As many of you know, during the course of the Reading Rooms events, sound artist James Bulley and I have been recording the poets reading their work. These audio archives were made using field recording equipment and took place in the Reading Rooms themselves.
Over the next five days, as a Christmas gift, the vast majority* of this audio archive will be uploaded on to the blog through Soundcloud sets. I cannot tell you how much of a joy and a privilege it has been working with the poets, and my good friend James, on this project.
Enjoy!
30th June 2011: readers from Clinic II
28th July 2011: readers from Stop Sharpening Your Knives 4
29th September 2011: readers from Days of Roses
27th October 2011: readers from Silkworms Ink
24th November 2011: readers from Like Starlings
* – these recordings were made on the night of each reading in an adjacent room to the bar, therefore, due to the inherent frivolity of being in a bar, some of the recordings had too much background noise to be uploaded. Both Selected Poems and the V&A are taking steps to prevent this in the future.
