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In conversation with Dannie Abse
03.12 – 09.13 – In conjunction with The Literateur I ran a series of poetry nights at Dulwich Books, most recently with Dannie Abse, who I also interviewed for around twenty minutes before he read from his work. We talked about, among other things, Yeats and late style, Welshness and Welsh medieval verse, elegy and the difficulty of avoiding cliché.
The other poetry events I organised were themed by publisher:
* Faber & Faber – Christopher Reid & Sam Riviere
* Carcanet – Oli Hazzard, Jane Yeh & Caroline Bird
* Salt Publishing – featuring readers from the Salt Book of Younger Poets (2012)
02.12 – I conceived of, organised, publicised and wrote copy for the inaugural Dulwich Books Indie Presses reading series, three events focusing on three progressive independent publishers: And Other Stories, Penned in the Margins and Slightly Foxed. The flier I produced for the series is here: Indie Presses 2
09.09 – 09.11 – As a bookseller at the London Review Bookshop, a good deal of my time was spent writing advertising copy for certain titles, which appeared fortnightly as part of the bookshop’s advertisement in the London Review of Books. In total I wrote at least fifty of these, a few examples of which follow.
The Art of the Siesta by Thierry Paquot
Decline of the English Murder by George Orwell
The Empire Stops Here by Philip Parker
Letters from Iceland by W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice
I have also independently conceived of the theme and written about half of the copy for two single page adverts, Murder, They Wrote and Quiet Please! A readers’ guide to silence.
08/11 – 09/11 – During an editorial internship with Granta magazine I wrote publicity copy for some of the pieces in Granta 117: Horror, which can be seen here: 117 Summaries Dan
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- ‘Shifting vantage, common musings: the politics of Wordsworthian excursus in the poetry of Peter Riley’, Textual Practice (May 2018) July 23, 2018My article on Peter Riley, Wordsworth, walking, pilgrimage and Peter Larkin (the “needful things that life requires”) was published by Textual Practice in May. There are 50 free e-prints available … Continue reading →daneltro
- Electric Arc Furnace #6: Tom Betteridge, Katy Lewis Hood, Emilia Weber June 13, 2018All welcome to the summer edition of EAF (no. 6!) on July 17 at The Cellar (new experimental arts venue underneath DINA). Small door charge if you’re working, PWYC if … Continue reading →daneltro
- Route 57 Launch, Weds 30 May May 29, 2018 daneltro
- Route 57 Issue 14: Loco-Motion May 25, 2018One of the things I’ve been up to this year is editing the University of Sheffield’s creative writing journal, Route 57. This year’s special issue – a collaboration with the … Continue reading →daneltro
- ‘[Thirsty by seven thirty again but not beyond measure]’ in DATABLEED Issue ||||||||| May 22, 2018 daneltro
- ‘[Those were a series of non-replicable conditions]’, new poem in CUMULUS February 20, 2018This cloud first gathered back in December, but is sprinkling its precipitation over the new year: a poem in fabulous new journal CUMULUS, ed. by Katy Lewis Hood & Dom … Continue reading →daneltro
- Electric Arc Furnace #5: Nisha Ramayya & Ollie Evans January 30, 2018All welcome to the next EAF – No. 5 – next Friday, 9th Feb! A poetry reading series, in the centre of Sheffield, between the seven hills. Innovative poetries from … Continue reading →daneltro
- Three hares in the Five Leaves: reading w/ Lisa Samuels & Agi Lehóczky, Thurs 7th Dec December 2, 2017 daneltro
- Review of Modernist Legacies in Chicago Review November 20, 2017In CR back in July, but finally got around to re-posting this here: Modernist Legacies Chicago Review.docx Abigail Lang and David Nowell Smith (eds.), Modernist Legacies: Trends and Faultlines in British Poetry … Continue reading →daneltro
- Tues 31 Oct: Reading at Centre for Poetry & Poetics, University of Sheffield October 29, 2017 daneltro
