Best of Manchester Poets Vol 2

[boneverse]

The book launch event was fantastic and incredibly well attended. The pace of poetry was relentless (40 readers in 2 hours!) and my own performance went well I'm told (I have not yet felt brave enough to watch the video pushkin666 oh so thoughtfully took...). I was so happy to have friends there to enjoy the evening with me, so heartfelt thanks to pushkin666, moth2fic, fledge and trialia for attending, and for margaret_r for being there in the spirit :)

There is a review of the event here at Write Out Loud if you want to read about it more.


And of course, the book itself is now out for sale.

You can buy it directly from the publisher's website, for a measly £9.99 (free P&P within UK!) The variety and quality of the poems is seriously impressive so I can recommend the book without a reservation.


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I am in a bit of a slump at the moment when it comes to poetry writing. The thesis seems to be sapping all my creativity at the moment, which I'm not pleased about. Hopefully a change of scenery will work and the upcoming three weeks in Finland will provide some inspiration.

Comments

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Any chance we can get a copy of the video eventually? Fledge missed out because she was too busy taking photos, Marg would like to see the event and I'd just like to re-live it!

*seconds opinion that the collection is impressive*

[boneverse.livejournal.com]

erm, I can email the vid to people who wanted it but don't think i can necessarily bear to post it here... of course i have to try to stomach watching it myself first...

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Emailing will do nicely, though as you performed in public in the first place I'm not altogether sure what the problem is!! *g* You looked and sounded lovely and I think your f'list would enjoy the feeling of 'being there'.

[boneverse.livejournal.com]

The problem is that I can perform fine, I just prefer not to watch myself doing it. It's like if someone made me listen to my own lecture... *cringe*