tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post6569237568547250413..comments2023-11-03T11:00:07.566+00:00Comments on Displacement: StAnza Poetry Festival – from archipelagos to the Forth PlinthFiona Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-21802925342321406092015-02-20T09:27:03.333+00:002015-02-20T09:27:03.333+00:00I'm not at all sure about that, Simon, but tha...I'm not at all sure about that, Simon, but thanks anyway!Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-52874968246593040292015-02-20T08:01:04.086+00:002015-02-20T08:01:04.086+00:00Dear Fiona
I hope that you have a great time in ...Dear Fiona<br /><br />I hope that you have a great time in St Andrews. Nobody deserves a break more than you do.<br /><br />Best wishes from SimonPoetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-92078779762148841402015-02-19T09:30:55.558+00:002015-02-19T09:30:55.558+00:00Glyn Maxwell takes what I think is the Neil Astley...Glyn Maxwell takes what I think is the Neil Astley slot this year. So he has history to live up to.Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-21272771710574422032015-02-19T09:29:52.064+00:002015-02-19T09:29:52.064+00:00Thanks Simon. I'd argue that book sales are j...Thanks Simon. I'd argue that book sales are just one part of the current scene (and they aren't all bad). Poetry is getting appreciated and distributed in a wider variety of ways now. Such as at thriving poetry festivals - which are a good place to sell books too!<br />Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-66086990358601298442015-02-18T11:58:46.015+00:002015-02-18T11:58:46.015+00:00Dear Fiona
With Aldeburgh, Ledbury and StAnza com...Dear Fiona<br /><br />With Aldeburgh, Ledbury and StAnza coming around as regularly as Christmas, anyone could be forgiven for thinking that Poetry is in a state of perfect health. But some cursory digging will soon reveal that sales of contemporary British poetry are falling like lead. It would be very interesting to know how many recent British poetry volumes have ended up in land-fill or road-fill. (Sorry to strike a slightly sceptical note!)<br /><br />Best wishes from SimonPoetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-10764787763726304832015-02-18T11:16:25.732+00:002015-02-18T11:16:25.732+00:00Dear Fiona
I admire your dedication to the cause!...Dear Fiona<br /><br />I admire your dedication to the cause! I remember the StAnza festival of 2005 when Neil Astley sent some fur flying by not pulling his punches about his rival editors. This year's festival falls on my birthday but I won't be attending - particularly after Wales beat Scotland at rugby recently!<br /><br />Best wishes from Simon R. GladdishPoetry Pleases!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16686247991180317838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-87211898853123608132015-02-17T17:04:22.421+00:002015-02-17T17:04:22.421+00:00Thanks Clarissa. Yes, that should be a really goo...Thanks Clarissa. Yes, that should be a really good event. Maybe StAnza will podcast it, if there's enough demand.. it's the sort of thing that people attending might want to hear again, too.Fiona Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052038869211775919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648230750208763565.post-52341831127372964352015-02-17T16:49:28.308+00:002015-02-17T16:49:28.308+00:00Looking forward to reading about it! I love Caroly...Looking forward to reading about it! I love Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky and the fact that I will not be there to hear them discuss Paul Celan is making me a bit gloomy. Clarissa Aykroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571136118573329263noreply@blogger.com