Already Bloomin' Authors..

  Here are a few special authors who's new works are being released in the traditional 'physical' literary realm - and are therefore not available to download.

  Either way, some of the upcoming titles that will be appearing on this page will no doubt prove to be real literary treasures and well worth seeking out in the age old hard or paperback formats.

  First off is a cultural jewel of international interest up for release through the Irish Independant publishing label Seven Towers....

  The Origami Crow by Eamon Carr

  Our first book is a combination of both ancient and modern poetic and 'contemporary' inspiration with poetic roots reaching back to the very beginings of western and (to an extent) eastern prose . Yet these ancient poetic styles are brought together magicaly in a collision of cultures amid the mass international euphoria captured by the excitement of one mans expedition into the roar of the stadium crowd throughout the Japanese World Cup of 2002 simultaneously conjoined with his own personal pilgrimage deep into the shrines of Japans golden age of culture and literature.

It's a remarkable journey that brings together and finds a common thread among cultures which are seemingly opposite in every possible way, whose 'golden ages' were not only in completely different time zones, but whose physical geography is as far removed a is physicaly possible (both being on opposite sides of the globe) and Eamon Carr - the former founder of the Tara Telephone - a collection of sixties Dublin beat poets that included Declan Sinnot (briefly of Horslips and later of King Crimson), Peter Falon (now a 'New York Village' beat poet, DJ , artist and former musician with T Rex and John Lennon) which inspired deeply the likes of Phil Lynott, Marc Bolan and Lennon, McCartney etc along with countless other artists of all walks before doing it all again by co- founding Celtic Rock in the 70'S among the Irish Rock heroes Horslips (see Rock Cornerstone one) - has approached this lifelong cultural quest and event with the masterfull serenity of a Haiku poet, the philosophical thoughtfullness of a Celtic 'triad' and, at times, the riotus language of a novel by Jack Kerouac ( the famed cult writer of 'On The Road' - who funnily enough also just happens to be a distant relative of Eamon) .

  Now if terms like 'Celtic Triad' and Haiku leave you looking slightly puzzled or perplexed then maybe we should briefly iluminate these terms... Firstly, a 'triad' is an ancient Celtic proverb - very similar in it's morals and searching out of 'excellence' to the ancient hebrew 'proverbs' and rooted from the same historical era. They usualy display three distinct statements or comparisons, with a connected meaning and emphasis usualy on the third, this being the 'defining lesson' or 'enlightining moral'. A brief example that may well have benifited the reporters who broke the 'Watergate' scandal (or even those seeking to break the 'Taragate' scandal -see international emergency-) being ...

  " There are three only , whose frenzy is a benefit to their people: The Warrior on the field of battle, the Dancer in the place of dance, and the Seeker of Truth and Justice where ever they may be."

  ... And many early Irish oral and written poems were an expantion of this 'triadic' format and way of thinking long before St Patrick latched on to it through his 'shamrock speach'.

  If we now wind the clock forward from the pre and post christian celtic golden ages of Ireland and the British Isles to the sixteenth century island nation of Japan in it's own cultural golden age of the Samauri and the Shogun we find this feint 'triadic' thread emerging through the works of one of Japans most celebrated poets Matsuo Basho. Short ancient three lined linked poems originaly called 'Renga' flourished under the hand of Basho into Haiku during a time of intense cultural rennaisance to become the embodyment of all that was sacred to Japanese culture and art (think here of all those inspiring cinematic scenes of the landscapes, villages and cherry blosom in films like 'The Last Samauri' and imagine all the emotion and beauty of those scenes captured in three lines of equaly clear and lucid writing sealed within a strict phonetic code etched in 'pitch perfect' syllables and then you should have a slightly clearer understanding of Haiku poetry). Basho travelled extensively throughout Japan throughout his life time (1644 -94) writing many diaries and journals on his travels that were overflowing with Haiku and prose, all containing and inspiring a sense of wonder in his own nations landscape and people. Many of the places where Basho wrote those poems and prose have since become shrines themselves and Japan is filled with many 'Kuhi' (stone pillars engraved with Haiku poetry) in many of the very places where the poems were actualy concieved and much of this poetic wonder is captured in Eamon Carr's own poetic journals in a work that flits and weaves between the journalistic documentary and his own prophetic Haiku as he himself ventures 'deep into the interior' ( - this poor pun being a rough translation of one of Bashos own treasured journals titled 'Oku no Hosomichi' in Japanese ) and Carr retraces the very steps of Basho's own personal pilgrimage himself.

  Combine all these elements with the euphoria of the 'beautiful game' at it's best and a nation filled with the international excitements, hopes and dreams of football fans, players, tourists and reporters from every corner of the globe and you are left with a truly epic event that unfolds page by page in Carrs unique and treasured journey.

  The Origami Crow is also the personel pilgrimage of one of Irelands most loved 'underground' beat poets, music and sports writers, journalists and musicians . Wether you're a fan of Haiku, poetry, prose, international football (or soccer in the Americas), the World Cup, music or travel or not, The Origami Crow is a classic work of art that deserves a spot on everyones bookshelf.

We've offered a very brief extract as given by Eamon on Irelands Balcony TV ..which also contains some contemporary 'Kerouac' styled language as he reprimands staff of the show and quotes ( as taken from the lips of Irish international football player Jason MacAteer) so we've given a red triangle for the video and a yellow for the book (...or was it a kind of yellow , orangy red..?). Links are also provided to the Seven Towers websites and also the Tara Telephone website detailing some of Eamons pre- Horslips endeavors among the late sixties beat poet community.

 Eamon Carr's ' Oragami Crow ' can currently be purchased direct from Seven Towers or Amazon.Com , Amazon. co.uk, Readireland.ie and most independant bookstores so ask for the following ISBN''s..

  ISBN-10: 0955534658;

ISBN-13: 978-0955534652

 More on upcoming Seven Towers releases very soon , as well as a few more classics worth their weight in gold on every syllable....