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Gracious, I’m almost getting to be an old hand at this online reading lark. I suppose twice counts something like “old hand” in the world of new technology, right? Anyway, it was a great pleasure to read with Isabel Galleymore, Chris McCabe and Paul Stephenson for the first of two special Transatlantic Poetry readings that
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I have been rather preoccupied lately with the latest course that I am tutoring for the Poetry School online and have also been kept out of further mischief by an exceedingly busy period at the day job, hence the paucity of posts in this neck of the virtual woods. However, I’m swiftly sticking my nose
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Isn’t technology astounding? Wednesday night’s inaugural Transatlantic Poetry on Air reading was a wonderful combination of the hi-tech and the intimate. It felt as if I was reading to Michelle Bitting and Robert Peake alone, and yet I was reading to people from both sides of the Atlantic and possibly even from all over the
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Don’t forget to join me, Michelle Bitting and host Robert Peake for the first ever Transatlantic Poetry on Air reading this evening at 8 pm UK time. The event page is here. There will also be prizes for those who tweet using the hashtag #TApoetry during the live broadcast.
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I hope you enjoyed last week’s holiday poetry reads posts. There are some great ones coming this week, so do keep an eye on the blog. One of them is from Robert Peake, who, of course, is hosting the transatlantic reading with me and Michelle Bitting on Wednesday on Google+. Here is an invitation video
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A quick heads-up about two readings coming very soon. First, on Wednesday evening this week (3 July), I’m reading alongside Janette Ayachi, Vahni Capildeo and Rob A Mackenzie at the Yellow Bench Cafe in Leith, Edinburgh at 7:30 pm. In addition, the marvellous Ira Lightman will perform two mini-sets. Five entirely distinctive voices in what
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Thanks to Robert Peake, I’m in the Huff again. That is, his interview with me and Rob A Mackenzie is now available in the culture section of the Huffington Post’s UK edition. I am hugely grateful to Robert for taking the time to ask us some penetrating and stimulating questions. In other news, I’ll be
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Diary permitting, I’m going to be participating in the rather exciting developments that Robert Peake has just announced in his post: Transatlantic Poetry Readings On Air. Watch this space — and that — for more info!
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I’ve generated a Wordle of The North End of the Possible. Here it is for your entertainment (click on the image to see it full size): It’s quite appealing, don’t you think? The muckle name in the middle is no surprise, and I love the way that “now” is tucked in the C of “Mac”,
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Poet and fiction writer Emma Lee tagged me in this internet meme. I’m answering about The North End of the Possible, as it is certainly the next big thing in my writing life! Where did the idea come from for the book? As I think is common with many poetry collections, the idea grew out
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My next course for the Poetry School Online, which focuses on surprise as an engine of poetry and starts very soon indeed, is sold out. None of my students seems to have enrolled yet, but I hope they do soon, not least because I plan to post the first assignment in the next day or
Amy Jo Philip 