September 3, 2011
I should have learned from last year, but I didn't - the announcement of the September sale resulted in a huge, immediate demand. But I have now managed to fulfil all the orders that came in during the first two days. Sadly, or happily, the previously unknown cache of Barbara Guest books is no longer available, selling out more quickly than anything else. Other stocks are depleting fast. I may put some additional items into the sale to keep it going - watch this space (or the space this links to). This is an encouraging fillip to Reality Street's cashflow, and will help fund the remaining three new titles of the year, all at a late stage of production.
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : Reality Street
August 31, 2011
This year's Reality Street sale takes place in the month of September. It's a chance to get your hands on some treasures from the past at bargain prices. Go to the sale page to find out more and to buy books. If you can't or won't buy online, and are in, or within reach of London, Reality Street will be at Free Verse, the Poetry Book Fair, on Saturday 24 September at Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE, where a selection of sale items will be available. There will also be short readings at that ev... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : Reality Street
August 24, 2011
I have never been very successful at collaborative writing. My few attempts at joint composition of poetry have not yielded much fruit, so I'm fascinated when other poets and writers do it. Perhaps I'm too much of a control freak in my writing; though it has to be said that collaboration in this area isn't that prevalent, and there may be good reasons for this. Interscriptions, jointly credited to John Hall and Peter Hughes, and just published by the Knives Forks & Spoons Press, may be a speci... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : visual art
July 27, 2011
The ripples created by The Reality Street Book of Sonnets are still spreading nearly three years after its publication. Robert Sheppard has just concluded a 14-part on-line dissertation on "The Innovative Sonnet Sequence" which is in large part an extended review of this excellent volume. I'm not sure it adds a great deal to Jeff Hilson's exemplary introduction to the anthology, but it's worth reading nonetheless. The anthology is not as readily available in the US as I would like, and I am c... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : Reality Street
July 18, 2011
The announcement of the shortlist for this year's Forward Prize for Poetry has given me the second big laugh of the week, following former Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Andy Hayman's Arthur Daley impression at the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee last Tuesday. Goodness knows I need all the laughs I can get while I'm cooped up here with my left leg in plaster. Thanks, guys.If the hacking scandal has, temporarily at least, exposed the corruption at the very top of Britis... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : writing
July 5, 2011
It's been confirmed that Reality Street poets James Davies and Carol Watts will be on the last programme in the current series of The Verb (BBC Radio 3), to be transmitted on Friday 15 July at 10:00pm BST. Listen out for them! Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : Reality Street
June 30, 2011
I am presently incapacitated - ruptured my left Achilles tendon on the tennis court yesterday morning. I was just going for a cross-court ball, and as I took off I was startled by what felt as though someone had whacked me on the back of the ankle with a tennis racket. I ended up on the floor. When I tried to get up, I couldn't - there was a spooky lack of pain, but a numb sensation from my calf to my ankle. As though my upper leg had become disconnected from my foot, which in a sense it had.... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : undetermined
June 26, 2011
James Davies' Plants and Carol Watts' Occasionals have now been published and met with a gratifying response, including already a couple of online reviews of James' book and many viewings of the launch videos on YouTube. There have been a couple of glitches sending copies out directly from the printers to Reality Street's currently over 70 Supporters, but I hope they have mostly been resolved by now. 
Right now, I'm working on production of Leopold Haas' The Raft, in some ways one of the strang... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : Reality Street
June 14, 2011
Just heard that both the authors of Reality Street's most recent books will be on The Verb, BBC Radio 3's weekly programme about the written and spoken word. James Davies will be reading some of his "Unmades" from Plants, and Carol Watts, author of Occasionals, will interview him on air.The programme is scheduled to be recorded on Thursday 7 July - transmission date to be confirmed.More soon! Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : Reality Street
June 4, 2011
 The band I play in - The Moors - did a festival gig in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, on Sunday 29 May, and a friend of ours videoed it. There are four videos on YouTube now, encompassing five of our numbers. And the band has just succumbed to the Facebook plague, so do visit us there.Please "like" us if you can - we only had eleven fans as of this morning, and we definitely have more than that!And/or find out more about us on our website.I'm going to be away from this blog for about a week, but wi... Continue reading...
Posted by Ken Edwards. Posted In : music
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About me
| Ken Edwards |
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I'm the editor and publisher of Reality Street, and a writer and musician.
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