A local author of Brian Clough books will return to his journalistic roots when he makes guest appearances at two book festivals in the county this summer.
Former award-winning radio, TV and newspaper reporter Marcus Alton has written five popular books about legendary football manager Brian Clough. Marcus’ latest book is ‘Brian Clough The Lost Tapes’ which is helping to raise money for the NSPCC and Nottinghamshire Hospice.
On Monday 24th June Marcus appeared at Lowdham Book Festival for an intimate Q&A event with experienced event host Neil Kendrick.
That will be followed by a completely different kind of event at Newark Book Festival on Saturday 13th July at 10am, when Marcus will host a solo multi-media show.
Marcus said: “When I was a boy, I lived in Lowdham and started writing a monthly sports column for the parish magazine,” recalled Marcus. “After that, I got a Saturday job at Radio Trent and then joined the Newark Advertiser as a reporter.
“With all those wonderful memories, it was tremendous to return to Lowdham and I’m looking forward to visiting Newark to talk about the inside story of my latest book, as well as presenting some fantastic archive material featuring Brian Clough and some of his former players.
“I was fortunate to interview Brian Clough several times, so it’ll be great to not only share those stories but also talk more about the tales from the lost tapes book too, including exclusive recordings.”
Marcus will be signing copies of the book, which has a foreword by the former Nottingham Forest player and manager Paul Hart.
“Already this year I’ve taken part in a couple of Q&A events raising money for good causes and there’s been some tremendous feedback. The audiences never get tired of hearing behind-the-scenes stories about Cloughie – and there are many new ones to talk about.”
Marcus hosts the tribute podcast ‘Green Jumper,’ which has thousands of listeners in 80 countries. He was also the driving force behind the fund-raising campaign for the Cloughie statue which stands proudly in Nottingham city centre.
Ticket details about Marcus’ appearance at Newark are available at the non profit tribute website, www.brianclough.com.