THE NIGHT OF THE DAY
David Morley

The Night of the Day is remarkable for the skill and grace with which it travels through the difficult territories that map a journey from darkness towards light. In this movement from out of the shadows, it engages with tricks of the light, vanishings, illusions, magic and bitter realities, whilst using the terrain of language that each necessitates.

From the brutally austere language that depicts a child’s experience of violence that opens this short collection, the poems move thematically into the natural world and the darting, shifting vocabularies of memory, friendship and loss. The Night of the Day keeps a solid and determined pace, which ultimately brings us under the canvas of the big top and into the lives of the travelling circus people, in their own words, their own voices, an undertow of threat and prejudice forever shadowing their footsteps on the road.

Available as a standard edition (£5) and also a limited number of fifty, with special silver litho-printed covers, which will be signed and numbered by David Morley. These are £7 and can be reserved, so please email us to order in advance. Payment by cheque (payable to 'Nine Arches Press') to: Nine Arches Press, Great Central Studios, 92 Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warks, CV21 3TF. Or pay by paypal using our email address: MAIL(at)NINEARCHESPRESS(dot)COM. Please note in your payment instructions that you are ordering a copy of 'The Night of the Day'.

Launched from 7th November 2009

ISBN: 978-0-9560559-7-2

Events at which we'll be celebrating the launch of this special pamphlet:

Saturday 7th November 2009
David Morley's reading with Ciaran Berry and Maureen Duffy at Aldeburgh Festival, tickets and further details from the Aldeburgh website here

Monday 16th November 2009 Launch of 'The Night of the Day' at Wilde's Cafe Bar, The Parade, Leamington Spa

From 8pm onwards. FREE entry. Reading from David Morley, plus special guest poets Matt Nunn, Simon Turner and Myra Connell, and also open mic slots throughout the night.


Sunday 29th November 2009 from 7.30pm 'til late

The Bell, Middlesex Street, Spitalfields, London E1 7EX

'The Night of the Goldrush Sounds'

A London launch for The Night of the Day, Sounds in the Grass and After the Goldrush

Join Nine Arches Press to celebrate the launch of their three latest titles, including the first two Nine Arches Press books and a special edition pamphlet, with readings from David Morley, Matt Nunn and Peter Carpenter.

FREE entry