Gary Cummiskey reading at Off the Wall

 

Gary Cummiskey is a poet, short story writer and publisher living in Johannesburg. He is the author of several poetry chapbooks and collections, the latest being Somewhere else (Graffiti, Kolkata, 2024). In 2009 he published Who was Sinclair Beiles?, a compilation of writings about the South African Beat poet, co-edited with Eva Kowalska. A revised and expanded edition was published in 2014. His short fiction collection Off-ramp was a finalist for the 2014 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award. From 2014 to 2016 he was editor of New Coin, one of South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious poetry journals.

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What you see (when you're not there)

 

For your pleasure

 

Pravasan Pillay's Curry and Bread now in production

Pravasan Pillay’s new book, Curry and Bread, is now in production!

Blending memoir, humour, lists, slices of life, and vignettes into a layered collage, Curry and Bread is an offbeat exploration of the food and foodways of working-class South African Indians – as well as Pillay's own food memories.

Watch this space!

Strictly confidential

 

For your eyes only

 

Don't forget to telephone God on bandcamp!

 

Great news -- I telephoned God, a 40-minute recording of Gary Cummiskey reading a selection of his poetry and released by Sloow Tapes in Belgium, is now available for download on Bandcamp.

Check it out here.

Outside the cave available from Clarke's in Cape Town

 

Outside the cave: selected poems by Gary Cummiskey, is still available from Clarke's Bookstore or directly from the publisher at cummiskeyg@gmail.com.

Selected and introduced by Kobus Moolman. 162 pages. Selected poems from 1990 to 2020.

Before a word is said

                                                                            

 

Clarke's has ordered more copies of He Said/ /She Said

 

Clarke's in Cape Town has just ordered more copies of Kobus Moolman's He Said/ /She Said and I am now out of stock!

He Said/ /She Said is a limited edition of 120 numbered copies. So if you don't have a copy, you had best order from Clarke's soon.

Coded cushion cycle

 

Somewhere else in hand

Nice to see Saloni Pandey holding a copy of my latest poetry collection, Somewhere else, published by the late Subhankar Das's press, Grafitti, in Kolkata, India.

The cover art, and cover design, is by UK artist Paul Warren.

Mellow me

 

To be continued

 

Off-ramp in England

Nice to see that UK artist Paul Warren was able to obtain a copy of my short story collection Off-ramp from 2013, which was a finalist in the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award the following year.

Copies of Off-ramp are available from Dye Hard Press at R140 a copy, including courier to your door (regret South Africa only). Email cummiskeyg@gmail.com to order. 

The galaxy waits for me