True-ish Tales and Pointed Poems

A disappointing first kiss, a dog with misdirected sexual energy and a book published in 1691 all feature in this collection of stories and poems. With intimacy and humour, Ian Bild touches on family and working life in, amongst other places, London, Bristol and Worpswede in north Germany where he now lives. His experiences in publishing, bookdealing and the media have provided much material for his writing.

About the author

Ian Bild, born 1954 in London, studied Economic and Social History at Bristol University. He later worked as a publisher for Bristol Broadsides, part of the worker writer movement. He moved with his family in 1987 to Worpswede in north Germany. Together with his wife Ute Migge, he owns and runs the bookshop Worpsweder Antiquariat in the artists' village. He also translates texts from German to English and has researched, written and directed television and radio documentaries for the BBC, NDR, SFB, Radio Bremen, Deutschlandradio etc. He has four children and three grandchildren.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Bild
• Publisher: Edition Falkenberg
• Languages: German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9783954943210
• ISBN: 978-3-95494-321-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 284 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry