Springfield Road
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-78352-055-8 (ISBN)
Description
A memoir of childhood in the late 1970s, at the dawn of Thatcher's Britain. Godden is a much-loved performer on the Spoken Word scene, and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 with the documentary "Little Tenderness".
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boundless Publishing Group Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 130 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78352-055-8 (9781783520558)
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Person
Salena has been described as 'The doyenne of the spoken word scene' (Ian McMillan, BBC Radio 3's The Verb); 'The Mae West madam of the salon' (The Sunday Times) and as 'everything the Daily Mail is terrified of' (Kerrang! Magazine). Salena writes and performs poetry, fiction, memoir, radio drama and lyrics. Her most recent book of poems, Under the Pier, was published by Nasty Little Press in 2011. Salena is also known as The General of The Book Club Boutique, Soho's louchest literary salon, and as lead singer and lyricist of SaltPeter, alongside composer Peter Coyte. Salena has appeared on radio as a guest on Woman's Hour, The Verb and Saturday Live and most recently wrote and presented a documentary, Stir it Up! - 50 Years of Writing Jamaica for BBC Radio 4 in September 2012.