I am proud to announce the imminent arrival of the BEST EVER compendium of photos and words (I can say that modestly because the contributors made it with minimal interference from my monkey self) So... PREPARE FOR CULTURAL ANNIHILATION! THE END OF RUBBISH PHOTO ZINES IS AT HAND! The first ever Illustrated Ape PHOTOGRAPHY issue is coming: PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE URBAN APOCALYPSE, designed by the incredible James&Joe, featuring exclusive photography by David Sims, Paul Wetherall, David Hughes, Holger Pooten, Alessandra Tisato, Marcus Oakley, Kristoff Verscheuren, Daniel Sannwald, Modern Toss, and other geniuses of the flashbulb, with Honey Manko, Amy Winehouse, Chrys Columbine, Natalie O'Conner, featuring searing words from Kim Rickcord, prize winning poet Tim Turnbull, Molly Doolittle Slade, Haruko Haga, Jack Gabriel, Ian Armer, Dina Begum, Vanessa Pelz-Sharpe, Nigel Burch, and Tim Wells. Check out www. theillustratedape. com for more info.
hi Tim thanks for finding me! it kind of made my day, then it occured to me that i should have looked for you earlier :-/ but whatever i hope you liked the little book i gave you and just to say that your night in perth was amazing! all four of you were really good but i can't remember the name of the scottish girl. she was brilliant. i haven't been on myspace in ages i'm kind of bored with it but i have a lot more stuff on my blogs if you get bored and want something to read? it's all a bit crap but recently i've been getting better and plan to put some of the "good" stuff up. that will happen at some point probably. anyway take it easy and let me know when you are next in scotland! Ben
Happy Birthday. I've created a bit of a personal poetry lending library here in Austin and the 2 Tim's have received much praise. Miss you all, need a good piss up as can only be achieved in a proper pub with a tangle of lunatic poets.
you all good for Thursday and the influx to the Jazz Bar of all you talented people?? i have my first exam on Thursday, so Im going to be in a fine mood :)
FOURTEEN SHOWS, SIX POETS, ONE VAN…
… YES, IT’S GENERATION TXT
Following the success of acclaimed new poetry anthology Generation Txt, penned in the margins is taking the six gifted young poets featured in the book on a national tour to fourteen venues. Hand-picked from a nationwide search for writing talent, the poets include former Northern Young Writer of the Year Emma McGordon and celebrated performance poet Inua Ellams, as well as Joe Dunthorne, whose debut novel Submarine has just been snapped up by Hamish Hamilton. Natural Sciences graduate Laura Forman, creative writing student Abigail Oborne and experimental poet and text artist James Wilkes complete the bill.
Hailed by distinguished poet and critic Roddy Lumsden as 'a vital cross-section of the poetry that will progress and flourish' and by the TES as 'a creative ideas manual', the Generation Txt tour will be a must-see event for anyone interested in the future of literature.
May 17 – GREAT TORRINGTON Plough Arts Centre
May 18 – SWINDON Festival of Literature
May 19 – STROUD Artspace
May 22 – LONDON Bloomsbury Theatre
May 24 – MAIDENHEAD Norden Farn Centre for the Arts
May 25 – OXFORD Playhouse
May 26 – MANCHESTER Contact Theatre
May 28 – LIVERPOOL The Pilgrim
May 29 – DURHAM Gala Theatre
May 30 – NEWCASTLE Lit & Phil
June 1 – BIRMINGHAM MAC
June 2 – NORWICH Norwich Arts Centre
June 3 – CAMBRIDGE JE Wilson Drama Studio
June 5 – BRIGHTON Earth & Stars
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Friday, May 11th
Annie Freud, Hugo Williams, Megan Thompson,
Tim Wells, Annie Brechin, Jo Asser,
Imogen Robertson, Bro's Grim, Heather Taylor,
Ahren Warner, Malgorzata Kitowski, Tom Chivers
with John Citizen easing your passage
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