Coaltown was written over the space of three years in a house that Tomas Bird lived in alongside such vibrant characters as Sheephead - whom the book is dedicated to - his brother Jukebox Durie and photographer Fraser Stephen, or to his friends, Flo. Influenced by a number of artists and writers, Bird opts for sparse and thought provoking stories that mostly focus on a tiny segment of time which usually contain a hint of personal experience embodied...