Book Launch Jane Aldous More Patina Than Gleam
This event on 8th March 2023 at 16:30 has past.
Contact: cherry@arachnepress.com
In her 70th year, Jane Aldous decided to write 70 poems, exploring a fictionalised version of a life she almost lived.
This series of poems chart a series of love stories based in post war Edinburgh, and tell the story of Linda, fleeing with her 11 year old daughter from England and an abusive relationship. In hiding as a lady’s companion in one of the city’s suburbs, mother and daughter settle into their new life in Elsie’s rackety house, and encounter a variety of characters who will change their lives forever.
More Patina than Gleam celebrates outsiders getting by in hard times – the day to day grind of cleaning a house, periods, prejudice, ageing, sexuality and falling in and out of love. The poems are not autobiographical, but Jane Aldous, whose own mother used to say that she could have run away with Jane when she was a baby, has gently torn scraps from her own life to add to the collage.
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Jane will be reading from More Patina than Gleam, joined by friends Pat McCaw, Linda Barbour, and Anita John who will help bring out the many voices of the poems, and the book will be on sale. If you wish to, you can preorder a copy of this of Jane's earlier book, Let out the Djinn, for collection as part of your ticket - which will help us to know how many to bring.
Refreshments
Tea/Coffee and home-made cake will be provided.
Time: 4:30pm
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