Have you heard of 30/30 projects? It’s when a foolhardy poet decides to produce one poem each day for every day of the month. For a reason I’m sure someone knows very well, more often than not, that month is April. This year, I have decided to try my hand at it, and so from [...]
January 24, 2011
It’s been a long time coming, but after about two years of toying with the idea, I am finally going to do a micro-tour of the Netherlands. I will be spending next week travelling around the Netherlands together with my friend Daan Doesborgh, renowned poet and performer. I’m really excited – I’ve only ever had [...]
November 22, 2010
This is a bit different from the standard gig announcement: this Thursday, I am launching a new regular poetry night at the Victoria in Birmingham. I’m calling it Hit the Ode, because I believe that a bad pun will set expectations nice and low, and people will be totally bowled over by the show. We have [...]
October 4, 2010
You can listen to me live today on Radio Wildfire, talking about my work with Apples and Snakes and maybe reading some poems, too. The live transmission starts at 20:00 UK time. Image source.
July 14, 2010
The up and coming London-based poet Ray Antrobus runs a blog called “Shapes & Disfigurements“. It’s a good read, generally speaking, but I find one of the sections especially interesting: it’s an ever-growing collection of Q&As with spoken word poets. As an interviewer, Ray manages to keep a very light-hearted and informal tone, and I [...]
July 13, 2010
I wrote here about my oh-so-secret mission to London. Well, I can now disclose the truth to you, oh internet: I am the new Apples & Snakes West Midlands Programme Coordinator. If you’re not familiar with Apples & Snakes – it’s the UK’s foremost organisation for the promotion of spoken word as an art form. You [...]
June 6, 2010
I’ll soon be heading down to London for a few days, for reasons that shall remain undisclosed (but watch this space, big news coming soon). I don’t have any proper gigs planned in the capital, but I’m going to try my darndest to visit two events, both of which promise to be wonderful nights of [...]
April 25, 2010
Our hold over television screens in the Iberian Peninsula just got stronger: the TVE1 news item about La Noche de los Libros includes a brief mention of the spoken word poetry event which featured, among others, a performance from Smoke and Mirrors. I even appear on screen for about two seconds, around the 1:10 mark, only [...]
April 19, 2010
Due to the Icelandic volcano acting up, I am not sure whether the workshops in Alcala and the Smoke & Mirrors show in Madrid will happen or not. I’m currently trying to figure out whether the agency that coordinates the tour has a backup plan. UPDATE The ash cloud has shifted! Assuming it doesn’t erupt [...]
April 9, 2010
Hey, look, the shiny new website is up, complete with a URL that is, in fact, a clever pun, or play on words. It is meant to act as a blog where I will let the world know about upcoming gigs and projects, post poems and reviews, report from gigs, and share interesting tidbits I [...]
March 31, 2011
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