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Holt

Just back from a trip to David Makinson?s bookshop in Holt, Norfolk UK. Holt is a lovely Georgian town just a short hop from the sea on the North Norfolk coast, a beautiful part of England.

David?s shop in Appleyard is a really terrific shop with nice sections for poetry [...]

Salt autumn winter party

We’re having a party to celebrate Salt and to launch autumn/winter poetry and short story titles. Lots of readings, a chance to meet and greet Salt authors, have a drink and look at the books.

Do feel free to come along and bring your colleagues and any [...]

21 Grams

And so ends another week – where do they go to? If you’re wondering what to do with yourself over the weekend, I can help:

If you’re in the UK, turn on the telly at 9pm, C4 on Sunday; if you’re not in this cold country, get a DVD [...]

Jo Colley

Jo Colley tour dates

jo is reading from her collection Weeping for the Lovely Phantoms

27th November 2007 Teesside University Live Lit Soc in association with Ek Zuban and Digital Cities presents Writing Visions: Music & Mayhem

A night of experimental spoken word and music performances, book launches, [...]

Hot of the presses, we have sumptuous hardbacks of Tobias Hill’s award-winning collections of poetry. Printed on Vancouver Cream Bookwove, with coloured endpapers, matt-laminated jackets and foil blocking.

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Midnight in the City of Clocks ISBN 9781844714124

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Nocturne in Chrome & Sunset Yellow ISBN 9781844714254

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“Experimental and fiercely intelligent, Lopez’s work is not for lovers of Pam Ayres. That said, the terse, four and five-syllable lines, the phrases from contemporary journalism and Lopez’s smart-bomb gaze on mainstream media discourse will be endearing to those who like poetry straight from the edge.

If the irritating ticks of the university-based [...]

Here’s a lovely piece of news about one of our poets, Melanie Challenger . She has reached the Antarctic to take up post as Poet in Residence for 3 months during this, the 2007-2008 International Polar Year. Living aboard the RRS James Clark and working alongside the region’s scientists, Mel, who was nominated for [...]

Will Stone

9th November Browsers Bookshop and Caf? Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1AL Telephone 01394 382832

15th November 5.00 p.m. (tbc) ? The Drama Studio, University of East Anglia Alumni Wolf Event: Fiona Curran, Sandeep Parmar, Will Stone and Todd Swift Hosted by George Szirtes, Creative Writing Department, UEA University of East [...]

Chris and I had a day out today, both of us, out at the same time at the same place. This is most unusual. Rarely do we go anywhere together – it’s always too difficult to leave the office/dog/children, however, today we sorted everyone out and had a bit of a jolly (work-related, of [...]

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