hackney London Sept 2006. Pic by Toby Madden for The Independant

November 06.Cheers for calling in. I was on tour last month. It was about 100 degrees every day  in Phoenix Arizona – the valley of the sun. After that Canada where the mountains are cold and the people are warm.  On returning to England I was poet in residence at Poetry International at The South bank in central London. It's been a blast. Been through so many timezones I met myself coming back. November, ladies and gentlemen, has entered the building.

Yes to illumination and the shedding of light in dark October. Each day of Poetry International a new unpublished poem of mine was  projected onto the side of the Royal Festival hall.! It is part of my Poems as Landmarks campaign that started in Manchester over ten years ago. Click on Public Art  in the column on the right to read about it.

There's at least an albums worth of material on the recordings page with live interviews and stuff. It's all free. Free Check out the poems page to read Invisible Kisses in English and in Spanish translated by professor Esther Gomez of Manchester University.  The picture on the left is by Madeleine Waller at Zigni, an Eritrean restaurant  in Islington. You can see the other poets that are part of her project at http://www.madwaller.co.uk.

here's a recipe popular with many writers. I found it and posted it to Jamie Byng my publishers.  Click.  Some of the countries I shall be reading in the first three months of 2007 are Sweden Italy and India and ofcourse here in UK.  The BLOG has regular inputs. Check it out and leave comment.  Click on My Blog on the right of this page.Here's what I have said in previous months - click on the month:

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