Poetry from Nine Arches Press
12/15/20 • 46 min
In this edition we look at Nine Arches Press, an independent poetry publisher from Warwickshire. We feature poems from 3 Nine Arches poets, Gregory Leadbetter, Rishi Dastidar and Geraldine Clarkson and have insight and recommendations from Editor and Director Jane Commane.
The poems featured in this podcast are
"Optics" by Gregory Leadbetter from the Nine Arches Press collection "Maskwork" read by Charlie Richards
First extract from Saffron Jack by Rishi Dastidar from the Nine Arches Press Publication "Saffron Jack" read by Tiffany Clare
"Saint Rose of Lima's Revenge" by Geraldine Clarkson from the Nine Arches Press Collection "Monica's Overcoat of Flesh" read by Tiffany Clare
"The Ape At The End of The World" by Gregory Leadbetter read by Charlie Richards
Second extract from Saffron Jack by Rishi Dastidar read by Tiffany Clare
"Homily of Francis" by Geraldine Clarkson read by Charlie Richards
"A Young Woman Undressed Me And..." by Geraldine Clarkson read by Tiffany Clare
The presenter in this edition is Tiffany Clare
Production, sound design and soundscapes are by Chris Gregory
Jane Commane's interview was recorded by Kevin Brook at Soundbite Recording (link below)
Visit the Nine Arches Press website here https://ninearchespress.com/
And follow them on twitter here https://twitter.com/NineArchesPress
And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/ninearchespress/
Follow Gregory Leadbetter on twitter here https://twitter.com/GregMLeadbetter
Rishi Dastidar here https://twitter.com/BetaRish
Geraldine Clarkson here https://twitter.com/GBClarkson
And Jane Commane here https://twitter.com/CommaJane
For more about Soundbite Recording please visit their website here https://www.soundbiterecording.com/
You can find out more about our presenter and reader Tiffany Clare here https://twitter.com/TiffanyEclair
And Charlie Richards here https://twitter.com/CharlieDTR
And follow Alternative Stories here https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
Rishi Dastidar is a fellow of “The Complete Works”, a consulting editor at The Rialto magazine, a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen, and chair of writer development organization Spread The Word. He is editor of The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century (Nine Arches Press). Saffron Jack is his second collection.
Gregory Leadbetter is the author of two poetry collections, Maskwork (2020) and The Fetch (2016), both with Nine Arches Press, as well as the pamphlet The Body in the Well (HappenStance Press, 2007), Balanuve (Broken Sleep, 2021). His book Coleridge and the Daemonic Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) won the University English Book Prize 2012. He has written both poetry and radio drama for the BBC. He is Professor of Poetry at Birmingham City University.
Geraldine Clarkson has performed poems at the Royal Albert Hall, as part of the Proms Extra Late series broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and also at the Poetry Society AGM. She is a former winner of the Ambit and Poetry London competitions and her first full collection Monica's
In this edition we look at Nine Arches Press, an independent poetry publisher from Warwickshire. We feature poems from 3 Nine Arches poets, Gregory Leadbetter, Rishi Dastidar and Geraldine Clarkson and have insight and recommendations from Editor and Director Jane Commane.
The poems featured in this podcast are
"Optics" by Gregory Leadbetter from the Nine Arches Press collection "Maskwork" read by Charlie Richards
First extract from Saffron Jack by Rishi Dastidar from the Nine Arches Press Publication "Saffron Jack" read by Tiffany Clare
"Saint Rose of Lima's Revenge" by Geraldine Clarkson from the Nine Arches Press Collection "Monica's Overcoat of Flesh" read by Tiffany Clare
"The Ape At The End of The World" by Gregory Leadbetter read by Charlie Richards
Second extract from Saffron Jack by Rishi Dastidar read by Tiffany Clare
"Homily of Francis" by Geraldine Clarkson read by Charlie Richards
"A Young Woman Undressed Me And..." by Geraldine Clarkson read by Tiffany Clare
The presenter in this edition is Tiffany Clare
Production, sound design and soundscapes are by Chris Gregory
Jane Commane's interview was recorded by Kevin Brook at Soundbite Recording (link below)
Visit the Nine Arches Press website here https://ninearchespress.com/
And follow them on twitter here https://twitter.com/NineArchesPress
And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/ninearchespress/
Follow Gregory Leadbetter on twitter here https://twitter.com/GregMLeadbetter
Rishi Dastidar here https://twitter.com/BetaRish
Geraldine Clarkson here https://twitter.com/GBClarkson
And Jane Commane here https://twitter.com/CommaJane
For more about Soundbite Recording please visit their website here https://www.soundbiterecording.com/
You can find out more about our presenter and reader Tiffany Clare here https://twitter.com/TiffanyEclair
And Charlie Richards here https://twitter.com/CharlieDTR
And follow Alternative Stories here https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
Rishi Dastidar is a fellow of “The Complete Works”, a consulting editor at The Rialto magazine, a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen, and chair of writer development organization Spread The Word. He is editor of The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century (Nine Arches Press). Saffron Jack is his second collection.
Gregory Leadbetter is the author of two poetry collections, Maskwork (2020) and The Fetch (2016), both with Nine Arches Press, as well as the pamphlet The Body in the Well (HappenStance Press, 2007), Balanuve (Broken Sleep, 2021). His book Coleridge and the Daemonic Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) won the University English Book Prize 2012. He has written both poetry and radio drama for the BBC. He is Professor of Poetry at Birmingham City University.
Geraldine Clarkson has performed poems at the Royal Albert Hall, as part of the Proms Extra Late series broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and also at the Poetry Society AGM. She is a former winner of the Ambit and Poetry London competitions and her first full collection Monica's
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