A Poetry Reading in Liverpool

If you are in Liverpool on 16th August I look forward to meeting you

A New Collection of Animal Poems

I am very pleased to say that my latest pamphlet collection from Melos Press, Of earth, water, air and fire: animal poems is now available.

The collection of twenty-seven poems about animals, birds, insects, with a few mythical creatures bundled in for good measure, contains poems that are all new and previously unpublished and can be purchased online from Melos at £6.

Ledbury: Poems in the Sun

Nicholas Murray reading
at the Shell House Gallery,
Ledbury Poetry Festival, 14th July 2013

I very much enjoyed reading yesterday at the Ledbury Poetry Festival on one of the hottest days of the year so far.  Ledbury deserves its reputation as a delightful, relaxed place for a poetry festival.  I was reading from my Acapulco: New and Selected Poems (Melos) and from my new pamphlet collection of animal poems, the ink on which was barely dry [more information on this new title and how to order available very shortly here].

The audience was particularly responsive and nice to meet, except for the man who had come along to promote his poems, refused to buy any from the poet reading, and began to perform his own poems, unsolicited, to the dispersing audience whose dispersal was thus gently accelerated.  These narcissists are, I suppose, as much a part of the poetry scene as wasps on a hot July day and must be considered part of the fun.

I shall be back next year!

Ledbury Here We Come

I am reading at the Ledbury Poetry Festival on Sunday (14 July) in the Shell House Gallery between 12.15 and 12.35pm from my collection Acapulco: New and Selected Poems (Melos) and from my forthcoming pamphlet Of Earth, Water, Air and Fire: animal poems (also from Melos) and there is a possibility that copies of that may be back from the printer in time to make advance copies available for sale.  Fingers crossed.

It's a particular pleasure to be reading at Ledbury in Herefordshire because this is the neighbouring county to Powys where I live and the weather looks like being lovely too.

More news about the new pamphlet when it is ready to be ordered but watch the Melos website for details.