Nick Tooke Poetry for Black Stars in a

for Black Stars in a White Night Sky in 2007

and in this collection his drawings demonstrate the degree to which a simple line scratched with a pen nib can elicit a deep appreciation of a geographic place

both published by the Cheshire Cat Press

In 1956 Newfeld

Her family lived in a rural town that shares many similarities with the fictional town of Concord—including the nearby lake where teenagers cruised on summer nights

Nick Tooke Poetry for Black Stars in aNick Tooke was born in the UK, emigrated to Vancouver Island in 1982, and has since lived in Vancouver, Montreal, Tucson, Edmonton and Toronto. He now lives in the Okanagan Valley with his wife and daughter. The Ballad of Samuel Hewitt is his first novel.