nottingham poetry
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Three Poems Featured In Issue 11 Of Sundog Lit Journal
Very happy and excited to have three of my poems published in Sundog Lit – go read them here!
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Johnny Bender Launch Party Chameleon Arts Cafe Nottingham Friday 24th June 2016
I had a fantastic night hosting/compering/interviewing/rabble-rousing/drunkard stewarding/evoking voodoo/performing poetry at the launch party for the publication of the amazing Dean Lilleyman’s second novel, ‘The Gospel According To Johnny Bender’. It was a magical night, a celebration of the eternal culture of Making Stuff, a ritual anointing of Our Johnny, a blood-vow of love and support…
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Hand Job Zine Launch Party Saturday 16th April 2016 – In Pictures
Had a fantastic time hosting and performing at Hand Job Zine’s launch party for issue 10 last night. Congratulations to Jim and Sophie from Hand Job for organising a wonderful night of entertainment, and also to everyone who came down, performed or partied or both. The zine looks absolutely amazing and is packed with some…
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Free-Write Poem With Picture
Beneath her feet, the city gossips, tarmac tongues whispering the hymn of her returning. Every sodden yard of hard-mooned kerbstone unfurls to her insoles, black locale knows the girl & her swell cobalt mind so well: the hackneyed princess of slagheaps and monolithic mole-hills of one-mil syringes. Doom-town stare of a million methadone-dawns. – Miggy…
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Magazine Launch Tonight at Chameleon Arts Cafe
I’ll be performing (and compering) the HandJob magazine launch at Chameleon arts café tonight – really looking forward to this as have a lot of time for the wonderful Jim and Sophie – and also the night has an array of wonderful performers/writers lined up! Should be a cracking night! and just £3 on the…
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Will be performing my poetry at the UK Recovery Federation annual conference in Manchester tomorrow
– big thank you to Alistair for booking me for the UKRF event again this year – I had a great time performing for the event last year in Leicester and am really looking forward to tomorrow. Train at 6.39am tho… phew! If you’re going to the conference do come and say hi it’ll be…
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Out N About
Just a quick heads up – I will be performing a full set for the wonderful DIY poets tomorrow night (thursday 13th August) down at The Maze on Mansfield road. Only £3 on the door – and you also get to hear the live music of the amazing mr. ford and mr. gibbs as well. Be great…