House of Wonders
 
Collector, caver and curator, locksmith, miniaturist and escapologist, confidant to, and correspondent with, the great Harry Houdini, Randolph Douglas seems, inexplicably, to be a man almost forgotten today. In this series of twenty-five poems, illustrated and illuminated by a fascinating array of images, John Lindley goes in search of this remarkable man. It is a search that takes him into the halls where Randolph Douglas staged his escapes, the caves he explored and the amazing House of Wonders he built around him. Randolph 'Randini' Douglas's life is not so much documented as cherished and marvelled at.

ISBN 978-0-9559251-0-8

Cost per book
£7.95 (+ £1.15 post & packaging)

Signed copies are available direct from the author at
26 Albert Place, Havannah St., Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2AJ.
Cheques (sterling only) payable to “John Lindley”
 
CHESHIRE RISING
 

Cheshire Rising is the culmination of John Lindley's exciting and successful year as the Cheshire Poet Laureate.
This superb new collection skilfully blends commissioned poems with those reflecting an even broader thematic base, 
 taking influence from both the physical and human landscape.
Central to Lindley's poetry are his wry observations on the familiar things
in life, pinning the poignant against the commonplace,
but always presenting situations and experiences to which we can relate.
Cheshire Rising fuses people with place and the past with what is both present and pertinent.

ISBN 0 904532 85 2

Cost per book
£7.50 (+ £1.15 post & packaging)

Signed copies are available direct from the author at
26 Albert Place, Havannah St., Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2AJ.
Cheques (sterling only) payable to “John Lindley”

Copies also available online at http://www.cheshire.gov.uk

 
 
SCARECROW CRIMES
 

“Twenty-nine poems of such energy and colour as to make any reader rush to buy him the next round just to hear another good story. The directness, the levelling craic, eyeball to eyeball, the sheer pace of these poems is exhilarating, upbeat and a tonic for our troubled times.” Mike Bannister –‘Links’

“highlight is the sequence ‘The Elmer McCurdy Poems’. Distinctly different” John Francis Haines – ‘Handshake’

“A witty and sharp collection.” Paul Lee – ‘The Journal’

“John Lindley excels in startling quirky images that thrill and ‘ground’ each poem in a contemporary viewpoint” Paul Sutherland – ‘Dream Catcher’

“well-honed images…attention to the details of craft” Michael Begnall – ‘Burning Bush’

“John Lindley’s poems exist in the twilight world between the merely fanciful and the genuinely disturbing” iota

Published by NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL

ISBN 0 903610 30 1

£4.50 (+ £1.00 post & packaging)

Signed copies are available direct from the author at
26 Albert Place, Havannah St., Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2AJ.
Cheques (sterling only) payable to “John Lindley”