Coverstory Books

For Platform: 1 on Thursday 26th November (@ 19:30 UK-time), I will read from my forthcoming pamphlet, “A Demand to be Heard“, a series of Ekphrastic poems based on photographs taken in Lincoln Cathedral. This is a format which worked well with my collection “Grimsby Docks“. To request an invitation to attend the Platform event… Continue reading

November sees the first in a new series of virtual reading events. For details please go HERE. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com. Continue reading

To request an invitation to attend the event please complete the form below. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com. Continue reading

To request an invitation to attend the event please complete the form below. To ensure you keep up-to-date with future Coverstory books’ events and opportunities please follow at www.coverstorybooks.com; you can also follow my own work – for free! – at www.iangouge.substack.com. Continue reading

Since November 2021 I have been hosting Contextual, an hour-long virtual poetry reading event hosted on Zoom. There have been thirty-eight Contextual evenings since then. These have been international events at which many people have read, primarily from the UK and the US, but also from Scandinavia and numerous other European countries. It has become… Continue reading