on holiday for two weeks. On 1 September 50 copies of the booklet arrived and are sitting beside me. Before the hols I was also thinking about the launch. London I thought, maybe the Poetry Cafe. It so happened that a friend, Kitty Coles, also had a book coming out at the same time. We pooled resources and got the Cafe (£65 for 2 hours) which would be handy for people to get to. We didn’t fancy spending all that time reading ourselves so thought about having friends reading. Greg of course, and Grant (who also has a book coming out and is disabled – Kitty works for a disabled charity). Kitty choose Melanie Branton (a friend of Robert Garnham) and Maggie Sawkins (also known and loved by me) – poetry is a small world. On 1 September it arrived in a sealed plastic envelope. Had a few drinks that night. Next day posted some copies off for review. I posted Raul a few copies to Mexico City, a few days later there was an earthquake, just saying.
Rodney Wood 