the continuing conversation between art and life
Which books do we ever get round to reading - and which fall by the wayside and remain unread? Popular book reviewer on Youtube, Sanne, ponders.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu_YIpRnoa8 You can follow Sanne at her Youtube channel, booksandquills. If you have a seemingly endless list of books you want to read - my sympathy as a fellow …
Continue reading "Books yet to read"
exhibition of contemporary art and poetry, covering Eastertide, Resurrection to Ascension.
A Commandco exclusive: poet Dobby Gibson gives his personal reading recommendation and what he's writing, now.
Looking for new books to read in the new year? The Guardian UK newspaper has come up with a reading list of diverse writing in English. If you look at the reading lists on many University courses of English Literature, they are predominantly white, male writers. Have a look at the Guardian list for alternative, …
I found myself writing this encouragement to a young writer approaching a course in Literature at University - but much of it is useful to any beginning writers: 1. Believe that you are a writer already. This is tough. You think "But I haven't had my first novel published!" "But I haven't sold my first …
Intriguing - you can now listen to the "Sound of Music" without the music - simply the audio of what happens with the characters - storms, birdsong, phone ring..... It looks like - and sounds like - this: So, if you are an extreme fan of the film - or you just love living life …
I am doing the Knowledge - of world poetry. (Today, it's poet Moniza Alvi) "Doing the Knowledge" is a phrase used normally to describe how taxi drivers learn the map of London by going through it, so they know routes to take their passengers there. I am exploring the little-known-to-me or unexplored writings of poets …
Some Japanese Haiku, translated and read by Robert Hass (video: 2 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl8pRjLSFto
Go to a bookstore, find a big fat book of poetry that interests you, buy it and just dive in. I love the advice in this video by Blur's Alex James and followed it, with good results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVIARj-gqVA (I foolishly thought my Auden book would last me the weekend, but of course poetry is condensed and concentrated flavours, you …
Rachel Kelly has a remarkable story to tell - it's her own life - of her 2 mental breakdowns and how poetry helped her recover. The love of my family, drugs and therapy were hugely important in the battle to recover from an illness so severe that the first time I was bed-ridden for six months, the …
