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Alchemy: from poem to song
Setting of “Mother of Pearl” for voice, trombone and cello by Lisa Stick I first met music educator and singer, Audrey Bashore, when she taught my son at the Kindermusik early years music studio in Hamburg. A few years later, Audrey asked me if I'd be interested in collaborating with her and jazz composer Lisa Stick to turn one of my…
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Is it worth doing a special launch edition?
The launch of your book is a big deal. Is it worth creating a limited edition for the launch? I hummed and hahed about this for ages, but in the end I decided to do it. I had a few reasons: design compromises happened in the production phase and I never loved the way the book looked. Maybe that was mere vanity. One other reason…
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Dream Houses launch, Hamburg
We launched Dream Houses a year ago at the Lesesaal Bookshop and Café in the heart of Hamburg. Thank you again to all the people who came along. Also Stefanie, Wolf and Massimo for the beautiful space, to Audrey, Ruben and Lisa for the music, to Hugh for his reading, to Caitlin for the Mihi, Theo for just being, Geraldine for the aroha, Andrés for…
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DREAM HOUSES Launch at Lesesaal Bookshop & Cafe
DREAM HOUSES will be launched at the stunning Lesesaal Bookshop and Café in the heart of Hamburg, on 25 October at 19:30. Come along and celebrate the occasion with me and my creative friends over drinks and snacks! In honour of the occasion a special edition of the book will be on sale. LOCATION &…
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Goethe Institute Interview 2/2
This is a slightly truncated version of the interview I did with Romanian poet, Iowa alumnus, journalist and publisher Andra Rotaru about writerly attraction and literary crushes. Part one is all over this page here. PART TWO ANDRA ROTARU (AR): What are the literary and artistic tendencies that you are attracted to? TSS: I think…
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Goethe Institute Interview 1/2
In 2017 it was my privilege to be an invited guest of the European Poetry Biennale at Transilvania University in the gorgeous Romanian city of Brasov. It was a truly game-changing experience for me; from being approached for an autograph by a shy young woman with dazzling blue eye shadow in the local kebab shop, to walking the foothills of the Carpathian mountains with hungover…
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DREAM HOUSES poetry collection
With a foreword by acclaimed Australian poet Judith Beveridge, DREAM HOUSES is 🌱 “an assured, accomplished and absorbing first collection, by turns earthy and sensual, savvy and strikingly perceptive, strikingly apt.” David Brooks Anchored in bodily experience, the poems in this 65-page collection investigate memory, intimacy and belonging in a “fresh and incisive” way. Order now from Kelsay Books or