Party in the Diaryhouse

Chris Hemingway is a poet and songwriter from Gloucestershire. His previous books include Cigarettes and Daffodils, and The Future. Chris helps with the organisation of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival and the Gloucestershire Writers Network. He was once described in Bristols Venue magazine as "suffering from hip Sunday school teacher with guitar syndrome", but that was probably just because of the spectacles... "Chris Hemingways poems are kind, rueful and shyly wise. They think. They tell stories. With lines which fall lightly into rhymes and chords, they reach for your heart. They sing." - Alison Brackenbury "These are poems for the rock stars we never were. They are full of melancholy, regret and acceptance - all delivered down the barrel of a finely tuned vinyl collection." - David Clarke Poignant, yet humorous, nuanced yet potent, these poems go down as easily, and almost as quickly, as an espresso, offering the same enervating kick at last gulp." - Anna Saunders