Alan Finlay to read at The Red Wheelbarrow

Dye Hard Press poet Alan Finlay will read from new poems at The Red Wheelbarrow this evening. Dye Hard Press has published the following collections by Alan Finlay: Burning Aloes, The Red Laughter of Guns in Green Summer Rain (with Philip Zhuwao), pushing from the riverbank and The cactus of a bright sky.

 

Dye Hard Press author Alan Finlay to read on The Red Wheelbarrow

 Dye Hard Press author Alan Finlay is to read on The Red Wheelbarrow on 28 March 2024. Alan is the author of poetry collections such as Burning aloes, The Red Laughter of Guns in the Green Summer Rain (with Philip Zhuwao), pushing from the riverbank and The cactus of a bright sky, of which were published by Dye Hard Press.  

Forthcoming publication from Dye Hard Press: pushing from the riverbank by Alan Finlay

ISBN: 978-0-620-48421-3

A new collection of 20 poems by one of South Africa's most innovative poets. 44 pages.

Publication scheduled for the end of October.
Price and availability to be confirmed.

Previous titles by Alan Finlay include Burning Aloes (Dye Hard Press, 1994) No Free Sleeping (with Vonani Bila and Donald Parenzee) (Botsotso, 1998) and The Red Laughter of Guns in Green Summer Rain (with Philip Zhuwao), published by Dye Hard Press in 2002. In 2003 he co-edited with Arja Salafranca glass jars among trees, an alternative anthology of poetry and prose, published by Jacana.

He founded and edited the literary publications Bleksem (1994) donga, with Paul Wessels (2000) and was editor of New Coin poetry journal from 2003 to 2007.

The Red Laughter of Guns in Green Summer Rain - Philip Zhuwao & Alan Finlay

Published by Dye Hard Press in 2002 (out of print).