A little animation to help launch our latest offering, Departures, which hits the shops on 21st November, and is launched the same day at 7pm at Brockley Brewery SE4, everyone welcome details of launch
For those in the know there’s a nod at quite a few of the stories.
Videos from the launch of Let Out the Djinn, debut poetry collection by Jane Aldous, at Lighthouse Radical bookshop, Edinburgh, with readings from Jane herself, and friends Lindy Barbour and Simon Maclaren
part 2: from prehistory to space…
Lindy Barbour reads Doggerland
Jane reads A Dead Lamb in Polbain
Simon Maclaren reads Crow’s Eye
Lindy Barbour reads Eel Ghazal
Jane reads Goodbye Voyager 1
Videos from the launch of Let Out the Djinn, debut poetry collection by Jane Aldous, at Lighthouse Radical bookshop, Edinburgh, with readings from Jane herself, and friends Lindy Barbour and Simon Maclaren
part 1: Family and identity
Simon Maclaren reads Dave Off in Five – inspired by Jane’s Dad’s war time diary.
Jane reads Let Out the Djinn, the title poem – the title came first!
Jane reads With Meme at Mellon Urdigle Beach
Lindy Barbour reads Death Waiting
Jane reads In the New Leaf Co-op
more tomorrow…
This is it! the final selection. It’s a complex process involving a lot of people making decisions, and there’s a way to go yet as we need to secure funding, but! here they are – congratualtions to all our poets, singers, authors and film-makers.
How do tides affect our lives? How has that changed through history?
Making a living on or by the sea – fishermen and pirates, wreckers and dockers – making a new life across the sea – escaping pograms and wars, and the endlessly travelling – to paddlers and wild swimmers.
Follow the links to individual venues for each lineup.
All performances take place on 21st December 2019, and anything physically written down will be published in the anthology Time and Tide
Here is the trailer for Let Out the Djinn by Jane Aldous – her debut poetry collection.
We are taking pre-orders for our advance copies now, but the book isn’t in the shops until 10th October, launching Lighthouse Bookshop Edinburgh, 12th October at 5pm.
Final videos of the launch of Mamiaith by Ness Owen, held at Canolfan Ucheldre in Holyhead.
Ness reads a pair of political poems in her second set – a bit of history, and a brilliant metaphor for the silencing of women, in Welsh and English.
and some of the musical interlude from Caine and ‘Caine’s dad’-
You can buy Mamiaith direct from our webshop or ask your local bookshop to stock it!
Caine and Aled Jones-Williams perform Titrwm Tatrwm, an ancient Ynys Môn folk song.
Videos of the launch of Mamiaith by Ness Owen, held at Canolfan Ucheldre in Holyhead.
Ness reads a couple of more personal poems in her second set – her grandmother cooking, and her auntie’s feet!
You can buy Mamiaith direct from our webshop or ask your local bookshop to stock it!
Videos of the launch of Mamiaith by Ness Owen, held at Canolfan Ucheldre in Holyhead.
This is where Ness’s friends got involved, reading some of the poems on Ness’s behalf…
Karen Ankers and Eabhan Ni Shuileabhain read #10 ways to say No (to Radioactive Mud)
Fiona Owen reads Laboon
Eabhan Ni Shuileabhain reads March
Anne Phillips reads One Name – Cymru
many thanks to all for getting involved.
You can buy Mamiaith direct from our webshop or ask your local bookshop to stock it!
First of the videos from the launch of Mamiaith at Canolfan Ucheldre in Holyhead.
On the night the Eisteddfod packed up early because the weather was so bad, the hardy folk of Ynys Môn shrugged on their coats, and very possibly sou’westers and wellies, and came out to celebrate Ness Owen’s lovely book.
I don’t normally include my wittering on in the videos, but there were some important things to report in this introduction, so it’s included.
And here’s author Ness Owen reading her title poem, Mamiaith.
From first meeting through call out and chosing the stories, to collaborative working. if you’ve ever wondered what getting your book published is like this is for you – though whether it’s typical is another matter.
Rosamund Davies, Cherry Potts and Kam Rehal talk about working together on Story Cities.
