An Evening with Poet John Taylor

Yorkshire Dales writer and poet John Taylor will launch his new poetry collection 'Nephilim' at the bookshop on 2nd November.

John Taylor is a writer, poet, songwriter and psychotherapist in the Yorkshire Dales. His creative work frequently explores mythology, folklore, psychology, landscape and the stranger corners of human experience.

The launch will include readings from the collection, discussion about the myths and ideas behind the poems, and an opportunity to meet the author and have copies signed.

Inspired by the ancient Book of Enoch, the collection draws on the strange mythology of the Watchers, fallen angels and the Nephilim - mysterious giant beings said to have been born from the union of angels and humans.

Rather than simply retelling the old stories, Taylor uses them as the starting point for poems exploring forbidden knowledge, transgression, loss, judgement, belief and the darker side of human experiences.

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