Beggars and The Last Race appear in the competition anthology The Ver Prize 2009. The adjudicator was John Whitworth and the poems were heard at the Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans on 4th July 09:
A Bed for the Long Night came 3rd in the Torbay Poetry Competition, part of the festival. The organiser is Patricia Oxley who also edits Acumen. These recordings (my voice) produced by David Angus:
Many thanks to Anna Andresen and David Angus for providing a voice for the Hamlet poem. They have also done In Bed With Macbeth, which follows straight after.
Pinstripe Hype will soon be releasing their EP called Class. Ugly can be heard here.
Pinstripe Hype are:
Andy Preston | Guitars and vocals
James Peters | Bass
Zaki Orbell | Vocals
Rob Murphy | Drums
Rhodri Pazzi-Axworthy | Keyboards
I have a bit in John Biggs' revised edition of Teaching for Quality Learning at University, which he has written with Catherine Tang. He is a novelist as well as an educationalist and can be visited at:
Writers! Drama Centre London is now recruiting for its MA Screen WRITING pathway. Application forms can be obtained from the Information Office of Central St Martins College of Art & Design: +44 (0)20 7428 2078. Or email me - mail@alandunnett.co.uk - if you have an inquiry about some aspect of the pathway. There are also directing and acting pathways. This link takes you to some former 2nd year acting students:
Good to see Kevin Fegan very active, not just as a playwright of standing but as a poet, currently being published by Five Leaves. We gave some poetry readings together, through East Midlands Arts, about 15 years ago.