A note on: Wrestliana event at Burley Fisher Books

I had a lovely evening in discussion with Toby Litt to marks the release of his Wrestliana book, pulled in gently as the resident writer who knows about wrestling. We chatted about lineage, melancholy, regionalism alongside the wrestling in front of an intimate audience at Burley Fisher which is a really beautiful bookshop with a deserved following on Kingsland Road. Nice to be asked to do these kind of events, talking wrestling and boxing, as they are resolutely hobbies for me now, but the first things I truly loved to do, so will always be part of me, and seem even more important and attractive now I spend most of my time doing writing things.

Worth getting a copy of Toby's book here, it's really ambitious and energetic. https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/shop-1/wrestliana

A note on: On Monocle 24 radio discussing poetry

Had a fun burst of gab chatting with the folk at Monocle Radio about internationalism, collaboration, poetry and stuff that's done wrong / right to change people's perception of poetry in the UK, if that's even desirable. Broadcasts 7.30pm on May 29th 2017 and then available as a podcast after that

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/culture-with-robert-bound/294/

Anglaise Actuelle - a new series of Vanguard poets in French for Recours au Poeme

Announcing a new series for the remarkable French journal, Recours au Poeme, launched for the 100th issue of the magazine, anglaise actuelle will feature a series of British experimental poets translated into French by Marilyne Bertoncini. The first instalment of AA is the great Allen Fisher. Lots more to come

Un regard sur la poésie anglaise actuelle (1). Allen Fisher, présenté et traduit par Steven J. Fowler et Marilyne Bertoncini

Confiée au jeune poète et animateur de la revue 3AM magazine, Steven J. Fowler, en collaboration avec Marilyne Bertoncini, cette chronique vise à faire découvrir des poètes anglais actuels aux lecteurs français de Recours au Poème. - See more at: http://www.recoursaupoeme.fr/chroniques/un-regard-sur-la-po%C3%A9sie-anglaise-actuelle-1/sj-fowler#sthash.Dmc2nwB2.dpuf