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September 20, 2011In the same week, the restaurant Sam Buckley chefs in was awarded second-best in the country, AND the song he played bass on appeared as ‘single of the week’ in the Guardian.
This is the man I knew myself to be looking at, when as we walked from his home in Burton-in-Kendal to Carnforth, to miss the train I knew I’d never catch when I wrote the word ‘Sam’ in my diary, I looked over to my left, at the ginger-bearded bastard swimming beside me, along the canal, rainclouds gathering overhead.
There is no other like him.
He has published my book. He is not a publisher. But he is Sam Buckley. He’s called his publishing company ‘Henry Crowfert and No Sons’. Here is the cover:
You can buy my book, here:
http://alabasterdeplume.bandcamp.com/album/i-hate-spoo
It’s a short book of poetry.
You’ll be glad you did.
Well done, one and all. Good luck