Local author Philip Emery (Necromatra set in Burslem, and The Shadow Cycles), former lecturer in Creative Writing at Keele University, is set to release his The Celt in the Machine, “a collection of fiction and verse spanning over thirty years”. The book from Immanion Press will be launched at Clayton public library, Newcastle-under-Lyme, on Wednesday 20th May 2015 (7.30pm). During the evening there will be readings from the new book, and a discussion on ebook publishing with ebook expert Roy Gray of TTA Press.