[New-Poetry] Fw: Cinnamon Newsletter June 2008

[Anny Ballardini]

      Welcome to the June Cinnamon Press Newsletter:

      Meirion House 
      Glan yr afon
      Tanygrisiau
      Blaenau Ffestiniog
      Gwynedd LL41 3SU
      www.cinnamonpress.com

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       In this edition: 

        a.. New title & launches for June 
        b.. June book offers 
        c.. 150 issues of Envoi 
        d.. Cinnamon Writing Awards 
        e.. Other Writing Opportunities

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      May has been a whirlwind of launches and events - we began the month at the Wales Millennium Centre to launch Mike Jenkins' brilliant novella, The Fugitive Three, then on to the oldest pub in Newcastle for a packed evening of poetry and great company at the launch of Joan Hewitt's Missing the Eclipse and two days at the Hay festival for the launch of the anthology Eagle in the Maze and for the brilliant triple event for Kate North's Eva Shell, Holly Howitt's Dinner Time and Mike Jenkins' The Fugitive Three.

      June sees events in Dublin, Limerick, London and Mersea Island. We hope many of you will be able to join us for an event or take advantage of our new publication offers.


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      New title and launches for June: 

      This month sees the launch of Frank Dullaghan's debut poetry collection On the Back of the Wind - available now from the website. Frank will be reading from his new collection at a series of events and you are warmly invited to attend.

      Dublin Launch of On the Back of the Wind and Beneath the Deluge: 

      Tuesday, June 3rd @ 6.30p.m. Poetry Ireland in association with Cinnamon Press presents the launch of Beneath the Deluge by Catherine Brennan & On the Back of the Wind Frank Dullaghan, Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2

      Frank Dullaghan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and read Economics at University College Dublin.  He also holds an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing from Glamorgan University.  He was one of the main organisers of the Essex Poetry Festival and led the panel of judges for the Young Essex Poet of the Year competition.  For many years, Frank also edited Seam poetry journal.  

      'Frank Dullaghan's quietly spoken poems move between tenderness and terror with a humane warmth. They deal with the business of the world as experienced by a fully human being.  The language follows and embraces a wide range of affairs, touching on loved, known and dangerous things - the texture of experience - lightly, unfussily, with a lovely ear for the plain cadence that is, for most of us, the sweet-sad music of being alive.'

      George Szirtes

      Prize winning poet Catherine M Brennan was born in Dublin and now lives in London. In this, her debut collection, she brings together her finest work: fresh, distinctive and honed with an eye for form and an ear for exact language.

      'Beneath the Deluge is a deliciously sensuous first collection, exploring the nature, both physical and metaphorical, of earth and water, drought and flood. In powerfully physical and resonant imagery, water floods, courses, thunders, slants and bubbles through the poems, sweeping the reader along an elemental, passionate, but always beautifully balanced and controlled journey. This is writing which lodges in the body, under the skin and in the senses, 'rich with the scents/of crushed coriander, hot peanut oil/incense rising above traffic fumes.' Pound urged poets to 'Make it New;' Catherine Brennan has achieved this in a body of work which urges us to reflect on our relationships with nature, with catastrophe, with memory, and with our own bodies. ' 

      Catherine Smith  

      Frank will also be reading in Dublin and Limerick on Wednesday June 4th @ 1.15p.m. in Chapter's Bookshop, Dublin and @ 9pm @ Whitehouse poets White House Poetry Revival readings at the White House Pub, city centre. ( 52 O'Connell Street ) 


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      An invitation to: 

      Five Cinnamon Poets at Lauderdale House 

      Thursday June 12th 

      Frank Dullaghan; Judy Kendall; Nick Malone; Richard Marggraf Turley 

      & Jan Fortune-Wood. 

      8.00p.m. Thursday June 12th, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG; £5(£3 concs).

