I am pleased to say that a new poem, Sirens, will be printed in the next issue of Trespass Magazine, and that I will be reading at the launch for the issue in June.
Also pleased to say that extracts from 8/8/8: A Bibliomantic Poem will be published online on Streetcake Magazine, the journal for experimental and innovative writing.
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Twitterific
Twitter updates now blam their way onto this blog! Tweet, tweet against the dying of the light...
Making a poem in twitter is an idea more than one person has had, and is quite interesting as a durational kind of work, as well as the potential for creating a collaborative piece. If I had more time i might do it... not right now as there's another durational piece I'm working on but shhh ... it's under wraps for now.
In other news, my editor describes part 1 of my new collection as using repetition in a "surprising" way; is this Editorspeak for impenetrable / bad / hopeless / up-itself - or actually quite good? Or, surprising in a kind of "Gooo! jumping off the page at your face like a poodle crossed with a flea" kind of way ? The last I doubt as the poems aren't approaching any kind of the innovative page setups (or totally off-page status) they could be; they are floating in the mainstream with a wet nod to shock and surprise, easily towelled off.
Making a poem in twitter is an idea more than one person has had, and is quite interesting as a durational kind of work, as well as the potential for creating a collaborative piece. If I had more time i might do it... not right now as there's another durational piece I'm working on but shhh ... it's under wraps for now.
In other news, my editor describes part 1 of my new collection as using repetition in a "surprising" way; is this Editorspeak for impenetrable / bad / hopeless / up-itself - or actually quite good? Or, surprising in a kind of "Gooo! jumping off the page at your face like a poodle crossed with a flea" kind of way ? The last I doubt as the poems aren't approaching any kind of the innovative page setups (or totally off-page status) they could be; they are floating in the mainstream with a wet nod to shock and surprise, easily towelled off.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
New poem to be published in the next issue of Crannog
Just to say that a new poem, You Sleep, will be published at the end of February 2009 in Crannog, the Irish literary magazine - www.crannogmagazine.com for more details.
I am about halfway through book 2 and I feel there's a definite development from book 1 - more structure, more substance perhaps, but just as much oomph. There is more work in response to other work, such as contemporary paintings, photography, landscape.
I am about halfway through book 2 and I feel there's a definite development from book 1 - more structure, more substance perhaps, but just as much oomph. There is more work in response to other work, such as contemporary paintings, photography, landscape.
Monday, 12 January 2009
New work published online
A new poem of mine has been published online in Streetcake Magazine here. Streetcake is interested in visual, innovative and experimental writing.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Kaleidoscope Magazine
A review of The Fast Heat of Beauty will appear in the first issue of a new magazine for the arts, Kaleidoscope, published by students at Royal Holloway, University of London. There is a Facebook group for those who would like to follow the progress of the magazine.
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Updates
Here's a nice well done from Carole Baldock at Orbis Poetry Quarterly, congratulating me for my entry in the Forward Prize Anthology 2009: http://kudoswriting.wordpress.com/
My reading at the Durham Book Festival seemed to go well, and I had the pleasure of reading with Peter Bennet, whose book The Glass Swarm I would highly recommend. I'm not sure what the Durham crowd made of The Fast Heat of Beauty's blatant sex themes, it may have been a bit racy for them, but never mind.....
Deciding what to read at the Small Press Book Fair this weekend and I think it will be a combination of my treatment of Sacheverell Sitwell's Lily Poems - Polly Sime, as I have been looking at book arts today in the creative writing class I teach in Guildford, and a reading from my final MA project. That should do it.
My reading at the Durham Book Festival seemed to go well, and I had the pleasure of reading with Peter Bennet, whose book The Glass Swarm I would highly recommend. I'm not sure what the Durham crowd made of The Fast Heat of Beauty's blatant sex themes, it may have been a bit racy for them, but never mind.....
