A Moonless Night - Softcover

Normal, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1739623150 ISBN 13: 9781739623159

Publisher: Flapjack Press, 2024

Synopsis

A Moonless Night was written between December 2022 and December 2023. "Poetry about embracing darkness, finding light, and exploring the depths of my lack of substance."

About this title

About the Author

Henry Normal founded the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester Literature Festival) and co-founded the Nottingham Poetry Festival. He co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family, and co-wrote and script edited the award-winning Mrs Merton Show and its spin-off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. With Steve Coogan, he co-wrote the Bafta-winning Paul and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, Tony Ferrino, Doctor Terrible, all of Steve's live tours, and the film The Parole Officer. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999, Henry executive produced all and script edited many of the shows throughout his 171/2-year tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include the multi-Oscar-nominated film Philomena, Gavin and Stacey, The Mighty Boosh, Moone Boy, Hunderby, Nighty Night, Red Dwarf and Alan Partridge. Since retiring in 2016, Henry has written and performed eleven BBC Radio 4 shows combining comedy, poetry and stories about his life and family: A Normal... Family, Life, Love, Imagination, Nature, Universe, Communication, Ageing, Community, Home, and Journey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flapjack Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1739623150
• ISBN 13: 9781739623159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108