Please note. I have nothing to do with popular author Dan Brown. I did not write this article and I am not this Tom Chivers. I am, however, the author of The Terrors, which is the subject of a recent triple-review at Sphinx Magazine.
Category Archives: Poetry and writing
That was Yoruba
I get the fear, a lot. I often think I will never write anything of value ever again. Sometimes, I look back at what I’ve already written and consider it all worthless. Perhaps this is the writer’s lot, or perhaps just a particularly frustrating part of my own psyche. But if there’s one poem that I’veContinue reading “That was Yoruba”
Cyclone Virtual Tour – Legs IV-V
Yesterday poet and blog-queen Katy Evans-Bush asked me questions for Baroque in Hackney Today I waxed lyrical about sci-fi trilogy The Matrix for Mercy Recommends That’s it. Tour over. Thanks to everyone who made it possible – my agent, my manager, miscellaneous roadies, the big man, &c. &c. Errata The Poet of Sparty Lea is beingContinue reading “Cyclone Virtual Tour – Legs IV-V”
Cyclone Virtual Tour – Legs I-III
On Monday I was interviewed by Julie Palmer-Hoffman (aka The Book Grocer) for Londonist.com On Tuesday poetry blogzine Gists & Piths aired my ‘Statement of Intent’ and a short film Today Michelle McGrane interviews me for Peony Moon It’s all in aid of promoting me book: How To Build A City. It’s available from Salt PublishingContinue reading “Cyclone Virtual Tour – Legs I-III”
A Poem for Barry
A poem for Barry MacSweeney, in time for Sunday’s BBC Radio 4 documentary (4.30pm). This is from my collection How To Build A City and was written, I think, in 2003. On Kinder Scout All the skies are leased anyway – Barry MacSweeney, Pearl We marvel how the peat bog got this highContinue reading “A Poem for Barry”
The Poet of Sparty Lea: In Search of Barry MacSweeney
I’ve been busy lately working on a documentary for Radio 4 about the poet Barry MacSweeney (pictured here far-left, in 1970). The programme is broadcast at 4.30pm on Sunday 6th September.
The Mystery of Love
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death Back from Latitude Festival. My highlights were: Lykke Li, again Ben Moor performing Coelacanth in the woods Bishi accompanying the screening of the 1923 silent film Salome (starring Nazimova – see video, above) Jeffrey Lewis in the poetry tent The poetry tent in general is coralledContinue reading “The Mystery of Love”
Making Strides
Phil Brown has reviewed How To Build A City and The Terrors alongside Luke Kennard’s The Migraine Hotel at Stride. Chivers’ erratic flitting between forms reflects all the disjointedness of London’s myriad selves – think Tobias Hill’s Nocturne in Chrome and Sunset Yellow reinterpreted by the Sex Pistols. Kennard and Chivers are two of theContinue reading “Making Strides”
Ordering How To Build A City
Just a quick note to say – if you haven’t already got a copy of my debut book, How To Build A City, please do consider ordering one! Not only will it make me very happy indeed, it will also contribute to Salt Publishing’s campaign to get themselves out of the red. It’s a beautifully producedContinue reading “Ordering How To Build A City”
Like Starlings
I’m lucky enough to have been invited to take part in Like Starlings – a poetry project organised by that very nice man Caleb Klaces. The project teams up pairs of poets in a kind of collaborative game of Chinese whispers – a creative two-step with no fixed outcomes. Tonight Like Starlings became Live Starlings at The Betsey Trotwood,Continue reading “Like Starlings”
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