Jon Tait
WRITER
HILLMEN
A History of football in Coquetdale. Jon Tait's new publication OUT NOW.
330 pages of historic match reports, clippings and photographs detailing the history of Rothbury Football Club and many of the local village teams around Coquetdale from their very formation to the present day, Hillmen is a publication of record and entertainment as well as a social history.
Maybe you played for the team, or maybe your father, grandfather or great grandfather pulled on the red and white shirt; they are all in there. Relive the great moments of a proud football story.
Barearse Boy is a gritty, nostalgic, angry, yet ultimately dazzling collection of poetry which celebrates local culture and communities in a way that is vital. It's publication places the author firmly within the vanguard of a new era in modern poetry. An entire generation of readers has been waiting for poetry like this to arrive and Jon Tait has duly delivered!
Joseph Ridgwell, author of A Child of the Jago and The Buddha Bar
Jon Tait's captivating poetry hits the soul over and over again like a fully loaded nail-gun. It borders both the insane and the beautiful. It cries like an old blues singer while photographing the bits and pieces of life that most refuse to look at. Jon gets it, he understands how to walk and orchestrate the tight rope high above ourselves.
Frank Reardon, author of Blood Music and The Nirvana Haymaker
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