Nelson Brooks - Novelist, Poet and Speaker

A collection of Poetry, Fiction and Non-Fiction

Having been a writer now for over twenty five years, I thought it was high time to bring all of my various strings into one bow.  In 2016 I published my first novel, Rules for a Born Again bachelor, which is available on Amazon as hardback, softback and Kindle versions.  I have since completed two more novels and am writing a fourth.  More can be found about them in the fiction section of the site.  The second novel The Perry Gene was released in Jan 2020 on Kindle and Paperback. The third Novel 120, a deception bank robbery, was released on 1st April 2022. The next novel, the Fairway should come out in late 2024.

The earliest serious writing I undertook was poetry and in total now I have over 3500 poems stored and ready to deploy on top of a passionate love of Japanese short forms such as Haiku, Tanka and Senryu. My work as Poet in residence of Tower Hamlets Cemetery park from 2018 to 2021 has just been released in Kindle and Paperback formats. My current poetry project which should be released this year is a book called "Tube Lines" will features one poem for every London underground station, it took over a year to write as there are nearly 270 of them.

Along the way, there have been short stories and forays in to Non-fiction through the Analogies project which is an organization trying to improve compliance to policy through the use of story telling.

Also the other non-fiction writing comes under the guise of Hoofing-IT  my former blog site on horse racing which is due to be turned into a guide to all the racetracks in the UK and will be released in 2025 (time willing as I just started a PhD).
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Biriyani Night

This time the Indian flavours of L'Opaline come to the fore as we attend the Wednesday night Biriyani Feast. A treat for the senses.

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Snapshot

A poem inspired by the article written by Will Pavia in last Saturday's Times newspaper. He talked about picking the last movie to watch with your dad. This inspired me to write about the loss of my father and son nearly thirty years ago

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Welcome to the Jungle

A poem to celebrate an early Father's day trip to see the most excellent Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre. Superb show and a wonderful day of Father and Son time, made even more magically with pictures shared on my new 11 week old Grand daughter.

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The New Kings of Lyon

A poem to celebrate the first Sunday brunch at L'Opaline in Beverley. The new creation of MasterChef winner Eddie Scott which features a mix of classic French and modern Indian flavours.

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Keep Moving

A poem in celebration of mental health awareness week. This year the theme was keep moving, showing the important link between mental and physical health.

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Half Moon

The night before a family wedding, we waited in the pub and got chatting to delightful people. Seemed a memory was fitting.

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The king of condiments and other stars

A fabulous day in SW19 meeting great people and watching two of the best matches. Philip the "King of Condiments" added that special sauce that made the day magical.

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The girl with the Phoenix Tattoo

We met Emma at the races, mixing up cocktails and she told us the story of her fabulous Phoenix Tattoo. So good it was worth sharing with you.

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Under Starters Orders

A day racing on the Knavesmire at York on June 16th and we met the delightful Rafferty and his parents while cheering on a few winners.

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West Enders

We met the most amazing pair of 11 week old pups in the Black Lion on Sunday, along with their humans. A few words seems a good idea to capture the mood.

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A Yorkshire Curry

There is a thing, its called Yorkshireness. it is a gladness, a joy of spirit. When you meet people in this country, you know them, they are honest. A night out in Beverley is anything but ordinary. We love it.

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Knock three times

A poem written for mental health awareness week 2022

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Do talk to Strangers

A repost from Linked in about building teams.

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120

My latest novel 120 was released on Friday 1st April 2022 on Kindle (available pre-order now), paperback and hardback through Amazon and can be found via my author webpage.

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Coming Soon....

Find out plans for future novels written by Nelson Brooks.

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The Perry Gene

Latest release, my second novel in paperback and kindle versions. A crime thriller set in South London

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Rules for a born again bachelor

My first novel, a story of a man going back into the dating game after divorce and the rules he creates to stop himself making mistakes.

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Hoofing-It

A brief description of one of my other sites describing visits to all the UK and Ireland Horse racing circuits.

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Admiral Henry John Rous

Planned work to create a biography of Henry John Rouse, the creator or modern handicapping rules in horse racing.

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  • Barnet, England, United Kingdom

Author of 4 novels, 2 books of poetry and currently a student of history doing a PhD on Nautical history


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