Such a gift of a finish for the fest. This was so lovely, so high standard, and so fun – the travel, the general ambiance of Ireland, the chance to stay away – that it broke the flow in my mind that my festival was one huge boat of work, and instead it felt, at the end, that I was just getting lucky to do a gig in a special place. Christodoulos Makris deserves huge credit for his curatorial work on this event, and the Riverbank Arts Centre is so nice. All the works on the night were excellent, and such a range. Afterwards we decamped to a local pub that felt like it was stuck in time, a rare thing for me, and I was able to see off what has been the biggest single event undertaking of my life in remarkably jovial and relaxed fashion. https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/ireland

For my own part I worked with the musician and artist Nick Roth, whom I’ve known for a few years but worked with for the first time early in 2022. He could not be more excellent to work with, so experienced, present, professional. He is a great improviser too, I had complete trust with him and we attempted something quite rare / pure, to not plan anything but the idea of a conversation between improv talking and sax. The results are something I am pleased with.