Larry Jon Wilson

This post on James Endeacott's blog made me feel nostalgic for the week or so that Larry Jon Wilson came over to London. It feels like a different lifetime. A few friends and I hung out with him a lot that week, and I still feel good about the fact that I got to talk to him about Arthur Alexander and guitars and writing songs. But mostly I remember us talking about cricket and baseball and how good the first beer tastes after playing sport. Larry Jon gave the lie to the old addage about never meeting your heroes. 

I tell James this every time I see him and I've had a few, but I'm still thankful he brought Larry Jon over, and got a few of us involved in the shows. It will mean a lot to me forever.

http://jamesendeacott.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/larry-jon-wilson-october-7th-1940-june-21st-2010/

Caught by the River Book of the Month

It's an honour to have my pamphlet be made Caught by the River's book of the month for October. I can't speak highly enough of the space Jeff and Robin and Andrew have created for writing, painting, photography, music and everything else that makes life worth living. So check it out - every day.

http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2014/10/faber-new-poets-10-will-burns/

Remember

It's National Poetry Day today, and the four Faber New Poets were asked to write a small piece for Faber's blog, The Thoughtfox about a war poet or poem that has stayed with us in some way, or influenced our writing.

I wrote about Robert Graves and the other pieces are wonderfully written and well worth a read.

http://thethoughtfox.co.uk/remember

Branchage Festival

I'm involved in a couple of events at Branchage festival in Jersey, starting later on this week, and I'm really looking forward to them. 

I'll be discussing Karl Marx and his legacy and continued (arguably increasing) relevance, as well as Dylan Thomas and the wider idea of writing and drinking at two specific events, but will also be reading poems at two Caught by the River curated events.

Tickets to all four can be purchased here...  hopefully see a few friendly faces there.

http://www.365tickets.je/branchage-festival-poetry-words/karl-marx-marxism-the-man-his-legacy-talk#booking_form

http://www.365tickets.je/branchage-festival-poetry-words/celebrating-100-years-of-dylan-thomas#booking_form

http://www.365tickets.je/branchage-festival-poetry-words/caught-by-the-river-social-club-nature#booking_form

http://www.365tickets.je/branchage-festival-poetry-words/caught-by-the-river-social-club-islands#booking_form

Faber New Poets Pamphlet

All four of the Faber New Poets' pamphlets are now available to pre-order from the Caught by the River bookshop, here.

Faber New Poets Tour

A bit of information about the dates and venues for our tour in October can be found here:

http://faberpoetry.co.uk/2014/08/26/faber-new-poets-on-tour-october-2014/#more-409

Needless to say it’s an honour to be part of this scheme and hugely exciting to be sharing a stage with three incredible writers during the tour. Hope a few of you can make it out.

Structo Magazine Interview

For the last couple of years I have helped out reading poetry submissions for the wonderful literary magazine Structo. They were actually the first print publication to take any of my poems and a couple of weeks ago, I did a very brief interview with the editor, a smart and absurdly good man called Euan. Here’s what he said. And what I said back…

http://structomagazine.co.uk/our-very-own-faber-new-poet-will-burns-interview/