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NEW! DRAGON DANCE: an invocation for Albion   
Kevan Manwaring
Dragon Dance is a bardic odyssey around the British
Isles, celebrating the spirit of place of England,
Wales, Ireland and Scotland. It is a poem to be
performed, to be moved to and by. Originally
commissioned by artist Beth Townley for a performance
piece and exhibition, it a journey that all can enjoy.
‘Dance the dragon, Let the dragon dance me…’
Signed Limited Edition 24pp  £3

WRITING THE LAND: an anthology of natural words
Edited by Kevan Manwaring                            
Foreword by Peter Alfred Please
Lovers of nature will enjoy this collection of poetry
and prose. Within these pages you will find pieces on
wildlife, trees, water, earth, light, places, travel,
memory and time. They range from the funny to the
profound, the down-to-earth to the spiritual.
Informative, but never preaching, these words are to
be enjoyed. Dip into this anthology for relaxation,
companionship and inspiration.
ISBN 0-9546137-0-8     124pp                 £5 All
proceeds go to Friends of the Earth

FIRE IN THE HEAD: creative process in the Celtic
diaspora
Kevan Manwaring
In this erudite and entertaining work modern-day bard
Kevan Manwaring explores the fascinating process of
creativity in Celtic poetry, looking at a wide-range
of poets across the Celtic diaspora, from David Jones
to Robert Duncan. WB Yeats’ ‘Song of Wandering Aengus’
is looked at in detail as a working model of creative
process and poetic initiation. A poet himself, the
author approaches the massive corpus of material with
a bardic sensibility and insight, being a lyrical and
reliable guide across the Celtic threshold into the
Otherworld of the imagination and inspiration…
ISBN: 0-9546137-2-4   112pp  £5.00

THE LONG WOMAN: A tale of love after death
A novel by Kevan Manwaring
Two brothers compete for the same woman, but only one
is alive. Maud Kerne is faced with the ultimate
choice, yet she herself is the key that will unlock
the greatest of mysteries: is there life after death?
And is there love? A 1920’s Earth Mystery featuring
Alfred Watkins, Dion Fortune & Arthur Conan Doyle.
ISBN:0-96546137-5-9 243pp £6.99

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COMING SOON: The Bardic Handbook – the complete manual
for the 21st Century Bard, Gothic Image Publications,
May 2006