Just arrived back from Wurmfest, Dublin. My camera refuses to work, so no photos this time I’m afraid. The photo above illustrates Coracle Press, which produces the most beautiful books I’ve ever seen. Also, it was quite a fleeting visit so I didn’t have a chance to look round the city. I did, however, meet lotsContinue reading “Wurmfest”
Category Archives: Poetry and writing
Deutschediary, a Tourist-Eye-View
Friday 20 Nov So, after a short but uncomfortable flight courtesy of Ryanair, Sarah and I land at Schonfeld Airport, Berlin. I have no German whatsoever, Sarah only a remnant of pre-GCSE vocab, so with some trepidation we manage to find our way into the city on one of those amazing double-decker trains you also see in France. Danke,Continue reading “Deutschediary, a Tourist-Eye-View”
Reading in Dublin
I’m giving a reading in Dublin on Saturday afternoon as part of experimental poetry festival Wurmfest. It’s taking place somewhere called The Complex, which looks pretty cool (see photo, above). I’m looking forward especially to seeing Giles Goodland read. I enjoyed his book of cut-ups Capital. First time in Ireland.
Reading in Berlin
I’m reading at Poetry Hearings Festival in Berlin on Saturday night. The venue is Kaffe Burger. This is my first ever ‘international gig’. It’ll be really nice to see Tim Turnbull, Hannah Silva and Alistair Noon and to meet some new poets too. I don’t speak any German at all, so a bit nervous about the trip.
Don’t let George introduce you
Tom Chivers drinks Thames water for breakfast. Tom Chivers has Liverpool Street Station flat packed in his bedroom. Tom Chivers left eye points at the city’s skyline; his right eye glares through cement into London’s sewers. Tom Chivers spews. Tom Chivers does not write for the Daily Telegraph. Tom Chivers leads undead criminals out ofContinue reading “Don’t let George introduce you”
In conversation with Jared Stanley
I had a nice chat with that fine fellow Jared Stanley, who must have the best book title of any Salt poet: Book Made of Forest. The full results of our email correspondence are over at the Salt Publishing blog.
The cities we walk through
My copy of the Autumn issue of Poetry London popped through the post today (Post, you say? Oh yeah – ) and lo and behold it contains a review – the first in print – of my book How To Build A City. I’m pretty ecstatic. That horribly talented Luke Kennard was tasked with perusingContinue reading “The cities we walk through”
Gettin’ ‘Pataphysical
Via reading about the Canadian poet Christian Bok, I found about the mysterious world of ‘Pataphysics. This is from the Wikipedia entry: ‘Pataphysics (French: ‘Pataphysique), a term coined by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907), is a philosophy or pseudophilosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. It is a parody ofContinue reading “Gettin’ ‘Pataphysical”
This is yogic on this is yogic
First released through Gists & Piths
Exercises in Style
Awesome! Where was my life before this book?
Tom Chivers 