Longbarrow Press is proud to annnounce the publication of a new pamphlet and CD by Peter Riley. XIV PIECES comprises fourteen new pieces – neither poems nor prose – in a landscape-format pamphlet, accompanied by a 16-minute CD of Riley reading the pieces at home in Cambridge. This first edition of XIV PIECES is limited to 80 signed and numbered copies.
You can read ‘Wetton Mill New Year’s Eve 1974-75’ from XIV PIECES here and listen to Riley reading ‘Middleton by Wirksworth 1980’ here. To order the pamphlet and CD at the special price of £8.50, please click here. This price is inclusive of UK postage and packing (EU and RoW postage options are also available on the same webpage).
The valley at night, when the patches of white rock on the sides start floating in the frosty haze. Like floating verses. Like verses of songs which move from one story to another, and follow you around.
(from ‘Wetton Mill New Year’s Eve 1974-75’ in XIV PIECES).
Details of Peter Riley’s other publications can be found on his website.