Alan’s third collection, published by Floodgate Press was launched last week at Voce Books, Birmingham. Some opinions: ‘Alan Beard writes with a candour and emotional truth that almost hurts to take in, awakening our humanity and attentiveness in a way that much fiction fails to.’ Luke Kennard; ‘Resolutely unsentimental but attuned to tenderness and poignancy, Alan Beard is the real deal’. Wendy Erskine; ‘His pared down prose reads, at times, like poetry. There are little moments of beauty, transcendence; they shine like shards of mirror. Sometimes the voice feels like an incantation, a rant. There’s humour, too.’ Amanda Smyth

More information about the book and where to buy here.

Some pictures from the launch (thanks to peri cimen for photos):