Andrew Philip: The Ambulance Box Tour
The Ambulance Box Tour
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| 1 | 10 June 2009 | Our sweet old etcetera |
| 2 | 17 June 2009 | The Crafty Writer |
| 3 | 23 June 2009 | One Night Stanzas |
| 4 | 26 June 2009 | Douglas Robertson |
| 5 | 29 June 2009 | Dumbfoundry |
| 6 | 2 July 2009 | Boxologies |
| 7 | 8 July 2009 | Robert Peake |
| 8 | 15 July 2009 | Cadwallender |
| 9 | 22 July 2009 | Poetry Hut |
| 10 | 29 July 2009 | Andrew Shields |
Ivy Alvarez
dumbfoundry : Poetry news, poetry blogs, poetry magazines, poetry journals, poetry sites, poetry links, etc. Ivy Alvarez (author of Mortal) is one of the original dumbfounders.
Ivy covers Rob A. Mackenzie and Andrew Philiip in upcoming blogs.
Rob A. Mackenzie: The Opposite of Cabbage
The De-Cabbage Yourself Tour
Throughout this collection, opposites collide — reality and delusion, political activism and apathy, friend and enemy, life and death. Messiahs parachute themselves to disused northern fairgrounds, a woman diets until practically invisible, trained apes teach a colony of drunks how to dance, a bingo night fuels familial despair and love, and an airborne cabbage blasts a cyclist into orbit. With precision of language and a colourful, anarchic spirit, Mackenzie’s poems focus on their subjects with humanity and hard-won compassion. They have a light touch, but are never trivial. They are for readers who trust that questions are rarely simple and answers never final. Ironic and humorous, complex and engaging, you can’t do without The Opposite of Cabbage.
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| 1 | 1 June 2009 | Nic Sebastian: Very Like a Whale |
| 2 | 8 June 2009 | Marion McCready: Poetry in Progress |
| 3 | 15 June 2009 | Ivy Alvarez: Dumbfoundry |
| 4 | 22 June 2009 | Nicolette Bethel: Scavella’s Blogsphere |
| 5 | 29 June 2009 | Claire Askew: One Night Stanzas |
| 6 | 16 July 2009 | Bernardine Evaristo: Bernardine Evaristo’s Blog |
| 7 | 20 July 2009 | Anna Dickie: My (Elastic) Gap Year |
| 8 | 27 July 2009 | Barbara Smith: Barbara’s Bleeuugh! |
| 9 | 3 August 2009 | Michelle McGrane: Peony Moon |
| 10 | 10 August 2009 | Nic Sebastian: Very Like a Whale (Part two) |
| 11 | 17 August 2009 | Jee Leong Koh: Song of a Reformed Headhunter |
Megan Taylor
Megan’s blog features random ramblings about writing and publishing, along with some of her own short stories and the odd interactive blog story too. You can also find it on LiveJournal and MySpace.
Megan is an author, currently living in Nottingham. Her debut How We Were Lost was published by Flame Books in 2007 and she has recently completed her second novel, Before the Light.
To find out more about her writing, please visit her website www.megantaylor.info
Shaindel Beers: A Brief History of Time
On the hood of a Cutlass Supreme Tour
A Brief History of Time, Beers’ first collection of poetry, is at once an exploration of what it is to grow up in rural America and a treatise for social justice. These poems, many of them award-winning, span a wide range of styles—from plainsong free verse to sestinas to nearly epic works.
The characters/speakers in Beers’ poems range from the rural working class to mythological characters. These poems look at the world with an honest, unflinching eye. She is one of the up-and-coming poets from Generation X we will be hearing a great deal from in the future.
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| 1 | 4 March 2009 | Peony Moon |
| 2 | 11 March 2009 | Julius Speaks |
| 3 | 1 April 2009 | Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard) |
| 4 | 8 April 2009 | Blogalicious |
| 5 | 15 April 2009 | Gravity and Light |
| 6 | 22 April 2009 | Vince Gotera — The Man with the Blue Guitar |
| 7 | 29 April 2009 | What to Wear During an Orange Alert |
| 8 | 6 May 2009 | Blue Moon Northeast |
| 9 | 13 May 2009 | The Tao, Ow and Wow of Jesus Crisis |
| 10 | 20 May 2009 | Holy Land |
| 11 | 3 June 2009 | Being and Writing |
Sarah Salway
Caroline Smailes
Caroline’s website can be found HERE and her blog can be found HERE. Caroline was one of the first fiction writers to be discovered by a cyber scout. Her blogging tends to be about books, about writing and often about Simon Cowell. Caroline joins Cyclone for Elizabeth Baines’ “Around the Edges of the World” Tour.
Elizabeth Baines: Balancing on the Edge of the World
Around the Edges of the World
But it’s a slippery thing, power, and these vivid, wry stories spring surprises: for nothing, in the end, is ever quite what it seems.
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| 1 | 14 January 2009 | Barbara’s Bleeuugh |
| 2 | 21 January 2009 | Me and My Big Mouth |
| 3 | 28 January 2009 | Keeper of the Snails |
| 4 | 4 February 2009 | Caroline Smailes |
| 5 | 11 February 2009 | Sarah’s Writing Journal |
| 6 | 18 February 2009 | Vanessa Gebbie’s News |
| 7 | 25 February 2009 | Dovegreyreader Scribbles |
| 8 | 4 March 2009 | Charles Lambert |
| 9 | 11 March 2009 | Debi Alper |
| 10 | 18 March 2009 | TaniaWrites |
Drew Gummerson
Drew Gummerson writes a weekly blog about writing and anything else that takes his fancy. He joins Cyclone with his take on Catherine Eisner’s new novel, Sister Morphine.
You can visit Drew’s website here.
Todd Swift
Eyewear is a blogzine chiefly edited by Todd Swift, but featuring weekly guest poets, and regular guest reviews. It focuses on poetry, politics, and popular culture, and often questions how these intertwine in the worlds of new media. It’s been running since summer 2004, with over 1,000 posts, and been several times quoted in The Guardian, and elsewhere.
Todd will be featuring Katy Evans-Bush on her virtual book tour A Conversation About Dreams …
