Books by Ken Smith

Newcastle's colourful and sometimes dramatic history is brought to life in this series of varied tales spanning several hundred years. Including some of the most fascinating accounts from his previous books, Newcastle author and historian Ken Smith presents a selection of truelife stories from the city's stirring past.

A bumper collection of the decade's funniest stories, as published every day in The Herald's 'Diary' column, gathered together for you to enjoy all over again.

A second humorous novel based on the outrageous antics of local characters from the author''s early life in the South Wales Valleys. By the author of the very popular and funny Tales from My Welsh Village (Y Lolfa, 2018), now in its fourth impression.

Comprehensive guide to what remains of the North East's Mining Heritage

New retrospective by Ken Smith (1938-2003), a major voice in world poetry - and the first poet published by Bloodaxe in 1978 - whose work and example inspired a whole generation of younger British poets during the 80s and 90s.

The poems in this collection are not about something else. Rather, in the words of James Joyce, each poem is "the transient, constantly displaced, forever disappearing thing itself."