Busted Flat

by Nigel Bird

Nigel Bird was the co-editor of 'the Rue Bella' magazine between 1998 and 2003. During that time, the magazine gained a reputation for being at the cutting edge of the poetry world. Not only did it feature the work of some of the worlds finest poets, but it provided a window for the words of a huge number of fledgling talents. Bird himself went on to become a prize-winner in the Academi poetry competition and his work appeared alongside one of his favourites, Seamus Heaney, in the Reader Magazine in 2009. This is a collection of poems from over those years, as well as a few more recent editions. Written from the heart it is, in turn, beautiful, crafty, unhinged and entertaining. 'Literature needs more people like you' - John Martin, Black Sparrow Press

119 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2011

About the author

Nigel Bird is the author of the Rat Pack series, The Shallows, the Southsiders series, In Loco Parentis, Smoke, Mr Suit and Dirty Old Town as well as a number of other novels, novellas and collections.

His work has appeared in a number of prestigious magazines and collections, including 2 editions of The Best Of British Crime,The Reader, Crimespree and Needle.

He is currently an editorial consultant for the publisher All Due Respect books.

He lives on the East Coast of Scotland in Dunbar (Sunny Dunny) with his wife and three children.

As well as writing fiction, he has been a teacher for thirty years and has worked in a number of mainstream and special schools.