To celebrate LGBT history month we are publishing Jeremy Dixon‘s In Retail on the 7th February.
These poems were written on the back of till rolls and smuggled off the shop floor of a well-known pharmacy in Jeremy’s socks. They chart the absurdities of being a member of staff in retail (most of us have been there at some point), and the cultural take that being a queer poet gives to the experience.
00/13
the in-store radio is on a major seventies kick
after an advert for Snoxin anti-wrinkle serum
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) startsreplaying a dark corner of the youth club
where I dance by myself to Sylvester
unable to resist that immaculate beatcompelled to leave the false safety
of a line of canvas chairs
failing to see what is apparentto everyone else
watching mepunched the length of the pool table
Jeremy is launching the book in his local village hall on the outskirts of Cardiff. The very village hall where THAT youth club was held.
There’s progress for you.
Further events in Cardiff 7th March and Bristol 1st June
To mark LGBT history month we are giving you the opportunity to buy our other LGBT titles for half price when you buy In Retail. (Mosaic of Air is already half price so there’s just a small further reduction there)
In Retail + Outcome (photographic portraits by Tom Dingley)
In Retail + Mosaic of Air (short stories by Cherry Potts)
In Retail + The Dowry Blade (Fantasy Novel by Cherry Potts)
In Retail + A Gift of Rivers (Poetry by Kate Foley)
In Retail + Foraging (Poetry by Joy Howard)
In Retail + The Don’t Touch Garden (Poetry by Kate Foley)
We’ve always received a great deal of support from libraries, (Lewisham, Kensington & Chelsea and Greenwich in particular) helping us with venues for readings and more high profile events, like the Solstice Shorts Festival which has been hosted by Better Libraries in Greenwich for three years now, and our Anniversary party being held at Manor House Library in Lewisham (managed by V22), and want to return the compliment. Our only stipulations are that the library pays for the delivery, and that books go into stock, and aren’t sold to raise funds. That way we both benefit, as our authors will receive Public Lending Rights fees.
