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57's recent production programme has involved lots of new content for the iPoems system - www.ipoems.org.uk - & Poetry Video Jukebox system - www.poetryvideo.jukebox - including new films & recordings featuring Iain Sinclair, Billy Childish, Clare Pollard, Imtiaz Dharker & Paul Farley - among others - plus newly commissioned flash-poems from Lemn Sissay & Jean 'Binta' Breeze working in collaboration with the poet & animator Peter Howard - as well as other special items
For full details see www.57productions.com - where you can download from the electronic catalogue, buy CDS &/or sign-up for the FREE one month trial of our streaming subscription service
In Autumn 2008 we release new recordings on the iPoems system from Lorna Goodison, Shamshad Kahn, Jacob Sam-La Rose, Mark Gwynne Jones, Paul Llyals & Cecil Rajendra - with more t.b.a.
Clair Pollard interview

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57's touring programme for 2008 has taken in all reaches of the UK & abroad - the highlights of which include:
Patience Agbabi - marking the launch of her new collection 'Bloodshot Monochrome' from Canongate - also the release of new & selected recordings on the iPoems system - www.ipoems.org.uk . The Independent on Sunday has described her work as 'thrilling, with a multi-dimensional richness'
A new recording - 'What's Black, White and Red All Over?' - has just been installed on the Poetry Jukebox - www.poetryjukebox.com - STILL FREE! - check it out!
In 2008 Patience has already graced stages in Aberdeen, Liverpool, London - inc. the Southbank's Spirit Level programme & the Soho Writers Theatre - & in Summer appears at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In Autumn she undertakes an extensive UK tour inc. the Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, Manchester Literature Festival, Essex Poetry Festival, Ilkley Literature Festival, Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Sheffield 'Off the Shelf' Festival, plus... please see the www.57productions.com - Event section - for more details. In Autumn Patience also presents a special programme to mark National Poetry Day for BBC Radio 4
Adrian Mitchell has been working on a new collection - Tell Me Lies - due from Bloodaxe Books in 2009, plus a newly commissioned autobiography. In 2008 he has undertaken residencies in St. Andrews, for StAnza & the Shetland's, Scotland, plus performances for the Redbridge Book and Media Festival & the Soho Writers Theatre, London
In Summer Adrian headlined the Poetry Tent at the remarkable Latitude Festival, Suffolk - receiving a standing ovation. In Autumn he can be caught at the Manchester Literature Festival, among others, & will be featured on BBC Radio 's 'Bespoken Word' series

An Interview with Ian McMillan

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An Interview with Peter Finch

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iPoems features artists such as John Hegley, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Benjamin Zephaniah, Adrian Mitchell, Zena Edwards & Michael Rosen,
plus new & rare recordings by, for example, Christopher Logue, Liz Lochhead & Kamau Brathwaite - who premiers a sequence of entirely new recordings entitled PRAISE POEMS - along-side previously unheard works from a host of writers & performers including extant material only available to iPoems

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In 2008 Jean 'Binta' Breeze has been working on a new sequence of poems for young people concerning gang culture, knives & guns - as a response to the increasing tensions in inner city environments throughout the UK. She has also been working with users of the Mental Health service of the NHS

Jean's performance programme has taken in events at the Soho Writers Theatre & Cargo, London for Apples & Snakes - promoting their new 'twofive' album release - on which Jean is featured in collaboration with dub-reggae maestro Dennis Bovell - available through the 57 CD catalogue

In Summer Jean appears at The Big Chill Festival, Herefordshire & the Phased & Confused Summer Sundae programme in Leicester - delivering a newly commissioned performance piece. In Autumn 2008 she appears in Sheffield, Darlington & London & undertakes a tour of South Africa

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We launch the iPoems system with 3 very different & very special flash-poetry animations - especially commissioned by iPoems
The first featured poems are by Patience Agbabi, Peter Finch & Tom Leonard - & they represent a collaboration with the poet & flash-animator Peter Howard
Streaming access to the flash-poems is provided through registration to the iPoems system or you can simply use our download service

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Record Label: 57 Productions
Type of Label: Indie

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