R.M Francis - Ameles / Currents of Unmindfulness

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have RM Francis joining us again at The Heath Bookshop to talk about his new book 'Ameles / Currents of Unmindfulness'.

R. M. Francis is a lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. He's the author of two novels (Wild Pressed Books) and a collection of poems (Smokestack Books). His academic work has featured in edited collections and he co-edited the book, Smell, Memory and Literature in the Black Country (Palgrave MacMillan). In 2019 he was the David Bradshaw Writer in Residence for the University of Oxford and is currently Poet in Residence for the Black Country Geological Society. The Chain Coral Chorus is his latest collection with Playdead Press.

Ameles / Currents of Unmindfulness: In Greek Mythology, those who drank from the underworld river, Ameles Potamos, would suffer inexplicable disorientation. They would be left adrift, out of time, out of place, sometimes out of their minds. The tales in Ameles / Currents of Unmindfulness by R. M. Francis, his debut collection, range from the quietly unsettling to weird and full-on horror. R.M. Francis plays around with genre conventions and forms to deliver a flood of dark disturbing imagery that will stay with you in the darkest recesses of your mind. This is the perfect event in the run up to Halloween!