Unfortunately, I bring some very sad news – Aragonese poet Ángel Guinda passed away this weekend (Zaragoza 1948 – Madrid 29 January 2022). Charles Olsen, who worked with him, describes him as ‘a poet, friend and inspiration, both in his poetry and his way of being’. He says that ‘Ángel always had a lovely twinkle in […]
Brave New Literatures festival has begun! In combination with the Review and its readership itself, this is a vital, large-scale event organised by the stimulating, up-to-the-minute and eye-opening Versopolis Review.So pleased that there are two bilingual (Spanish and English) video interviews in it this year related to The Poetics of Poetry Film screening on February […]
To Everyone – have a happy and peaceful festive season. Here is my gift to myself for the birds – in these cold days. ******* See you in the New Year!
I was so very pleased that as a juror for FOTOGENIA festival, Mexico City this year, I selected The Life we Live is not Life Itself by Australian filmmaker Ian Gibbins and Greek poet Tasos Sagris (and produced by +the Institute for Experimental Arts, 2021) for the DELLUC Avant Garde prize. Although all the films […]
The final of the winter festivals (I think!) is from The Film and Video Poetry Society in South Pasadena, USA. Another extraordinary festival with multiple strands, it is different in spanning a longer time frame from 1st–31st December. Looking forward to what is on offer 🙂
So, this is the fourth of the five worldwide WINTER FESTIVAL offerings! ÓBhéal’s new hybrid Winter Warmer poetry and poetry film festival is happening on the 26th–28th November in beautiful Cork. I went a few years ago when my film of Lucy English’s poem Mr Sky was shown, and I would highly recommend it to anyone. […]