OUT NOW – Gingering The World From The Inside by Anna Freeman

Gingering The World From The Inside captures the comic genius that has made Anna Freeman a leading figure on the performance poetry scene. Anna takes us into her world and with unflinching self deprecation lays open her heart. From the playground politics of My Little Pony ownership, the tortuous twists and turns of a relationship on the rocks, the thrill of a new partner and the quiet revolution of Ginger takeover, Anna’s comic touch remains deft and perfectly timed. Gingering The World From The Inside is an assured debut and demonstrates that honing work in performance before committing it to the page is, in the right hands, the creative engine of brilliance.

‘Anna Freeman’s work makes me feel like I made a new friend in a warm, leaning, drunk heart-to-heart that left my cheeks sore from laughing and my neck aching from all the nodding. She twists up the awkward, the confusing and the painful, into a slick balloon animal, escaping zoos; makes me wanna spill my guts, hand her my secret side, just to see what treasures she can make from the vulnerability.’ - Buddy Wakefield

‘Anna Freeman is bright, brilliant and brutally honest, these poems beautifully illustrate the modern woman in all of her mess and glory.’ – Salena Godden

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OUT NOW – Day & Night In The Damaged Goods Factory by Mike Watts

This second collection from Mike Watts confirms why, for some, he is the British Bukowski. But, while there is booze, bookies and sex here, Mike’s is a view from the very British streets of Hull. The streets of real life, populated by ordinary people living ordinary lives. This is the poetry of ordinary triumphs and ordinary tragedies. Sexual triumphs and bedroom tragedies. About as far from the poetry of dusty university libraries  as you can get, Day and Night in the Damaged Goods Factory is brazen, humour laden, gobby, unapologetic poetry from a poet with his own voice and the knack of telling it how it is.

 

“Love is a dog from Hull” Steve Black

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The Speakers Corner / Tony Walsh / A Poem About The Clash?

Yep. You read it right. The Speakers Corner are a Bristol based outfit who film poets / spoken word artists / gobshites with opinions and put them on this new fangled interweb thing for your enjoyment. You could argue they are the Burning Eye of film or maybe we are the TSC of books, who knows. What we do know is that this is a film of Mr Longfella himself made on a recent foray into the wild South West. It features Tony’s poem Last Gang In Town, a sonnet about The Clash take from his fast selling Burning Eye book, Sex & Love & Rock&Roll. Billy Bragg liked it so much he told the world. Good man.

James Wheale’s Maskboy. Wardrobe Theatre Bristol. Weds 22 May. Be There.

and if you collar James after the show and buy him a drink he might just sell you a signed copy of his rather beautiful book. What? Yes of course you can buy one now. Just go here. My, you are impatient aren’t you?

OUT NOW – In Heaven The Onions Make You Laugh by Rob Auton

Ladies & Gentlemen…

In Heaven The Onions Make You Laugh is the debut collection of poems, stories and illustrations from York born writer and comedian Rob Auton.  This book is the result of a person having ideas who finds the world a magical/beautiful/ridiculous/horrific place to live.  There is a poem about a grey cat in it, so if you like grey cats you might like that one. There is a short story about going round to Hitler’s house at Christmas, so if you did that then this could bring the memories flooding back.  Dust, the sky, jury service, a rollerball pen, the devil, a Satsuma, tarmac and David Attenborough also feature.

It also includes the acclaimed A Footballer’s Life For Me which was filmed by Bang Said The Gun and broadcast as part of Channel 4′s Random Acts series.

“Charming, eccentric and uplifting, Auton is a talent to watch”

The Independent

“Surreal and Fantastic.”

Poejazzi

“A strange and magical experience.”

BroadwayBaby

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Maskboy Video Showcases James Wheale’s Triumphant Debut

This video shows a slightly earlier version of Maskboy – the title poem from James Wheale’s recently released Burning Eye collection. Enjoy.

Maskboy is available from Burning Eye or from Amazon or Waterstones.com.

4 x 5* Reviews for Tony Walsh on Waterstones.com

Barely 10 days from publication and Tony Walsh’s Sex & Love & Rock&Roll has already racked up four 5 star reviews at Waterstones.com, so that’s twenty stars, yes?

 

 

Maskboy Goes to London

After successfully outings in Leeds and Bristol, James Wheale takes his live performance of his new Burning Eye book, Maskboy to London. He is just one of the amazing acts at Flea Circus at the Dogstar. Doors 7.30 only £5! Full details here

And in case you need a taster to either persuade you to see James live or to purchase a copy of this fine book here is a sample:

OUT NOW – Maskboy by James Wheale. This book is a Time Machine…

Here at Burning Eye we know how to round off a week. No better way than with a book. so here its is Burning Eye book number TEN. Yes ten, and it is a beauty and it goes by the name of Maskboy by James Wheale.

Maskboy is an autobiographical story of time machines, magical masks and loss. James Wheale relates the harrowing journey into his own personal heart of darkness, from time traveller to amateur caped crusader, through award-winning poetry. From reading tarot with a witchdoctor to going cold turkey on his past, Maskboy is a funny, brave and honest work that delves into the alter-egos we create to rescue, and ultimately become, ourselves.

“Beautiful, very beautiful” Jacob Denno, Popshot

“A rare triumph.” Byron Vincent

 

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Sex & Love & Rock&Roll by Tony Walsh – Now Available to Pre-Order

 

‘Fabulous stuff…’ Irvine Welsh

Ten years in the making? Pretty much. Long overdue? For sure. 168 pages packed with Tony’s unique brand of Poetry for the People? Damn right.

Whether dealing with sex, love or rock & roll; heartbreak, grief or Glastonbury, Tony’s poetry consistently packs a powerful emotional punch and then kisses it better. Be warned: these poems contain scenes that may resemble your life.

Sex & Love & Rock&Roll hits the streets next week and you can make sure you bag a copy early doors by positioning your mouse cursor over that buy now button below and giving it a tender loving click.

“‘Too much poetry speaks to too few people’, but Tony Walsh’s poetry speaks to the many. In SEX & LOVE & ROCK&ROLL, words leap off the page: urgent and immediate, like his poetry performances. They tell us how it feels when the needle goes in, / when the bass, when the bass, when the bass, when the bass…” Helen Mort

 

‘Tony Walsh’s poetry picks you up by the scruff of the neck and shakes you until your teeth rattle.  Brilliant stuff!’

Felix Dennis – poet, publisher, Oz trial defendant.

 

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