The lock is in the sky

 

Directions

 

Walk through

 

In Naked Field in England

British artist Paul Warren bought a copy of In Naked Field and writes: 'I have just read In Naked Field. Great stuff. You have a rare thing, originality. 'Fish supper' and 'Inside' really struck me. A really impressive collection.'

In Naked Field is published by Concrete Meat Press, in Leicester, England. Poems by Gary Cummiskey and cover collage by Bruno Sourdin.

Sinclair Beiles and the Beat Generation

A new article about Sinclair Beiles has been published in New Frame, and Who was Sinclair Beiles?, which was published by Dye Hard Press, gets a mention.

The article starts: The 1950s were a tumultuous time for an Australian criminal and con artist called William Lindsay Pearson. An array of jewels was stolen from Brenthurst, the Johannesburg estate of the Oppenheimer family, founders of the Anglo American mining giant, in 1955. This treasure was, ultimately, derived from political connections to the apartheid state and the exploitation of Black workers.  ... read more.

Coming soon: Outside the cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey

 

Busy checking the proofs of Outside the cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey. Poems from 1990 to 2019, selected and introduced by Kobus Moolman.

168 pages.

ISBN 978-0-9869982-8-7

Looking back

 

With the safety off ... just three copies left!

There are just three copies left of this controversial novel by the late Graeme Feltham. Email dyehardpress@iafrica.com for order details.

 

Don't fall down

 

In the world

 

Gus Ferguson's rich contribution to poetry, by Gary Cummiskey

Gus Ferguson reading in 2016. Photo: Louis Reynolds 

With his sense of humour, generosity and humility, the late poet, cartoonist and publisher inspired and mentored others to assume the mantle of getting poems out to readers.

I can’t remember how I first heard about the late Gus Ferguson, or got hold of his work number at the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa in Cape Town. I had no idea that he was a director there. As an aspiring poet, with two published poems and eager to get a full collection out, I had assumed the number was for the poetry publisher Snailpress. This was mid-1993. 

Far from being furious about my calling him at his employer, Gus immediately sounded warm and friendly. He explained that Snailpress was a small, home-publishing venture and that he already had several books in the pipeline. However, he mentioned that he did publish a small poetry magazine called Slugnews. More.

 

The universe is listening

 

Remembering Electric Juice

 

Electric Juice, published by Dye Hard Press in 2000, contained work by, among others, the late Gus Ferguson, who passed on last month.

Thunder on the highway in Kolkata

 

Thunder on the highway has finally reached poet and publisher Subhankar Das in Kolkata, India - that certainly makes me feel more hopeful about the other copies I sent overseas months ago!

Summer alternative

 

She-bird dances