Aldgedeslegh
£4.50
‘Algedeslegh’ is the Saxon name for Audley, a small village in the North
West of Staffordshire.
The poems address the ever-present spectre of Death who, residing at
the parish bounds, readily accepts any invitation to visit, whether by
the call of Lust, the pursuit of Power, the drive for Profit or the
opportunity to renew acquaintance with his oldest friend.
The vocabulary and linguistic register shifts with each story, from the clotted proper names and nouns of the village’s Saxon origins to the local dialect used i n the last tale. The whole is both intricately woven and positively gem-like - think, for analogy, of King Alfred’s Jewel crossed with the Bayeux Tapestry!
The concept and construction are enhanced by a very strong graphic
and typographic element — the author’s striking linocut illustrations along with a header and footer line in red, the footer of each page repeated in the header of the next,
a variant and supplement to the metric pattern.
Bloor, in this slim volume, manages both to condense and write large
scenes from 1,000 years of this ‘quiet’ village’s history — a poetic feat and
absolute joy to read.
Catherine Burgass Lecturer in English Staffordshire University
Stacking Winter Wood
£10.00
Stacking Winter Wood
is published on June 1st 2021
ISBN: 978-1-913329-43-3
Paperback 210 x 148mm
72 pages
Few voices in contemporary poetry can match the instinctive reverence of Roger Bloor’s. His poems contemplate moments, testing their fragility, hearing their whispers, knowing they will modulate to loss. In his historical poems and in his scrutiny of the present, Roger Bloor is the most delicate of elegiac writers, in all things sensitive, attentive, and rich in understanding.
Michael Hulse
Roger Bloor’s poetry is luminous and painterly. This stunning collection of poems honours his Staffordshire homeland, the forgotten and the marginalised juxtaposed with the poet’s gentle observations of intimacy, companionship and enduring love.
Vanessa Lampert
Roger Bloor’s poems are haunted by the realities of nature, historical stories and love. The poems start with ‘Solstice Song’ a poem of the very present caught in a yearning for the past. This theme, with different subjects, is continued throughout the book. Bloor uses precise, vivid language for all of his themes with subtle and powerful cadences. The reader is left with much to think about after the book has ben returned to the shelf.
Wendy French
Dream Sequences
£7.00
Published by DreamWell Writing. A poetry pamphlet of a heroic crown of sonnets responding to a series of photographs - all the profits from the book go to Dyslexia Association of Staffordshire
A Less Clear Dream
£5.00
A First Pamphlet by Roger Bloor - Shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Prize 2018
The Collected Poems of Arnold Bennett
£20.00
The first ever edition of the collected of poems of Arnold Bennett includes detailed commentaries on each poem. Published by Clayhanger Press this 160 page hardback edition is available for order now.
'Potbank' limited edition signed print
£5.00
Limited edition of 10 linocut and handprinted letterpress signed prints
on 15cmx20cm card mount
'Muse' limited edition signed print
£5.00
A limited edition of 10 signed lino cut and hand printed letterpress
on 15cm x 20cm mount
Brambles
£5.00
A limited edition of 10 signed lino cut and hand printed letterpress
on 15cm x 20cm mount
Mrs Pitts
£5.00
A limited edition of 20 signed lino cut and hand printed letterpress
on 15cm x 20cm mount
All religions are one
£10.00
A limited edition of 50 signed copies
hand printed on an Adana 8x5 and hand bound.
William Blake’s first attempt at combining words and images on the same plate were in his prints ‘All Religions are One’ 1788.
This book is a printmaker’s response to the concept of a spirituality innate in all people from birth expressed in the text of those plates.
The Blake text is in William Blake font, other text in Times Roman 12 point.
The images are from original monoprints by Roger Bloor transferred to photopolymer plates.
Front cover and pages 100% recycled paper
Fly leaf handmade Lotka paper from Nepalhand printed - hand bound limited edition of 50 signed by the artist
The Sad Vicissitudes of Life - signed copies
£18.00
Published by Olympia Publishers signed copies available here from author
On a spring day in 1858, a steamboat docks in Evansville, Indiana. One passenger, a paralysed and half-blind old man, dies shortly thereafter. This man is soon discovered to be the esteemed English doctor, John Pocock Holmes, who has travelled continents and lived countless lives only to die poor and alone far away from home. Born to a clergy family in rural Nottinghamshire, Dr John Pocock Holmes would spend much of his life traversing great distances and starting anew each time. This long journey to a tragic end began when a young Holmes crossed the Atlantic to work as a surgeon and fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. Upon returning to England, Holmes' career as a physician saw great successes and scandals, from pioneering advances in obstetrics to professional and legal disputes, but abruptly came to an end as Holmes entered the final and most enigmatic phase of his life.
A Centenary Compendium of the Jabez Stories 3rd Edition
£11.00
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The Centenary Compendium is a collection of stories in North Staffordshire Dialect which document life in a small mining village in the early part of the 20th Century.
The centenary compendium edition has been produced by the author’s sons to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wilfred Bloor the author of the Jabez North Staffordshire dialect stories who wrote under the pen name of A Scott.
The book has been compiled from the original three Jabez books published in the 1970’s. The compendium contains many original photographs taken by the author which portray many of the events and scenes which he used as a background for his stories.
These photographs and his stories provide a unique social record of life in a North Staffordshire rural mining village in the period between the two World Wars.A collection of stories in North Staffordshire Dialect which document life in a small mining village in the early part of the 20th Century.