Julia Bird, Andrew Philip and the Globall Poetry System

"There are a few poets I carry with me in my head. Poetic DNA, I suppose..."

In this week's episode Ryan tells us about the Global Poetry System project he's been helping organise and how you can take part in it. He
also catches up with poet Andrew Philip who discusses the poem that he carries with him, his views on poetry and reads us a poem from his recent collection The Ambulance Box.

Making his debut in front of the microphone, Colin speaks with another Salt Publishing poet, Julia Bird, and discusses her live literature tour "You Are Here" that takes poetry into theatres in England.  Presented by Ryan van Winkle.

Produced by Colin Fraser. Incidental music by Ewen Maclean. For feedback, mail splpodcast@gmail.com

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First published 13 November, 2009

Julia Bird

Julia Bird lives and works on various literature related projects in London. Her own first poetry collection Hannah & the Monk is published by Salt Publishing. 

• Julia on the Poetry Archive
• More about Hannah & the Monk
  

About Andrew Philip

Andrew Philip was born in Aberdeen in 1975 and raised near Falkirk. He works part-time for the Scottish Parliament's equivalent of Hansard and lives in Linlithgow with his wife and two daughters.

Andrew's, pamphlet Tonguefire, was published by HappenStance Press in 2005, followed by Andrew Philip: A Sampler in 2008. The Ambulance Box, his first book of poems, was published by Salt in March 2009.

• Andrew Philip's Classic Poem choice
• Andrew Philip's website
• More about The Ambulance Box
  

We recommend...

	Hannah and the Monk by Julia Bird Salt, 2008 Images from popular culture, urban myth, religion and history, music, film and TV glow with a steady emotional truth. From spivs to flying monks, chalk horses to London boozers, Bird's imagination takes a circuitous route at a determined clip.  SPL shelfmark 3.Bir
	The Ambulance Box by Andrew Philip Salt, 2009 At the heart of this book—dedicated to Philip's first child, who died shortly after birth—is a deeply moving exploration of loss and discovery. In poems of unsentimental and unsettling beauty, The Ambulance Box examines the sudden transformations of grief. SPL shelfmark 3.Phi
	Global Poetry System Global Poetry System is a user generated world map of found poetry: find it, map it, share it.

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• Search the SPL catalogue and borrow these items

Also in this podcast ...

• Gerard Manley Hopkins 'The Windhover'
• The 'You Are Here' poetry show

With thanks to...

• Colin Fraser at Anon magazine for podcast production
• Ewen Maclean of The Hale Clamjamphrey for the incidental music
  

Image: Found poetry. Global Poetry System submission by Alastair Cook