I don’t normally promote poetry readings, but I am shamelessly advertising the upcoming event in Bristol, courtesy of Poetry Film Club and Satellite of Love. It is on Tuesday, 16th September on John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol docks 7.30 to 10.00. I will be reading (after the interval) from Horse-Woman (my new poetic prose memoir with […]
After a short break from Liberated Words, I find myself swept up in the poetic energy and dynamic narrative (on the page and in real life) of artist, performance poet, experimental filmmaker and senior lecturer at the University of the Arts, London – Lee Campbell. Besides a vast personal output (to be featured soon) Lee […]
Back in April I took part in REELpoetry online which was a full week-long festival, directed by Houston-based Fran Sanders and rich with poetry filmmakers, discussions, and important work. I have been a judge for REELpoetry for quite a few years, though not recently, and the festival has grown, through COVID too, to become a […]
Update with performance video and images. I am really pleased to share a video and images from this event from the artist and poetry filmmaker Rebecca Rezakhani-Hilton. They can be found at the end of the article, including letters from John Cage, no less! Italian ‘polypoet’ Enzo Minarelli is truly one of the great figures […]
Maldito (11–17 November) began in 2017 and it has really come of age this year with a comprehensive curation of creative films from around the world and its online presence via FILMIN. What makes it unique is the approach by Javier Garcia, festival director and his team. You can enjoy a party vibe with avant-garde […]
BRISTOL LITERARY FILM FESTIVAL I am really pleased to be part of the newly launched Bristol Literary Film Festival this year. It will also be nice to catch up with Lucy English again, who is presenting the important and timely ecopoetry film Cancer Alley from Outlier Moving Pictures (Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran). I will […]