clipped from: www.walesonline.co.uk A POETRY reading at a Cardiff bookshop was abruptly cancelled last night after a religious pressure group vowed to disrupt the event if it went ahead.
Patrick Jones, brother of Manic Street Preachers’ bassist Nicky Wire, was due to give a reading of his new poetry book, Darkness is Where The Stars Are, at Waterstones on the Hayes at 7pm last night.
“I’m a bit shaken and shocked,” said Mr Jones, who is credited as being one of the earliest influences on the Manic Street Preachers.
“Are we living in Iran?
Stephen Green, Christian Voice’s director, said his organisation had not finalised plans for what they would have done had last night’s reading gone ahead but said it would have been prepared to enter Waterstones and disrupt the event.