Here's our latest poetry podcast recording, courtesy of PoetCasting.co.uk. The poem – Package
– is by The Joy is Six, a collective of published and prize-winning poets based in England who collaborate and perform at events throughout the UK. The tracks is taken from their CD and include all five members. Andre Mangeot lives in Cambridge. His two collections to date are Natural Causes (Shoestring, 2003) and Mixer (Egg Box, 2005). In recent years he has won prizes in the Bridport and Scottish National poetry competitions. A book of short stories A Little Javanese was published by Salt in 2008. Andrea Porter has had poems published in magazines in the UK, Ireland and USA. Her pamphlet is Bubble (Flarestack). This narrative sequence of poems was adapted by RSC playwright Fraser Grace into a radio play of the same name that was nominated for a Sony Award. She has received an Escalator Award from the New Writing Partnership. Anne Berkeley won 1st prize in the Blackwells/TLS Competition (2000), was a prizewinner in the 2004 Arvon competition. She was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2004. Her pamphlet The buoyancy aid and other poems is published by Flarestack. Her first full length collection Lammas Land was published by Salt in 2008. She edits Seam magazine. Martin Figura was born in Liverpool in 1956. His first poetry collection The Little Book of Harm (Firewater Press) was published in 2000. Ahem (Eggbox) his second collection was published in 2005. Peter Howard is a telecommunications systems design consultant. His first full collection Weighing the Air was published by Arrowhead Press in 2008. Peter is teaching an E-Poetry module for the Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University in 2008/09. * Instructions:
To access this podcast: click on the paperclip, this will reveal an MP3
file attachment, click on this and a new browser page will open up with
a familiar audio player plugin control panel (play, pause, rewind etc –
these my vary depending upon the type of software you have on your
system). Play the file as many times as you like – or even download it
to your desktop. Then, when you have finished, click the 'back' button
on your browser to return to the Ink Sweat & Tears site.
– is by The Joy is Six, a collective of published and prize-winning poets based in England who collaborate and perform at events throughout the UK. The tracks is taken from their CD and include all five members. Andre Mangeot lives in Cambridge. His two collections to date are Natural Causes (Shoestring, 2003) and Mixer (Egg Box, 2005). In recent years he has won prizes in the Bridport and Scottish National poetry competitions. A book of short stories A Little Javanese was published by Salt in 2008. Andrea Porter has had poems published in magazines in the UK, Ireland and USA. Her pamphlet is Bubble (Flarestack). This narrative sequence of poems was adapted by RSC playwright Fraser Grace into a radio play of the same name that was nominated for a Sony Award. She has received an Escalator Award from the New Writing Partnership. Anne Berkeley won 1st prize in the Blackwells/TLS Competition (2000), was a prizewinner in the 2004 Arvon competition. She was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2004. Her pamphlet The buoyancy aid and other poems is published by Flarestack. Her first full length collection Lammas Land was published by Salt in 2008. She edits Seam magazine. Martin Figura was born in Liverpool in 1956. His first poetry collection The Little Book of Harm (Firewater Press) was published in 2000. Ahem (Eggbox) his second collection was published in 2005. Peter Howard is a telecommunications systems design consultant. His first full collection Weighing the Air was published by Arrowhead Press in 2008. Peter is teaching an E-Poetry module for the Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University in 2008/09. * Instructions:
To access this podcast: click on the paperclip, this will reveal an MP3
file attachment, click on this and a new browser page will open up with
a familiar audio player plugin control panel (play, pause, rewind etc –
these my vary depending upon the type of software you have on your
system). Play the file as many times as you like – or even download it
to your desktop. Then, when you have finished, click the 'back' button
on your browser to return to the Ink Sweat & Tears site.