Amy Jo Philip
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Less than a week now till Rob A Mackenzie and I hit Stoke Newington! I’m hugely excited about this opportunity for us to read with Katy Evans-Bush and Yang Lian. Katy read a great set at the Jekyll and Hyde a week past Sunday. I first came across Yang Lian when I did some Chinese…
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I’ll be busy on Saturday: besides the Word Power reading (see the post below), I’ll be popping up along with Rob A Mackenzie at the thePROJECT2. Twice, in fact: 2 pm at the Lot and 7:30 pm at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar. Booking information here. It’s a varied and interesting programme. thePROJECT is an exploration…
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Come to Word Power, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh this Saturday for a feast of fine verse. The reading starts at 12 noon sharp, finishes at 1pm. And it’s free! We’ll all have books for sale. Matt Merritt lives near Leicester. His first collection, Troy Town, was published in March 2008 by Arrowhead Press and…
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This week, the Ambulance Box virtual book tour stops off at Fiona Veitch Smith‘s fine blog The Crafty Writer, a rich resource of information about the craft and business of writing. Click here to read my poem “Lullaby”, our discussion of writing as therapy, the marketing of writing in Scots, getting your poetry published and…
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Lifting the Lid: the Ambulance Box virtual book tour gets under way today over at Our sweet old etcetera … the blog of the Scottish Poetry Library. Pop by and read about my earliest influences, Weebles, my writing methods and more besides.
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April, may be the cruelest month, but June is shaping up to be the busiest. This Sunday coming (14th), I’ll be doing not one but two readings. First of all, you can join me and a variety of other Linlithgow-based authors in the marquee at the Rugby Club for “Take Tea With an Author”, a…
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This latest update on Just One Book comes courtesy of the blog of Salt short story writer Elizabeth Baines: We’ve been busy campaigning over the last two weeks to save Salt. The business has faced some serious financial difficulties as the recession hit us hard. I’m pleased to say we’ve stabilised the business, but we…
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While you’re waiting for the All New Ambulance Box Tour to begin, why not have a look at Rob A Mackenzie’s De-Cabbage Yourself Tour? It kicked off this week at Very Like A Whale, where Rob answers questions about Scottish identity and his writing; cabbages (such a solid vegetable); putting his book together; being classed…
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Many thanks to Robert Peake for his sensitive and enthusiastic review of The Ambulance Box. As Robert says, he and I share the grief of having lost a newborn son, so his assessment of the book is of particular significance to me. Here’s a taste: Sentimentality and easy words seem as though they might never…
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I was delighted to read this Facebook status update from Salt‘s Chris Hamilton-Emery mid afternoon today: Salt is now commissioning again, including a children’s poetry list. Thanks for buying us time & for saving the press. Tremendous news! Many thanks to everyone who bought books and helped this vital publisher not only continue but push…
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From Wednesday next week, I’ll be popping up here and there on the blogosphere, subjecting myself to the inquisitions of a varied bunch of bloggers. Here’s the full itinerary*: 10 June – Our sweet old etcetera … 17 June – The Crafty Writer 23 June – One Night Stanzas 26 June – Douglas Robertson 29…
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On Friday this week, I’ll be through in Glasgow to read at Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane. The reading starts at 8 pm. Also appearing are poets Colin Donati and Jim Carruth, crime fiction writer Alex Gray and writer/poet Stewart Ennis.
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Well, I almost was: the covers for The Ambulance Box, The Opposite of Cabbage and Ian Gregson’s How We Met filled the screen momentarily as a clip from Salt’s Just One Book video was played. Priceless advertising! Chris got a few seconds on the campaign, on which you can read the latest here. You can…
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The Just One Book campaign has hit the Guardian books blog here! And that’s not all folks: Chris Hamilton-Emery will be on Newsnight Review this Friday. The campaign is working — 800 orders in the first four days, bringing in £17,000, which is six weeks’ cash for Salt — but Chris, Jen and their stalwart…
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Chris and Jen are marvels. Cash crisis or no, they have just launched Salt Contemporary Writers, the new Salt author portal, a typically stylish web resource with a page for every one of their authors. Here’s mine. It seems that they never cease to innovate and push forward. That’s one of the reasons why we…
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