      Frank Dullaghan , whose poetry has appeared in many literary journals including Poetry Review, will be launching his debut collection, On the Back of the Wind. Originally from Ireland, Frank currently works in Dubai - as Sheenagh Pugh says, " Frank Dullaghan comes over as both different and familiar. Not many poets can tell you what it is like to be interviewed in New York for a high-powered City job.  He has a register of experience and references which is not quite like that of any other current poet I can think of. Yet in his poems about his father, and rooted in his Irish childhood, he speaks to memories and concerns we all share. In either world, his observant eye and exact language draw us in, creating sharp, fresh mind-pictures, like that of the swans being fed ("One Frozen Winter"), or the man in "Eden", calmly disorienting the city commuters by frying his breakfast on the train."

      Judy Kendall's first collection The Drier The Brighter has been widely acclaimed, with a poem from the collection in this year's Forward anthology. Philip Gross says of her poems that they, " demand that we make connections. .they invite both sensual associations and the enquiring mind. .what is left unsaid is rich with sharply-cut details. Like Edward Thomas, a presiding spirit in this book, she has the grounded sensibility of one who sees the world by walking." Judy lived and worked in Japan for several years before completing a PhD in Creative Writing and taking up a post at Salford University.

        Special congratulations to Judy who has also been awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship for the month of July for her poetry.

      Nick Malone , whose superb long narrative poem, Jason Smith's Nocturnal Opera, has recently featured in an innovative exhibition of words and images at the SW1 Gallery is a poet of enormous vision. In this second collection Malone's mastery of form and lyricism reaches new heights. We enter Jason's home for the course of one night and travel with him room by room on a journey of metamorphosis and discovery in which the boundaries of identity are challenged and re-defined. Intelligent, layered imagery; precise, visceral language and a hypnotic story make this an innovative poetry collection.

      Richard Marggraf Turley won the 2007 Keats-Shelley award and his first solo collection is The Fossil-Box, informed by preserved traces of things - forms, language, memory. John Barnie comments, "Whether exploring his ancestral Forest of Dean or the Ceredigion coast, Richard Marggraf Turley's poems are alert to the strata of human experience and the complex tracery that involves our lives with the natural world."

      Jan Fortune-Wood , editor at Cinnamon Press, is the author of three novels (A Good Life, Bluechrome 2005; Dear Ceridwen, Cinnamon, 2007 & The Standing Ground, Cinnamon, 2007) as well as a previous collection of poems (Particles of Life, Bluechrome, 2005). She will be reading from her poetry collection and from her forthcoming book, a novelised sequence of prose poems, Stale Bread & Miracles.

      rsvp: jan at cinnamonpress.com or just come along on June 12th

      If you can't make one of the launches Frank's book is available to order on the website along with the other great poetry titles featured in these readings.


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      Other June Events: 

      Wednesday 4th June - Poetry evening at Morden Tower, Back Stowell St, Newcastle, 8 p.m., free event. A fantastic line up of poets introduced by Colette Bryce, including Cinnamon poet, Joan Hewitt reading from Missing the Eclipse. (Joan will also be reading at Morpeth Central Library on July 10th)

      Thursday 5th June 2008 - Pulsar Poetry Evening, Goddard Arms, Clyffe Pypard, near Swindon, 8 pm until pub closing time. Guest Poet - Susan Richardson, author of Creatures of the Intertidal Zone. Plus open mic

      If you can't be in London on June 12th then there's also a chance to catch a Cinnamon reading in Devon - Dana Littlepage Smith will be reading from her enthralling collection, Black Elk Dances for Queen Victoria at the Plough Arts Centre. 

      On June 20th Jane McKie will be attending the final of the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Scottish Book of the Year awards at a ceremony at the Border's Festival hosted by Rory Bremnar. Jane's debut collection, Morocco Rococo, already scooped the prize for best first book of the year and at the festival one of the category winners will be announced as overall winner. Jane will be alongside such luminaries as Edwin Morgan so we're incredibly proud of her and delighted that Scottish Arts has recognised the brilliance of Morocco Rococo.


