tall-lighthouse - with its beautifully-produced publications is now
an unmissable landmark lighting up the London poetry scene.
(coffee-house poetry at the troubadour)
NEWS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE
• Due to the amount of submissions in the recent submission window, there will be a short delay in choosing authors / work for the 2013 publication list. The Editor has read through all the submissions and is currently in the process of writing to each individual author who submitted. A shortlist of 8 submissions has been made.
• tall lighthouse will be running a free open mic from the Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London on the 2nd Monday of every month from March 2013. The next night is on the 20th May 2013, 7:30pm.
• Upcoming readings from tall lighthouse poets include Ben Parker at the
Dorchester on Thames Festival in May 2013 [click for details] and Aioffe Mannix reading excerpts from the work of Adrienne Rich at The Jewish Book Week on 2nd March 2013 [click for details]. Their work is available from the publications section of the website or at the event itself.
• We are proud to announce the publication of Ben Parker's "The Escape Artists" and Jodie Hollander's "The Humane Society". Both titles were published on November 30th 2012. Orders can be made from the publications section of the website. Biographies of the authors and some of their poetry can be found in the poets section. The Sabotage review of the Parker pamphlet can be found here.
• We are sad to announce the death of Janice Fixter, author of the excellent collection "A Kind of Slow Motion", who passed away on the 24th July 2012. An extremely talented writer and a genuinely open personality, she will be much missed.
• We highly recommend the relaunched magazine "The Echo Room", edited by Brendan Cleary and published by Echo Room Press / Pighog Press, which includes great new work from Joe Duggan, Helen Mort, David Crystal, Martin Stannard, and many others. A link to purchase is here.
SUBMISSIONS
Submission guidelines can be found here.
Due to the amount of submissions in the recent submission window, there will be a short delay in choosing authors / work for the 2013 publication list. The Editor has read through all the submissions and is currently in the process of writing to each individual author who submitted. A shortlist of 8 submissions has been made.
The new window for submissions opens on the 1st June 2013 and closes on 1st October 2013, with authors being notified in early November 2013.