Bücher von Mark Ward

This new collection from Mark Ward selects work from his two previous collections Thunder Alley and The Visitor's Book, adding a substantial selection of new poems. Predominantly set in his hometown of Blackburn, it chronicles and collates the overlooked, the ordinary and the remarkable into a rich, compelling sequence of narrative poems.

With brutal honesty and heartfelt storytelling, Just Don't Think is a recount of how one man was able to freely teach thousands about breaking free from overthinking, self-doubt, crippling fear and even addiction. In Just Don't Think, Mark Ward reinvents the life-lessons taught to him by his closest friend and mentor of over three decades. Humorously written with plenty of reality checks, if you have ever wondered why you have so many negative thoughts or even struggle to get out of bed some mornings, than this book is a must. Fix your thinking and learn to be perfectly human in an imperfect world. "Why do some people seemingly end up with a big fat kiss on the ass from God and people like me constantly struggle? I asked Handshake this often and he never had a definitive answer, but he had a solution. His solution was to simply face up to all that baggage that constantly stops us from living the life that we want. It can take months, years or even decades, but it is an important journey that is worth taking. If I were to pinpoint what this book is primarily about, it would be how Handshake took me and many others on a journey to discover our power. By doing this, he was able to help many solve some major issues including addiction, gambling, self-destruction and many other destructive behaviours."

With the arrival of radio, evangelicals flocked to the airwaves. For the first time, they developed their own mass culture as evangelicals nationwide, across denominational lines, heard the same popular preachers and music. This volume captures the evangelical media and music culture of this pivotal midcentury era as evangelicals left behind the fundamentalism of the early twentieth century.

Mark Ward's debut collection Thunder Alley was a semi-autobiographical account of the diversity and divisions within his hometown of Blackburn. The Visitor's Book expands on this theme, exploring the relationship between people and their environment. It collates and chronicles the overlooked, the ordinary and the remarkable: the things that pass and those that endure, into a rich seam of narrative poems.