Poetry

Sarah Barnsley, the phoenix of ‘The Fire Station’

Peter Kenny

November 4, 2015

The Fire Station by Sarah Barnsley is being officially launched on Thursday 12th November at Goldsmith’s, University of London, where Sarah teaches. It is published by Telltale Press so I can hardly claim to be impartial about it. But I have to say something, because her poetry is exceptional. The Fire Station is a pamphlet which is partly autobiographical, detailing a…

Poetry, Telltale Press

poetry, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press, The Fire Station
Ready for Chad and missing writing poetry

Peter Kenny

October 1, 2015

Chad Final stage of prep seems now to be done. Passport renewed, visa obtained, jabs jabbed (although inconveniently I had a fever when I went for my yellow fever jab so I had to return a few days later) anti-malarial Malerone tablets bought, while my wife has armed me with lots of practical things like wet…

Charity, Guernsey, Marketing, Poetry, Travel

Carcanet, Chad, DRTV, Edward Chaney, Guernsey, Infragreen, Kate Bingham, Poetry Book Fair, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Siegfried Baber, Telltale Press, The Fire Station, Timothy Adès, Victor Hugo
TELLTALE PRESS at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair – Conway Hall, London Saturday 26th September

Peter Kenny

September 23, 2015

Yay! Telltale Press will be represented at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair this weekend. Come to our stand say howdy to Robin Houghton, Siegfried Baber, Sarah Barnsley and myself. We’ll be armed with revolutionary pamphlets and plenty of chat. Plus you have to grab hold of Sarah Barnsley’s spanking new ‘The Fire Station’ as is it is released…

Poetry, Publishing

Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Siegfried Baber, Telltale Press
Preparations for Chad

Peter Kenny

September 20, 2015

Planning now well advanced for the trip to Chad in two weeks. For me this has already meant several jabs, and the final one, yellow fever, will be done privately next week. I’ve also had to buy some lightweight, UV and mosquito-resistant clothes and urgently renew my passport. Africa, then. I have never been there…

a writer’s life, Marketing, Poetry, Travel

Chad, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Night of Sine
Chad, Telltale Press and some poetry acceptances

Peter Kenny

September 7, 2015

I am off to Chad. In less than a month I shall be going to what is, according to the United Nations human development report 2011 is the fifth poorest nation on earth. I will be part of a small team to fact-find and shoot film for fundraising activities. I’d be lying if I said…

Marketing, Poetry, Travel

And Other Poems, Chad, Josephine Corcoran, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Siegfried Baber, Telltale Press, The Frogmore Press, The Island Review, Under the Radar
The treasures of Greek poetry

Peter Kenny

August 16, 2015

Just back from a couple of weeks in Thassos, the northernmost Greek island of the Aegean, and Kavala on the mainland. While Lorraine and I did lots of site-seeing, notably at the site of Phillipi a short drive from Kavala, and also, rather bravely, going on a jeep safari to the top of Mount Ipsarion on the green…

Greece, Poetry, Travel

C.P. Cavafy, Candles, Evangeos Sachperoglou, Gerald Durrell, Greece, Kimon Friar, Lawrence Durrell, Odysseus Elytis, Oxford World’s Classics, poetry, Walls
Struggling with John Ashbery and Jorie Graham

Peter Kenny

July 10, 2015

Robin Houghton‘s lovely blog has recently begun to document her mission to devour five poetry books a week. While I can’t match this, I think I might mention here some of the books I’ve been reading from time to time too. Especially when I’m on a learning curve. For example I’m not particularly drawn to…

Poetry, Reading

John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Never, Your name here
Telltale poets with Tamar Yoseloff and Sue Rose

Peter Kenny

June 19, 2015

So another cheery Telltale night. First our special guests… Sue Rose, who I have had a bit of a poetic crush on after hearing her read from The Cost of Keys earlier this year was warm and fantastic. Tamar Yoseloff read from two books, both collaborations with artists. The excellent Formerly made with photographer Vici MacDonald, Her…

Poetry, Reading, Telltale Press

David Harker, Laura Donnelly, Peter Kenny, Robin Houghton, Sarah Barnsley, Sue Rose, Tamar Yoseloff, Telltale Press, The Poetry Cafe
A quick humblebrag – reading tonight 18th June

Peter Kenny

June 18, 2015

A quick humblebrag… I’m on tonight at the Poetry Cafe at 7.00pm as a part of a Telltale Press and Friends reading, with new Telltale recruit Sarah Barnsley, plus the brilliant Tamar Yoseloff who I’ve not read with since the 90s, Sue Rose whose new book I love plus multiple award-winning Robin Houghton. The Poetry Cafe is here. Please…

Performance, Poetry, Reading

Reading, Sarah Barnsley, Sue Rose, Tamar Yoseloff, Telltale Press, The Poetry Cafe
Seeking the yeti of inspiration

Peter Kenny

June 7, 2015

Of course, when not being a masked poet, in my Clark Kentish guise of agency copywriter I have to write to order lots of the time. Just last week I was writing about heart pills for dogs, not something I had imagined myself writing about as I sprang out bed in the morning. When it…

Poetry

Abegail Moreley, Lucy Coterill, Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Robin Houghton