NEXT TO NOTHING and THIS WAS MEANT TO BE A STORY published by Beir Bua Press

It’s exciting news! My poems NEXT TO NOTHING and THIS WAS MEANT TO BE A STORY have been published by the wonderful experimental publisher Beir Bua Press. The poems were among the winners of the 2021 Laurence Sterne Prize, which was a big honour and they are now available to buy online through the press. There’s also an online launch event on Friday 28th January 2022 at which I will read extracts of my poems alongside this month’s other Beir Bua published poets.

Here’s some praise for the book:

“A real testing of linguistic registers, an intricate living archive of cultural and literary references and a stunning hybrid, theoretical lyric assemblage of poetic essays, prose poems and close readings.”

• Agnes Lehoczky; poet, academic and translator, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield. Recent publications: Swimming Pool (Shearsman), Wretched Strangers (Boiler House). 

“Mark Lindsey’s compelling essay poems effortlessly inhabit the shadowy interstice between fiction, journalism and philosophy.  Delightfully random yet chillingly relevant.”

• A J Moore; author, m(p)atriarchive beir bua press.

“Mark Lindsey’s hybrid text seduces readers with magnificent storytelling; while questioning writing’s disinformational public-relations trickery with superb, unsettling comic brio.”

• Adam Piette; Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Sheffield, co-editor of the international poetry journal Blackbox Manifold with Alex Houen.

If you want to buy a copy of the book, click here: https://beirbuapress.com/2022/01/24/next-to-nothing-and-this-was-meant-to-be-a-story-by-mark-lindsey/

To book a free ticket for the launch event on Friday 28th January follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beir-bua-press-launch-tickets-242453062637

Mark Lindsey