Spitting Distance by Mark Pajak Louis De Paor but where do these affinities

but where do these affinities come from

The critic

including an accounting of the prose he has published as a novelist

’ – David Morley

the first inspired by the character of Mad King Sweeney from Irish epic Buile Shuibhne

Spitting Distance by Mark Pajak Louis De Paor but where do these affinitiesMark Pajak was born in Merseyside. His work has been published in Magma, The North and The Rialto and been highly commended in the Cheltenham Poetry and National Poetry Competitions. He is this years Apprentice Poet in Residence at Ilkley Literature Festival. His poem 'Spitting Distance' won first prize in the 2016 Bridport Prize. 'Mark Pajak's skilful poems keep themselves open, especially to childhood and adolescent experience. Even so, they are far