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Writer Shocked As Christian Group Forces Cancellation Of Poetry Event

Posted at 8:16AM Thursday 13 Nov 2008

A branch of Waterstone's was at the centre of a freedom of expression row last night when it cancelled a poetry reading after warnings from a Christian group.

Poet Patrick Jones, brother of Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire, was due to give a reading from his new book, Darkness is Where The Stars Are, at Waterstone's in Cardiff at 7pm yesterday.

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