Free E-Book of the Week: A Woeful Tale by Derrick Cranpole

[The Manuscript Publisher]

A Woeful Tale by Derrick Cranpole is our Free E-Book for the Week beginning 7th October. Until Sunday, you can download for free the e-book edition of Cranpole's 'tales of the sea' on Smashwords, in all the common e-book formats - Kindle,ePub, PDF, etc. See below for your free coupon code that will allow you to avail of this offer.

First published by The Manuscript Publisher in 2012, this collection of poetry and illustrations neatly caricatures the feelings and frustrations of Ireland's seafishermen and women, as they battle the elements and bureaucracy, in order to bring in the nation's fish quotas.

Derrick Cranpole discovered poetry during his time at sea, which took him from the Arctic to the Southern Ocean and from the Americas to the Red Sea. Remembering bits of verse helped pass the long watches of the night. Back in the early sixties Cranpole found himself on the deck of a lobster boat. Despite many ups and downs he stayed at the fishing and he loved every day of it.

Cranpole's poetry has been described as "ironic, sometimes blunt" particularly when shining the light on an infuriating bureaucracy and officialdom that presides over the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. He deals with every day problems of seafarers, fishermen, residents of coastal communities. His manner is forthright but always in a humourous vein. He never flinches from championing the cause of the underdog. Some have even detected 'a touch of the Kiplings' in his light-hearted poems and sketches.

Your free copy of the e-book edition of A Woeful Tale is waiting for you on Smashwords. Enter the Coupon Code ZB73U when you check out to download in all of the common e-book formats and suitable for reading on all of the popular e-reading devices.

Copies of the printed edition of A Woeful Tale are available to also available to buy online.