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WILD THING ON THE LOOSE! FERAL NOVEL ROAMS THE UK!
IGNITE GALA NIGHTS! A series of gigs to launch my new novel on Ignite Books – ‘Wild Thing’ – featuring myself, Steve Pottinger, assorted random bohemians and various unregulated muscians such as Mik & Calum from Utopian Love Revival:
- 5th Feb: Fox & Newt, Leeds
- 6th Feb: The Monarch, London
- 8th Feb: The Thunderbolt, Bristol
- 9th Feb: The Hope, Brighton
- 12th Feb: The Victoria Inn, Derby
- 13th Feb: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham.
- 21st Feb: The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle-U-Tyne.
- 22nd Feb: The Verge, Manchester (Hyde).
Make sure you get in! Advance tickets here:
http://www.wegottickets.
‘Wild Thing’ – a dark and haunting story of love, loss, the music industry and the prices paid for obsession is available to buy at: http://shop.newmodelarmy.org/
Quotes About ‘Wild Thing’. Joolz Denby (Ignite Books)
‘Joolz Denby is one of the strongest, bravest, and most underrated voices in fiction today. Wild Thing is a remarkable work; gutsy, passionate and totally enthralling.’ Joanne Harris, author of ‘Chocolat’, ‘The Lollipop Shoes’ etc.
‘Wild Thing has it all – sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll / mystery, crime and tragedy – and, once again, underlines why Joolz Denby is one of the most original and vital writers in Britain today.’ David Peace, author of ‘GB84′, ‘The Dammed Utd’, The Red Riding Quartet, etc.
‘Joolz Denby is a supremely gifted writer with a wonderful eye for detail. Her characters are so keenly observed, the world they inhabit so vivid that you often have to stop reading just to take it all in. She brings her well honed poetic sensibility to the dense world of the novel, which infuses the work with a sparkle, wit and rhythm that you rarely see. Wild Thing lifts the veil on the myth of corporate of rock and roll, and those who vainly worship it. It seems fitting in the year of the Dickens bi-centennial, that I find myself reading a modern writer with a similar unerring talent for depicting a grimly seductive world of louche urban decay, sparse Northern desolation, human degradation, populated by a cast of superbly drawn characters.
Joolz Denby pulls no punches in her prose, and then like any caring human being, takes the trouble to tickle you as well. ‘ Phill Jupitus
‘Wild Thing: the best material we have read all year…’ Canongate Books.
‘If anyone has seen and experienced first hand the instability and craziness of the industry of music, it’s Joolz. I have been a witness to this on many occasions and am willing to testify! Joolz writes direct from the heart straight to the soul, never conforming and with a beauty of dependable unpredictability.’ Ricky Warwick, front man of The Almighty, Thin Lizzy, Slingblade etc.
‘I found this compelling . . . Joolz is completely convincing. Joolz is a sharp and cynical commentator on modern life . . .’ Bloomsbury Books.
‘I did enjoy it enormously – the writing is fluid and accomplished.’ Random House.
‘WILD THING MADE MY HEART SING. I read 6,000 manuscripts a year and this one lifted off the page and made me sit bolt upright – it has a gutsy attention-seeking passion about it and will bring Joolz to the huge audience she deserves.’ Simon Trewin, literary agent, London
Other News:
My Orange Prize For Fiction shortlisted novel, ‘Billie Morgan’ is now available on Kindle for £2.47 (a bargain, people) at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Billie-Morgan-ebook/dp/B00634USHW/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1320685317&sr=1-2
My art & tattoo studio, Studio Bijoux, Bradford, is now open in Bradford (9A North Parade, BD1 3JL) - a private, appointments-only studio, with a beautiful ambiance and the highest possible hygiene standards. The studio also features a changing art gallery with amongst other artworks, selections from the original album artwork I have done over the years for New Model Army. Studio Bijoux is the modern face of tattoo art – bespoke tattooing for the discerning individual. For appointments please email studiobijouxbradford@gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter if you like: JoolzDenby, or the same name for Facebook (but please send a message with your add request so I know you’re not an axe murderer or Satan In A Dogskin, as my Nan used to say).
Find my novel, ‘The Curious Mystery Of Miss Lydia Larkin & The Widow Marvell‘ (Ignite Books) on Kindle:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node%3D341689031&field-keywords=joolz&x=11&y=12
Or buy it in physical form from the New Model Army Shop at:
http://shop.newmodelarmy.org/product_info.php?products_id=698
Love, peace and best wishes to you,