Deciding what to read at the Small Press Book Fair this weekend and I think it will be a combination of my treatment of Sacheverell Sitwell's Lily Poems - Polly Sime, as I have been looking at book arts today in the creative writing class I teach in Guildford, and a reading from my final MA project. That should do it.
Friday, 26 September 2008
Small Press Book Fair 25th October 2008
I will also be reading from some of my MA work at the excellent Small Press Book Fair at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL on the 25th October at 1.30pm with one of my incredibly talented poetic colleagues, Becky Cremin. The fair itself is on both days and is well worth a visit, lots of artist's books, graphic novels, cool concrete poetry etc.
Details:
“The book as art form….”
the international event in London celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers
This year the Fair will be featuring more publishers than ever before –over fifty - with a truly international field -, two publishers from New York – Cuneiform Press and Vanitas and Libellum books; Chax press from Tucson, Arizona; Perro Verlag from Vancouver; Antic-Ham of Korea; and with publishers and presses from France, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, and throughout the UK.
The Small Publishers Fair has announced this year's readings and events programme which takes place alongside the Fair. In a varied schedule, highlights include readings from Vincent Katz and Kyle Schlesinger, both poets, editors and publishers from New York, and the launch of the much acclaimed Reality Street Editions’ Book of Sonnets, to be introduced by its editor Jeff Hilson. Bill Griffiths’ The Lion Man and Others will be launched by readers from Veer Books, and for West House books, David Annwn will launch his largest collection to date, Bela Fawr's Cabaret.
The Fair brings together international artists, poets, writers, composers , book designers and publishers to celebrate contemporary artist publishing. Now in its 7th year, the Fair has attracted widespread interest, and praise for the quality of the events, and the immense variety of work on display.
More than 50 publishers are showing work , and all the books and editions are for sale, - an opportunity to buy work at an affordable price. With free admission, there's something for everyone – from top class writing, beautifully printed artists’ editions, multiples, and zines, to inexpensive pamphlets and artists cards. Several young artists’ collectives will be showing their work for the first time.
Organiser Martin Rogers of RGAP said
'The Fair has established itself as the national forum for the many small presses and
independent publishers actively promoting contemporary work. A number of the books and editions on display are special; and may not find their way into conventional bookshops, or sit on regular bookshelves.'
Details:
“The book as art form….”
the international event in London celebrating books by contemporary artists, poets, writers, composers, book designers, and their publishers
This year the Fair will be featuring more publishers than ever before –over fifty - with a truly international field -, two publishers from New York – Cuneiform Press and Vanitas and Libellum books; Chax press from Tucson, Arizona; Perro Verlag from Vancouver; Antic-Ham of Korea; and with publishers and presses from France, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, and throughout the UK.
The Small Publishers Fair has announced this year's readings and events programme which takes place alongside the Fair. In a varied schedule, highlights include readings from Vincent Katz and Kyle Schlesinger, both poets, editors and publishers from New York, and the launch of the much acclaimed Reality Street Editions’ Book of Sonnets, to be introduced by its editor Jeff Hilson. Bill Griffiths’ The Lion Man and Others will be launched by readers from Veer Books, and for West House books, David Annwn will launch his largest collection to date, Bela Fawr's Cabaret.
The Fair brings together international artists, poets, writers, composers , book designers and publishers to celebrate contemporary artist publishing. Now in its 7th year, the Fair has attracted widespread interest, and praise for the quality of the events, and the immense variety of work on display.
More than 50 publishers are showing work , and all the books and editions are for sale, - an opportunity to buy work at an affordable price. With free admission, there's something for everyone – from top class writing, beautifully printed artists’ editions, multiples, and zines, to inexpensive pamphlets and artists cards. Several young artists’ collectives will be showing their work for the first time.
Organiser Martin Rogers of RGAP said
'The Fair has established itself as the national forum for the many small presses and
independent publishers actively promoting contemporary work. A number of the books and editions on display are special; and may not find their way into conventional bookshops, or sit on regular bookshelves.'
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