Percival Library Events

The Percival Library will be hosting events by the following authors in the coming year:

Ben Borek - Friday 7th March 6.45 – 8.00pm

You are invited to wine or fruit juice & pâté, bread and canapés in the East Cloister followed by a reading from Ben Borek’s debut book in the Percival Library.

Donjong Heights by Ben Borek

DONJONG HEIGHTS is a darkly humorous mock-heroic tale of a young man’s lost love and lost hope, written with Byronic wit and an impressive command of form.

This novel in verse boasts a rich set of characters as they come and go from a tower block in inner-city London. The cast includes an hilarious vision of Lord Byron himself – who pops up as a disillusioned drunk in a bar – a crazy DJ and a party that goes horribly wrong. If you only buy one poetry book this year, make it this one. It will appeal to anyone with a heart and a sense of humour – you’d hope that’s everyone!

With ancient coins, not legal tender,
And dating back two hundred years
He tries, in vain, to pay for beers.
And with a wistful glint of eye
Remarks to John "That barmaid, Vicky,
She’s always eager for a quickie,
John, why don't you give her a try?
I feel you need a youthful lover
And if not her, why not her brother?"

Ben Borek is a graduate of the creative writing MA at UEA and until recently was teaching English in Poland.