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February 2010
This is a sad week - we have lost two poets associated with Word for Word.
Phil Poole died on Monday afternoon, February 1st., and John Rety, who had been working on preparing Phil's cancer journal for publication by Hearing Eye, suffered a massive heart attack the following day, and died on Wednesday 3rd. Phil's funeral will be at Golders Green Crematorium on 19th February, further details when I get them.
Meanwhile, here is a link to Phil's obituary in the Camden New Journal, to which he was a contributor. There will doubtless be an obituary for John in the Morning Star very soon, but meanwhile here's Rob Ray's blog from February 4th, remembering John.
I've created a Facebook Group for Word for Word, and can put anouncements on that at any time. It's a closed group, but if you are on Facebook, you can apply to join it and keep in touch with what's going on, make comments, suggestions, join discussions, post photos, videos, etc. Look for Daisy Solomons (that's me!)
or email
wordforword@london.com
You webmistress had
the honour of an hour on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square on 9th July, as part of Antony Gormley's One and Other project. It was a wonderful experience, but with only 24 hours notice I wasn't able to do much.
To see photos, go to
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24125&id=1539261907&l=4a2c169964
And if you (really!) want to see the whole thing go to
http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/daisy
you have to sit through the first few minutes of the man reading from the bible. He refused to budge, left me (literally) mid air and stole several of my minutes. Typical preacher.
and to see the photo in the Mail on Sunday (hisssss) go to
Another new book from a Word for Word member
Leaping Shadows by Shahab Ahmed published by Athena Press, London in May 2008 |
Two earlier publications by Shahab Ahmed: Time and Tide and Shadows of Time both published by Minerva Press, London |
We have a new email address: wordforword@london.com - much nicer, isn't it ?
We will continue to check the old yahoo address from time to time, but this is now the correct address, so please alter your email address book accordingly.
News from Mirian Halahmy click here
Two more books by Word for Word Members
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Reckoning by Jack Stanley (Hearing Eye, 2008) £6.95
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Desk with a View by Brian Docherty (Hearing Eye, 2008) £6.95
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Anne Aylor has lots of new writing courses this year, click here for details
Anthology News:
Our latest Anthology Gathering Diamonds from the Well is now available at Prospero's Book Shop in Muswell Hill, or from Brian @£7 post free. Life Death, Sex and Chocolate is now sold out.
The Arvon Foundation have upcoming courses
The Torriano at 99 Torriano Avenue, NW5 2SG tel: 020 7267 4305 has offered Word for Word a poetry slot some time in the future (4-6 readers) - if anyone wants to organise that, contact Brian or Viv. The threatened Torriano Meeting House provides a venue for poetry and the arts and should not be run as a shop, says Phil Poole. Read his recent article in the Camden New Journal here
Fancy leading a sesh at Wood Green one Saturday morning ? Contact Richard Jones
Angela Elliott's novel Some Strange Scent of Death (Whittles Publishing) has had a full page review in The Scotsman, read about it here