The launch of Tom Cleary’s new collection, Dispatching a Horse, will take place in Hebden Bridge Library, Cheetham Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EP, at 7-15 pm on Friday 15th June.

There will be guest readings by Vicky Gatehouse and Natalie Rees.                                                        There will be the fellowship of poetry lovers.                                                                                              There will be wine and nibbles.                                                                                                                         There will even be soft drinks.

‘Dispatching a Horse takes you by the hand to old Catholic Ireland … narrative and linguistic skills … shaping of a life, and a nation.’