Dead Men Village Book Launch in Stradbroke Library

Richard Pierce Photo by kind permission of Near the Coast

Last night in the Courthouse, Stradbroke the home of Stradbroke Library local author Richard Pierce held his village book launch of his novel Dead Men.

Richard began by stressing that Stradbroke Library and many others are still not completely "saved" and talking about the importance of public libraries nationally.

Jack Stevens from the band Cathedrals and Cars performed and then Richard read an extract from his book.

The event really showed what a success the Courthouse building could be if used regularly for this kind of an event. It was just the right size and there was quite a bit of talk amongst those present about the plans for the building.

I have made a short video where you can hear one of Jack's songs and Richard reading from his book:

Dead Men is a work of fiction based on the story of the Antarctic explorer Scott. Commenting on the book the British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said: