Dear all;
Sorry for the quietness here
recently, but time as usual has been taking running around with the usual
madness.
Writing wise, I have one of my old poems ‘Percy’
published in a D-Day 68th Anniversary poetry book which I have just
ordered and am looking forward to getting a hard copy in my hands as Percy is
one of my favourite all time pieces about my deceased Uncle. More details You
can find here:
The E Zine, My father lost me to the beast at cards has also
published five of my poems (including two re-writes of the National Poetry
Writing Month ) – Pack of Cards, Traitor, Eclipse, Last Sunset and The End of
Summer IV.
Although it does get depressing sometimes that rejections
keep coming in, getting two as good as these above mean a lot to me as a writer
as it keeps encouraging me to keep on cracking on with it.
Next up, is the Recusant for me’s launch in the North West
of England in Ashton where their latest political book ‘Robin Hood’ will
feature two of my poems ‘Edge of the Flames’ and ‘Edge of the Flames II’. I
will be reading at the Manchester launch here on 29th June 2012.
Otherwise, gigswise – things have been fairly quiet since A
Means to an End did a headline slot at Openmind recently at Fuel Bar. We are
discussing next what we are going to do next, but there is a few places we want
to explore before the end of summer and am hopefully before then, we will be
able to slip in a few gigs then and hopefully also write some new material, as
me and Jeff slowly write A Means to an End book II (Jeff will be bringing out
his own book before the end of summer solo too which I’ll reveal more details
about in due course).
I have recently done a new track with my American friend,
Amanda Silbernagel called ‘Cables’ which
can be listened to / downloaded here:
There is another track pending with Amanda for uploading and
I did a second mix of Cables which I like as much as the first mix of Cables.
Solo wise, I did a headline slot at the first Guitar and
Verse for Gullivers in Manchester which was a pleasure to do – 5 poems and a
song with my band ‘Leaving Belfast’, an old favourite of ours which seemed to
go down pretty well with the fairly full crowd.
Otherwise, aside from co-running part of the Cadence
Festival with Jeff on Friday 15th and Saturday, 16th June
2012, I don’t really have tons planned for the rest of June. I was at Write Out
Loud – Stockport which was fun but fairly quiet where I read out ‘Traitor’ as
published above and the revised version of ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ which will be get
read out on the 16th June.
July, I will be assisting Jeff with Guitar and Verse on the
5th July when Avital Racz will be head-ling for us again. I’ve known
Avital for years and she’s a singer from Israel and always a pleasure to watch.
(Can’t confirm yet who the poet is going to be but it’ll be a good un I can
hint at). The night before on the 4th July I will be doing a 10 – 15
minute set at Lead Poets in Chorlton Cum Hardy which will be a new venue for me
and hopefully will have a few new faces also.
I am also down for doing a
headline slot on 24th July 2012 at Write Out Loud, Middleton where
if all goes to plan I will be headlining a few select pieces from my upcoming
book ‘The End of Summer’ which at one point I was hoping to have ready for the
end of Summer which has now sadly been delayed until likely next year now.
Otherwise, I am sadly looking
for a new day job as the job I am at is finishing off (contract up). Does anybody have anything going for a young
at heart admin officer? (Sigh)
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