"Novelist, poet and musician Jeremy Gluck draws on his experiences of growing up in post-War Canada in a breath-takingly beautiful and poignant account of his battle with bipolar disorder (manic depression). He contrasts a depiction of his descent into depression and madness with the narrative innocence of his childhood. The book is in three parts or "lives". The first part accounts the author’s innocence of the illness, when it lies dormant but shadowing. In the second part, the author wrestles with madness as the illness reveals itself. Coming from a more balanced and objective viewpoint, in the final part there is a review of both, the author having brought himself back. He can now show himself as someone different, neither the innocent nor the madman, and importantly not the person he has been mistaken as being". Published by Chipmunka, E-book version available now. Paperback coming soon...

Today, as you are possibly aware, is record store day. Fast becoming extinct in all corners of the world we need to conserve these beasties like any endangered species.

So no big chain stores or chucking a Duffy cd into your basket along with the oven chips at Tesco or wherever, OK? You want music on this day, you seek out the little guy or go without, while there are some still out there. So you can explain to your grand kids what these things were if nothing else. There are so many reasons why we need this kind of community more than ever.

Every Saturday should be Record Store Day...