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      June book offers: 

      We have a fantastic selection great offers this month - Jane McKie's Morocco Rococo, winner of the best first book of the year in the Sundial Scottish Arts Council prize, is still on offer for only £6 inc p+p in the UK together with some of our newest poetry titles from Kentucky, Wales, Ireland and New Zealand:

      Joan Hewitt's tender, honest poetry tales in Missing the Eclipse, Kelly Moffett's achingly beautiful Waiting for a Warm Body to Fill It, Daniel Healy's crisp, refreshing Winter Lines, Lloyd Rees's finely observed, ironic Simple Arithmetic, Catherine Brennan's vibrant, sensuous Beneaththe Deluge,Iain Britton's precise, visceral Hauled Head First into a Leviathan and Frank Dullaghan's On the Back of the Wind - a distinctive voice already attracting attention for this debut collection.

      Or the best in new fiction:

      The fast-paced, compelling dialect novella, The Fugitive Three by Mike Jenkins, the multi-genre innovative novel by Kate North, Eva Shell, (with a limited number of signed copies available);the superb, gripping collection of microfictions, Dinner Time by Holly Howitt or Herbert Williams' award winning, funny, poignant novella, The Marionettes - all for only £6 per title inc p+p in the UK.


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      Envoi - celebrating 150 issues 

      Envoi 150 will be published next month - a gala edition of 112 pages (instead of the usual 96)

      Also to celebrate 150 issues of Envoi in June this year we have now launched the the Envoi bookclub - all subscribers to Envoi automatically belong to the bookclub - simply take out a subscription to Envoi if you don't already have one (£15 for three issues) and you will be entitled to receive 20% discount on all our books plus free post and packing when ordering by post using a cheque - that's only £6.40 for any poetry book and only £7.20 for any novel any time of the year (and of course you can also still take advantage of other special offers)

      In addition we now have a new reviews section of the Envoi website featuring excellent reviews from our talented team of poet-reviewers. Take a look at www.envoipoetry.com


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      Writing Opportunities from Cinnamon Press 

      With our publishing schedule full well into 2010, Cinnamon Press writing awards offer not only cash prizes, but the prospect of a publishing slot with a contract for first poetry collection/ first novel or novella and short stories. Previous winners and runners up have proven their quality not only in the competition, but by going on to critical acclaim and further awards - Jane McKie, only yesterday announced as Scottish book of the year best first book for Morocco Rococo; Ruth Leader's The Peacock Room shortlisted for best first poetry collection in the 2007 Jerwood Aldeburgh Prize and Bill Greenwell's Impossible Objects shortlisted for best first collection in the Forward prize. Some of our best novels, like How to Marry the Dead and Marilyn and Me, came through the competition as well as our first ever novella, The Marionettes and there are more brilliant new novels and novellas in the pipe lines from recent competitions. So why not submit your work.

      Cinnamon Press Novel/la Writing Award: 

      first prize -£400 + publishing contract for debut novel of 50 - 80,000 words. Or debut novella of 20 - 45,000 words (adult or teen novels/novellas) Entries by post + sae. Submit first 10,000 words. Separate sheet - name, address, email, working title, nom de plume, novel/la word count. Five finalists submit full novel/la & receive appraisal. Deadline - 30th June 2008. Entry - £16 per novel/la.

      Cinnamon Press Poetry Collection Award: 

      first prize -£100 & publishing contract for first collection. Runners up published in anthology. Entries by post + sae. Submit 10 poems up to 40 lines. Sep arate sheet with name, address, email, collection title, nom de plume. Three finalists submit further 10 poems, any length. Deadline - 30th June 2008. Entry - £16 per collection, includes free copy of winners' anthology.

