The University of York is inviting you to take a break - peaceful, or quietly chaotic – from the ‘surround sound’ of whatever you’re caught up in, and reflect with some of the authors who may help us reconnect with that vital silence through poetry and other writing. Silence is a vital part of our humanity, yet it goes missing too often, especially in such a time as this.
On Talking Ink Podcast at Cardiff's Seren Poetry Festival, Marvin Thompson reads from Road Trip and talks about different ways to enjoy poetry, what it means to be Black and British, and the ways in which home isn't always a safe place.
Talking Ink Podcast features stories, poems and ways of thinking, and is created by Lucy Smith. It spotlights original music from local artists, in association with Seren Books, Wales’ leading independent publisher.
ANDRE CANNIERE
Ghost Days
(Whirlwind Recordings)
Andre Canniere (t, flhn), Tori Freestone (ts), Rick Simpson (p), (ky), Tom Farmer (b), Andrew Bain (d) and Brigitte Beraha (v). Rec. December 2018
This may be Canniere’s music, but it’s unremittingly a meeting of spirits. Canniere has set six poems by the (very different) writers Malika Booker and Rebecca Lynch in varying musical nests, from avant pop to free vocalese and even the odd march.
Lisa Allen-Agostini interviews Colin Robinson for Newsday:
Poet, LGBTQIA activist and Sunday Newsday columnist Colin Robinson announced in his May 10 column that his colon cancer was terminal.
Robinson, 58, the author of the poetry collection You Have You Father Hard Head, is one of the few openly gay writers in the region.
John Robert Lee has published a selection of poems, including Song and Symphony, at The Punch Magazine.
this true story is for you and the un-looked-for embrace
of the arms of your tender-hued interest
which surprised me, coming round this bend, like that arc-en-ciel.
The poems by the Saint Lucian poet, as part of the World Poetry/Prose Portfolio, were curated by Sudeep Sen.
A new Sunday means a new episode of NGC Bocas Lit Fest's Bios & Bookmarks series! Join Bocas and Peepal Tree this coming Sunday, 24 May 2020, 3pm GMT-4, where Shivanee Ramlochan chats with Anthony Joseph, whose latest title, The Frequency of Magic, is a genre-defying story like no other.
Join in on Facebook using the hashtag #Bocasat10.
To mark the sad passing of Kamau Brathwaite, one of the Caribbean's most esteemed poets, a number of high profile writers have taken to YouTube as part of #40NightsofTheVoice to record themselves reading his work. 40 Nights of the Voice is a joyous celebration of Kamau's work and life.
Kaie Kellough explains the reasons behind the virtual programme in the video below. He is joined by a number of Peepal Tree poets and friends. New videos are being added daily.
In a feature selected by Ann Margaret Lim, Edward Baugh and Olive Senior join international poets at the Jamaica Gleaner to respond to COVID-19. The feature includes a range of new and previously published work. Check out the poems online.
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest has shared a video of Loretta Collins Klobah reading from her latest collection, Ricantations, at the 2018 festival.
Monique Roffey's The Mermaid of Black Conch was recommended on Tuesday's BBC Radio Berkshire programme with Phil Kennedy. Author Rachel Edwards talks about the book, her reading habits and writing while the family is stuck at home during the lockdown!
