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Hello, I'm Generation Txt. I'm a book. I feature six of the best young poets in the UK. You can buy me at Amazon , at selected bookshops nationwide: London Review Bookshop; Arnolfini, Bristol; Mostly Books, Abingdon; Dulwich Books; Huckleberry's, Blandford Forum. Alternatively, buy direct from us for just £6.99 using the button below.
GENERATION TXT THE NATIONAL TOUR
In a virtual world of Blogs, iPods and txt-speak, six of the UK’s most gifted young writers sound off. Based on the acclaimed anthology of new poetry, Generation Txt presents dynamic performances from Joe Dunthorne, Inua Ellams, Laura Forman, Abigail Oborne, Emma McGordon and James Wilkes.
Experience literature from the frontline in a whirlwind journey from scars to scrap-bins; from tea smuggling to suicide. Hailed by distinguished poet and critic Roddy Lumsden as ‘a vital cross-section of the poetry that will progress and flourish’, Generation Txt is a must-see event for anyone interested in the future of literature.
Hand-picked from a nationwide search for writing talent between the ages of 16 and 30, the line-up includes former Northern Young Writer of the Year Emma McGordon and celebrated performance poet Inua Ellams, as well as Joe Dunthorne, whose debut novel Submarine has been snapped up by Penguin. Natural Sciences graduate Laura Forman, creative writing student Abigail Oborne and experimental poet and text artist James Wilkes complete the bill.
The show comprises multimedia and live readings, blending sharp observation, dark humour and lyrical fire in an alchemy of imagination. Prepare to be amazed, amused and desperate to Blog it all up afterwards!
'Generation Txt looks at all points of poetry's star and is less concerned with the middle ground, which makes this selection of young writers more vital and a truer cross-section of the poetry that will progress and flourish.' Roddy Lumsden
'This collection is a creative ideas manual ... replete with offbeat and tangential work. These six young poets are joyfully working with Ezra Pound's dictum to 'make it new' and doing it with extreme effervescence.' Jo Klaces, Times Educational Supplement
'A reassuring voice that British poetry is alive, kicking and relevant, for some time to come.' Ian Seed, Stride
'Good news for poetry' Richard Morrison, The Times
'full of ambition and spark [...] let us hope Generation Txt is remembered as the starting point of some dazzling poetic careers' Clare Pollard, Rising
'[Generation Txt] points to rude health amongst the youngsters on the poetry scene ... and offers alternatives to the tedium of the current crop of mainstream not-so-bright stars. Young poets should get their hands on it' Simon Turner, Gists and Piths
'I couldn't find the txt msg sonnet my bile had been longing for.' David Bowden, Culture Wars
Supported by Arts Council England