      Cinnamon Press Short Story Aw ard: 

      first prize -£100 & publication. Up to ten runners up stories' published in winners' anthology. Entries by post + sae. Up to Length 2,000 - 4,000 words. Sep arate sheet - name, address, email, working title, nom de plume. Deadline - 30th June 2008. Entry - £16 per story, includes free copy of winners' anthology.

      Full details www.cinnamonpress.com


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      Other writing opportunities 

      Poetry in your inbox : Oxford Brookes' Poetry Centre has launched a new initiative: a Weekly Poem. Its aim is to bring contemporary poetry to a wider audience by emailing a weekly poem direct to peoples' inboxes. The participating presses range from the smaller and newer to the larger and more established, providing access to a range of new poetry and voices: Anvil Press, Bloodaxe, Cinnamon, Enitharmon, Heaventree Press, Landfill, Peterloo Poets and Salt Publishing. Details and sign up to get a new poem each week at http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/poetry/weeklypoem. 

      Events at the Ceridwen Centre: 

      Room To Write: Spiel Unlimited will be running a series of courses at the beautiful Ceridwen Centre in Carmarthenshire during 2008. www.ceridwencentre.co.uk The courses are multi-genre with a variety of exercises, discussions, readings etc and are led by Marcus Moore and Sara- Jane Arbury. Course dates are Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June and Friday 26 - Sunday 28 September. For full details phone 01285 640470 or email courses at spiel.wanadoo.co.uk

      Fire in the Belly is a retreat for women at the Ceridwen centre with time to 

      Reflect, dream, breathe, relax, vision, talk, listen, be, create, release and realise. Three nights full board cost £144 plus a donation of £45 -£150 to Jules Heaven who will be leading the retreat. Full details: jules at sagesandwisewomen.comwww.julesheavens.com

      KUDOS (formerly Competitions Bulletin) lists all the latest writing competitions and opportunities in six issues each year. A free sample of a back issue can be emailed as a pdf file. Details of around 250,000 pounds in prize money each issue. At least 50 competitions for poetry, around 40 for short stories. Plus collections, anthologies, playwriting, non fiction, books etc. Only 2.50 per issue; 6 issues: 15 pounds; Cheques to Carole Baldock: 17 Greenhow Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 5EL

      carolebaldock at hotmail.comwww.kudoswriting.wordpress.com

      The New Writer magazine: Prose and Poetry Prizes 2008
      for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July. Closing date 30 November.Further information including guidelines and entry fees at - http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm

      The New Writer : the contemporary writing magazine which publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry is published bi-monthly, annual sub £27.00 (UK), £33.00 (Europe airmail), £37.50 (Rest of World airmail).  Big reductions for 2 and 3 year subs - see website http://www.thenewwriter.com/subscribe.htm For a free recent back copy of the magazine send 2 x first class stamps (UK) or 5 International Reply Coupons (Overseas) to: The New Writer, PO Box 60, Cranbrook, TN17 2ZR.


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      We're offering each recipient of the Cinnamon Press newsletter a copy of the latest edition of The Reader completely free if you take out a subscription - for anyone you know that is passionate about reading! This means that instead of four issues for £24, you get five - a saving of nearly 30%. For further details about how to subscribe visit our website at www.thereader.co.uk, send us an email to readers at liv.ac.uk, or call us in the office on 0151 794 2830. Please quote 'Cinnamon Press' in your correspondence to ensure you get your free copy.

      Inspiring Wells: A 5-day Workshop led by Mimi Khalvati in Nafplion, Greece. SEPTEMBER 15 - 20, 2008. The Muses were originally regarded as the nymphs of inspiring wells and here, in the spectacular ambience of Naffplion, we shall draw inspiration for writing new poems and consider the relationship of the many different voices of poetry: the speaking voice, the voice in the inner ear, the reading voice, the voice in action, the voice in song and the silent voice. Contact: Margaret Eddershaw. Tel. +30 27520 21855 sturgess at naf.forthnet.gr 
     


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