Peter Kenny
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Reading in the Poetry Cafe, Weds 7th Jan 2015
Please come to this reading if you find yourself in spitting distance of central London. For, with no trace at all of post-festive wear, Telltale press and friends will burst from the blocks on Wednesday 7th January, at 7.00pm at the Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, WC2H 9BX. Rhona McAdam, one of the outstanding Canadian poets…
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What I read in 2014: autobiography and other
Here are some more books I read in 2014. Autobiography 36 Views of Mount Fuji, Cathy N Davidson. My first book of the year, started on the plane back from Japan after a family holiday. Cathy N Davidson is an American Academic, and here describes three long stays in Japan and the cultural differences she found there.…
36 Views of Mount Fuji, A death in the family, Cathy N. Davidson, Elie Wiesel, Experience, Fictions, I know why the caged bird sings, Jorge Luis Borges, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Mark Ellen, Martin Amis, Matt Groening, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Maya Angelou, Night, On Writing, Rock Stars Ate My Life, Stephen King, The Big Book of Hell, The World of Perception -
A review of ‘The Nightwork’
A welcome review of The Nightwork is to be found here in Antiphon magazine by Ian Badcoe.
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Peter Kenny The…
Let nobody tell you that moving house twice in five weeks is a good thing. Murderous impulses it produces aplenty, but writing… no. I now sit in my new study, white augmented by a recently applied shade of grey-green called Sophisticated Sage (what can I say, it spoke to me). A small room, with an elevated view west over…
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Zen and the art of desk maintenance
If I were one of those people who are constantly quizzed about writing I would say this: pay attention to your desk. If you live in your head, as writers do a good deal, it is important to have a physical place to work. If not a room of one’s own, at least a desk. A desk…
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Catharsis in the Poetry Cafe
At last a moment to reflect on the Telltale three week mini-tour, which ended on October 1st at the Poetry Cafe with Robin Houghton and I reading with the excellent Rishi Dastidar and Anja Konig. I enjoyed all three readings immensely, not least being able to sit back and savour the work of poets like…
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Telltale in Hove
The Telltale tour rolls on. This week in the very smart interior of The Cameron Gallery in Hove. Some gorgeous visual art in there, and well worth a visit. Joining Robin Houghton and I this week were Catherine Smith, and John McCullough. Despite me having to borrow Nick’s glasses having left my at home, I felt less nervy…
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Telltale launches ‘The Nightwork’ in Lewes
Just a swifty… Last night was The Telltale Press launch for Robin Houghton’s The Great Vowel Shift and my The Nightwork. I felt lucky to be reading from my new pamphlet in the company of the excellent Catherine Smith and Robin Houghton with a attentive and supportive audience in Lewes, which is a town full of writers. I…
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The power of YES
The referendum in Scotland is poised dramatically. Any copywriter, however, will tell you that the word ‘Yes’ is a fantastic asset for those who want independence. We use it against tick boxes to encourage people to sign up: ‘Yes! I do want to enjoy a lifelong subscription to…” The territory of Yes is a broad sunlit…
Peter Kenny: a writer's notebook 