Poet and novelist. Debut novel Submarine is published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton. His poetry has been featured on Channel 4, Radio 3 and in the Guardian. “This first novel by a young Welsh poet is the sharpest, funniest, rudest account of a periodically troubled male teenager's coming-of-age since The Catcher in the Rye.” – The Independent. www.joedunthorne.com
Tim Clare
Poet, novelist and journalist. Presenter of Channel 4's How To Get A Book Deal. His poetry has been featured on BBC Radio 1, 2 and 3. Regular performer at literary festivals across the country, including Latitude festival, Glastonbury, Port Eliot Lit Fest. www.myspace.com/timclarepoet
Ross Sutherland
Poet and journalist. Member of award-winning performance poetry collective, Aisle16. Featured in The Times's list of 'Top Ten Literary Stars of 2008'. Debut collection Things To Do Before You Leave Town published this year. “Sublimely twisted” – The Scotsman. www.myspace.com/rosssutherland
Chris Hicks
Poet and comedian. Member of award-winning performance poetry collective, Aisle16. Regular contributor to on-line literary journal McSweeneys and Mercy magazine. His poetry has been featured on BBC Radio London and www.astoldbyothers.com. www.aisle16.co.uk
Luke Wright
Poet and comedian. Member of poetry collective Aisle16 and one of the UK’s leading stand-up poets. His two solo shows Poet Laureate and Poet & Man received five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe before major UK tours. He is a 2007 4Talent award winner, a regular on TV & radio and hosts and programmes all the spoken word at the Latitude Festival. www.lukewright.co.uk
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The slow, dull creep of fear that you may have left the gas on / forgotten their name / got nothing to say to strangers / no means to defend yourself / just gone in the ladies.
Chris Hicks gives advice to the emotionally unstable.
Joe Dunthorne encourages you to feel better about yourself.
Ross Sutherland is unhappy about reviewers comparing him to Hitler. An extract from Ross's solo show, The Three Stigmata of Pacman.
John Osborne headlines May's Homework with a reading from his new book, Radio Head. Its about radio. And John. Here John explains why he took out the chapter on Pat Sharp.
Tim Clare hates kids, May 2009
Chris Hicks fills in the missing years of the Terminator franchise, May 2009
Tim Clare explains how to hold onto your girlfriend if you find yourself stuck in a video game (but retain reflexive thought and a sex drive).
Taken from Aisle16's latest live literature production, Infinite Lives: How Video Games Hacked Literature.
Tim Clare reads his poem on Pokemon, Death in the After Hours.
Taken from Aisle16's latest live literature production, Infinite Lives: How Video Games Hacked Literature.
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Joe Dunthorne reads the sex scene from his novel, Submarine.
Homework is a new night of literary cabaret, situated in East London.
Heavyweight literary headline acts, for less than the price of a pint. Residents (Luke, Ross, Joe, Chris and Tim) are familiar faces on the UK poetry, cabaret and comedy circuits. They can often be found doing late night poetry sets at Latitude, Port Eliot and Glastonbury festivals.
Each Homework has a different theme, headlined by a newly-devised live literature production. 30 minute support. Music on till 2am. Check listings page for full details.
Early last year, five members of poetry collective Aisle16 were in a pub when someone posed the question: wheres the worst place you can imagine doing a gig? For each of them, the answer was the same the town they grew up in. Shocked at the fear and loathing they had developed for their hometowns after a decade of blissful separation, they decided to confront their prejudices and head back to the stomping grounds of their childhoods, performing poetry for the first time in the places they grew up.
LOCAL BOYS DONE GOOD is a tongue-in-cheek rockumentary following five members of Aisle16 as they set off on a poetry tour of the hometowns they once fled. Using a mixture of film footage, specially-written poems, music, and live DVD commentary, they recreate their odyssey across the UK, as they hunt down wild horses on a rough Swansea council estate, unearth the gruesome truth behind the Coggeshall Curse, and stage the most exciting event in Quarley (pop. 150) since tinkers stole the church bells.
You're only ever five bad gigs away from quitting.
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