When Rob Walton went into lockdown, he didn't know that he would also go into mourning. Here he writes about the life and death of his dad, and how sadness seeped into various aspects of his life. He also manages to find cheap laughs, digs at the government, celebrations of the young and old, unashamed sentimentality and suddenly disarming moments of tenderness. Arachne Press first read some of these poems on Rob's Social Media. As they kept appearing, giving voice to what many of us were thinking about life and bereavement in lockdown, we had to ask...

About the Author
Rob Walton is from Scunthorpe, and now lives in Whitley Bay. His poems, flash fictions and short stories for adults and children have appeared in various anthologies and magazines. This is his first collection. His publishers include the Emma Press, Bloomsbury, Frances Lincoln, Harper Collins, Butcher's Dog, Smith/Doorstop, Dunlin Press, Dostoyevsky Wannabe. He has also written scripts, a pathway and columns for Scunthorpe United's matchday magazine. He sometimes tweets @anicelad. Arachne Press were first introduced to Rob through his short stories which have appeared in many of our anthologies, most recently Time & Tide. He first offered us poems for An Outbreak of Peace and we've been hankering after more ever since.

Reviews

Pandemic writing at its finest

-- Fiami Curti * Dreich Broad *



Book Information
ISBN 9781913665302
Author Rob Walton
Format Paperback
Page Count 48
Imprint Arachne Press
Publisher Arachne Press