July 2015 – Pop & Politics

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Found: First draft of Manics’ Wales Euro song, lyrics by Richey

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An ongoing blog and an archive of various bits of writing by Jon Bounds. Who’s available to hire.

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Pier Review out now, published by Summersdale. Buy from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle, or on iBooks or from independent bookshops.

“Peerless” – Danny Wallace

“Humour, nostalgia and a certain landlocked romanticism run through this coastal odyssey. Pier Review is an engaging and highly revealing sideways look at Britain from the margins.” – Catherine O’Flynn

“I don’t think I read books anymore, but if I did, I think this is the sort of book that I would read” – Bill Drummond

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Birmingham was the crucible of the Industrial Revolution, but it gave the World so much more…

101 Things Birmingham Gave the World

“irreverent, informative and laugh-out-loud hilarious”

“one of the funniest books I have read in quite a while”

“the industrial language was uncalled for”

“Good if you finish Viz before the next edition is out”

More of this, including interviews and some short fiction. available on Kindle.