Poetry reading

  • 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…

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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…

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  • 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.

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  • We all enjoyed a relaxed hour with a splendid variety of voices. A recording of the event is available. Our next Contextual – number 39! – is currently scheduled for Thursday 29th October @ 19:30 UK-time. Look out for news of the event in the coming weeks.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • And don’t forget, the submission window for New Contexts: 9 closes at the end of July. Click HERE for details. 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…

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