Episode 36 of The Penteract Podcast. For the final episode of series one, Anthony Etherin interviews Clara Daneri, discussing Clara’s interest in combining traditional and digital media, her experience as a publisher for Penteract Press, and the future of both Penteract Press and The Penteract Podcast. Listen to episodes of The Penteract Podcast on YouTube, and please consider subscribing to Anthony’s channel. Follow this podcast on Twitter and discover more about Penteract Press by...

Episode 35 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Michelle Moloney King of Beir Bua Press. Topics of conversation include small press publishing, the British and Irish avantgarde, hypnosis and meditation, and defying poetic labels. Visit Beir Bua press here. Follow this podcast on Twitter. Discover more about Penteract Press by visiting our website and our Twitter. And, if you like what you hear, please consider supporting this series via...

Episode 34 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Helen Mitchell, organiser of the Small Publishers Fair — an annual fair of books by artists, writers, poets, composers, and book designers — held at Conway Hall, London. This episode focuses on the history, present, and future of the Small Publishers Fair, which is entirely online this year, owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Follow the Small Publishers Fair on Twitter. Follow this podcast on...

Episode 33 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan, host of BBC Radio 3’s The Verb. In this episode, Anthony and Ian discuss, poems, puns, podcasting, and pithering, as well as their fascinations with wordplay and Twitter. Listen to The Verb here. Follow this podcast on Twitter. Discover more about Penteract Press by visiting our website and our Twitter. And, if you like what you hear, please consider...

Episode 32 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Tom Jenks. In this episode, Anthony and Tom discuss poetic constraint, humour in poetry, and the material qualities of language, as they launch Pack My Box With Five Dozen Liquor Jugs, a pangrammatic novel written by Tom Jenks and Catherine Vidler. Follow this podcast on Twitter. Discover more about Penteract Press by visiting our website and our Twitter. And, if you like what you hear,...

Episode 31 of The Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring an interview with poets Astra Papachristodoulou and Steven J Fowler. In this episode, Steven and Astra discuss the  European Poetry Festival (curated by Steven), Astra's recent Text-Isles exhibition in Rhodes, and European poetry in general. Listen to Steven's poem "How Like Muanis, How Like Astra" here. Purchase Astra's Penteract Press book  Inside Ocean Größt’s Time Capsule. Purchase Steven's...

Episode 30 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Sacha Archer. In this episode, Anthony and Sacha discuss the relationship between poetic traditions and radical experimentalism, the purpose of poetry, and Sacha’s new Penteract Press chapbook, Jung Origami. Experience Sacha’s “event poems” on his YouTube Channel. Purchase Jung Origami from the Penteract Press store. Discover more about Penteract Press by visiting our website and our...

Episode 29 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with visual poet Derek Beaulieu. In this episode, Derek discusses his poetic practice, the potential and range of poetry, and the importance of small press publishing. Learn more about Derek's work by visiting his website, http://derekbeaulieu.wordpress.com Discover more about Penteract Press by visiting our website and our Twitter. And, if you like what you hear, please consider supporting this...

Episode 28 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with composer, poet, podcaster, and YouTuber Samuel Andreyev. In this episode, Anthony asks Samuel about his creative practice and about creativity more generally: What does it take to be an artist? What is the point of being an artist? How should one go about living an artist's life? Check out Samuel's various websites here and his YouTube channel here. Discover more about Penteract Press...

Episode 27 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast — a special episode for the launch of Penteract Press's summer books: Slate Petals (and Other Wordscapes) by Anthony Etherin, Untravelling by Mary Frances, and The Kazimir Effect by Christian  Bök. In this episode, Anthony Etherin, Mary Frances, and Christian Bök — joined by Clara Daneri —  discuss their new books in detail, exploring the similarities and differences shared among them. This podcast is the second of two Summer Launch episodes —...

Episode 26 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast — a special episode, presented by Clara Daneri, and featuring Anthony Etherin answering questions asked to him via Twitter at the end of 2020. Topics include the hows and whys of constrained poetry / formal poetry and small press poetry publishing.  This podcast is the first of two special episodes launching Penteract Press’s summer list — which includes Anthony’s second full-length collection, Slate Petals (and Other Wordscapes). Join us on...

Episode 25 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and with guests Christian Bök, Pedro Poitevin, and Nick Montfort. This is a special panel episode, featuring a discussion of the relationship between poetry and STEM, in particular mathematical and constraint-based poetry, biological poetry, and computational poetry. The conversation includes mention of Christian Bök's The Xenotext Book 1, Nick Montfort's Golem, and Anthony Etherin's The Utu Sonnets. Learn more about...

Episode 24 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and with guests Kate Siklosi, Gregory Betts, and Nasser Hussain.    This is a special panel episode, featuring a discussion of the past, present, and future of experimental poetry in Canada.  Topics include bpNichol and The Four Horsemen, Conceptualism, and the historic Text/Sound/Performance conference held in Dublin, April 2019 (which was coordinated by Gregory Betts). Discover more about Penteract...

Episode 23 of the Penteract Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring an interview with Lori Wike and Mark Saltveit, about the history, present, and future of palindromes in literature and music.    Read about the Sator Square...

Episode 22 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring an interview with Johanna Drucker, Amanda Earl, and Joakim Norling (of Timglaset Editions).  This is a special episode, in support of “Judith”, an...

Episode 21 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with visual poet Astra Papachristodoulou. In this episode, Anthony and Astra discuss object poems, neo-futurism, exhibitions and Astra's work with Poem...

Episode 20 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Luke Bradford.This a special episode, for the launch of Luke's book "Zoolalia", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 20th February, 2021.Join...

Episode 19 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Franco Cortese.This a special episode, for the launch of Franco's book "Lip", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 20th February, 2021.Join...

Episode 18 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri, and featuring a visual poetry panel discussion, with guests Laura Kerr, Rachel Smith, and Derek Beaulieu.  Topics of conversation include the status of visual poetry...

Episode 17 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet Ken Hunt. In this episode, Anthony and Ken discuss the relationship between science and poetry, paying particular attention to Ken’s three books,...

Episode 16 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with Christian Bök, author of Eunoia and winner of the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize.In this episode — Christian’s second interview for the podcast — Anthony...

Episode 15 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, and the second of a series in which Penteract's Anthony Etherin and Clara Daneri together interview fellow small press publishers. In this episode, Kate Siklosi and Dani Spinosa discuss their work with...

Episode 14 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet... novelist... musician... (etc.) Gary Barwin.This a special episode, for the launch of Gary's book "Ampers&thropocene", published by...

Episode 13 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet John Bevis.This a special episode, for the launch of John's book "Letter-Winged Kite", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 1st August,...

Episode 12 of the Penteract Poetry Podcast, hosted by Anthony Etherin, and featuring an interview with poet and artist Richard Biddle.This a special episode, for the launch of Richard's book "Consciousness", published by Penteract Press on Saturday 25th...