Witching Hour

Ryan interviews Kona Macphee...

Featuring an interview with poet Kona Macphee, who discusses her Poem of the Week project and reads a Halloween themed poem from her collection Tails (Bloodaxe, 2004). We've also got a scary treat from Kim Tebble, who performs his "The Raven, the Knight and the Queen of the Birds".

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First published 26 October, 2009

Kona Macphee

Kona Macphee, a UK-born, Australian-bred poet now living and working in Scotland. Her latest poetry collection is Perfect Blue, forthcoming from Bloodaxe Books in February 2010.

• Kona Macphee's website
• Read Kona's column on our blog
  

About Kim Tebble

Kim Tebble writes compositions, and plays with Edinburgh based collective The Tuberians. Flute, saxophone, accordion and ukelele accompany stories of intergalactic travel, deserted farms and lonely love. Meet awkward chumps, distant spacewomen and weird maidens.

• More about the Tuberians

We recommend...

	Tails by Kona Macphee Bloodaxe, 2004 Tails is Kona's first collection. Proceeds from sales of the remaining copies will go to Unicef. SPL shelfmark 3.Macphe
	Poems Bewitched and Haunted edited by John Hollander Everyman's Library, 2006 More scary poems enfolded within beautiful hard back boards. SPL shelfmark 2.03984
	Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' Watch a macabre 'animation' of Edgar Allan Poe rendering 'The Raven' (YouTube) Or try this cartoon, narrated by Christoper Walken

Find out more...

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Related links...

• Peter McCarey's Syllabary
• Kona's Poem of the Week
• Our Edwin Morgan Archive
  

Image: Full moon by Flickr user Flowert L*u*s*a