Nick Tooke Poetry until they come upon the

until they come upon the denizens of a once-majestic travelling circus struggling to survive in an era in which even marvels have lost their capacity to charm

and meaning

seeing not only its faults but its virtues

and in this collection his drawings demonstrate the degree to which a simple line scratched with a pen nib can elicit a deep appreciation of a geographic place

Nick Tooke Poetry until they come upon theNick Tooke was born in the UK, emigrated to Vancouver Island in 1982, and has since lived in Vancouver, Montreal, Tucson, Edmonton and Toronto. He now lives in the Okanagan Valley with his wife and daughter. The Ballad of Samuel Hewitt is his first novel.