The Poetics of Poetry Film a spotlit title by Intellect at the Screen Studies conference, University of Glasgow

Really proud that Intellect selected The Poetics of Poetry Film as one of their spotlit titles at the Screen Studies virtual conference 1st-3rd July. Apparently the first-year sales have gone really well, so thank you to everyone who has contributed or spent their hard-earned money on purchasing a copy. So…

MENTORING

People frequently ask about mentoring for poetry films. Sarah Tremlett is currently working on a project and has mentored in the past for both academics and beginner filmmakers and is happy to do so. There is a small charge for this, depending on how much is required and for how…

Absurd Art House film festival, Blue Town, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, 9 July

Really very proud that my poetry film and poem Villanelle for Elizabeth not Ophelia is a finalist in the Absurd Art House film festival this year. Villanelle centres on suicidal relationships, and how Elizabeth Siddall a Pre-Raphaelite poet, model and wife of dominating poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti finds life mirrors art or…

Arts in Society conference, San Jorge University, Zaragoza, Spain 4–6 July, 2022

Very pleased to be taking part in this conference entitled History/Histories : From the Limits of Representation to the Boundaries of Narrative. I am presenting on The Poetics of Poetry Film and also touching on my thinking on new narrative and dialogic frameworks in relation to subjectivity, voice and the…

TRANAS AT THE FRINGE  2–9 July

TRANAS AT THE FRINGE  2–9 July International screening of experimental films and videopoems If you can get there try to visit Tranas this year, where there are three sections, literature, film and performance arts. I have a great respect for their curations and their details are very enticing! Tranås at the…

The Poetics of Poetry Film in DCAC conference, Corfu

Very pleased to say my presentation on TPOPF – voice and narrative - is part of The Digital Culture and Audiovisual Challenges conference, Corfu on the 13 and 14th May. A big thank you to the organisers of the conference which is part of the 15th Audiovisual Arts Festival there.…

Shiku - new poetry film collective in Bristol

Really pleased to introduce a new poetry film collective in Bristol. Sebastian Lewis connected me up and they are having a screening on May 5th at Strange Brew – sounds really interesting, so take a look. I won't be able to get there as I was given Dylan Moran tickets…

POPF nominated for Kraszna-Krausz Award

 My publishers, Intellect Books, have put forward The Poetics of Poetry Film for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards in the moving image category. I am really honoured to be in the running, and feel pleased on behalf of everyone who has contributed, and look forward to the imminent announcement of the…

GREAT REVIEW of POETRY FILM presentations at LYRA

Lucy English has just sent me a really comprehensive review of Helen Dewbery's and my own poetry film presentations at LYRA last Sunday. It is a really interesting piece of writing – we were interviewed after the event and I was wondering how it would turn out. So here it…

Wonderful Review of The Poetics of Poetry Film in JULIET art magazine by Enzo Minarelli

A great article on The Poetics of Poetry Film by leading experimental Italian poet Enzo Minarelli in longstanding, contemporary art magazine – JULIET. I received a copy of the magazine the other day and it looks beautifully printed in the flesh, with some really interesting observations by Enzo. The article is…

REELpoetry 2022 – 25–27 February 'Better than ever before'

Congratulations to Fran Sanders and her team in Houston for organising this richly programmed hybrid (first day live, the rest mainly online) poetry film festival this year. From poetry film curations and open mic performances by the deaf and hard of hearing (Willy Conley, Sabina England, Meridith Gray) to individual artists'…