Witches Brew is an interactive boxset of sensory spells and poetic hexes for aspiring sorcerers to play with. In this handmade, limited edition collection you will find six ingredients – Passion; Kindness; Well-being; Affection; Negativity; Hate. Inside the book, you will find a guide to all the spells that a skilled witch can cast while […]
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Um Poema Errante / A Wandering Poem is the printed collaboration between travelling poet Christian Marques and visual interpreter Angharad Hengyu Owen. The text is a bi-disciplinary re-exploration of an eight-month journey across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, covering roughly 11’500 km by land, unearthing one poem a day. Presented in English and Portuguese, the book […]
Colliding Lines are now open to expressions of interest for our 2021 publishing programme. We invite writers to pitch works which re-imagine printed literature as a conversation between text, form and design; particularly any work with potential to extend beyond the page into other mediums such as audio, performance or film. Selected works will be […]
To celebrate the launch of our experimental art shop we created a labyrinth of interactive storytelling entitled Tall Tales Lab(yrinth). Inside, the audience finds a maze of one-on-one interactions, micro-immersive poetry experiences, film screenings and insular, standalone interventions by some of our favourite artists. As they move deeper into the Labyrinth, the audience become the story; experiences and […]
Haiku To Fuck To is an anthology that celebrates sexuality and the human body. Between its covers you are invited to explore the many facets of sex, sensuality and the imperfect… The 52 haiku contained within play with themes of intimacy, gender, romance and societal views, and are presented on a backdrop of illustrations, artwork and photography – […]
Dancing in Code is an experimental performance exploring concealment, paranoia and distorted perception. Using dance, sound art and live film, performers pass coded messages across artforms, choreographing one another from the others’ blind spot. Using a pre-set series of rules, each party attempts to communicate with each other, whilst the others infiltrate, manipulate and distort […]
As a prelude to our EP Poetry & Piano, Nikki Marrone, Ups Suppa and Tim Knight met with Matt Widgery to improvise soundtracks to some of their spoken word performances. Filmed in 2016, the sessions formed the framework that led to the EP becoming a recording project. As is true with the studio sessions, the […]
We’re incredibly excited to share news of a(white)void, an upcoming poetry publication from Tim Knight, one of our favourite Cambridge creatives. If poets were musicians, this collection would be an limited edition EP rather than an album; a self-contained, beautifully presented object for you to collect and keep. It’s due to land in your hands as either booklet or boxset, and while we’re not […]
Abi Palmer and writer / mycologist Nathan Smith present Exploring The Fungarium: Poetry, Form and Fungus, a day-long experimental poetry workshop at Kew Gardens. From penicillin to porcini, disease to detergent, the world of fungi contains an extraordinarily diverse range of treasure. But for a kingdom with so much interaction with humanity, it is remarkably […]
Developed by Abi Palmer, Alchemy is an interactive poetry experience for you to play at home. Based upon Robert Boyle’s challenge to classical Alchemy in 1661, the set invites you to experiment with different combinations of physical and poetic elements. What reactions will you discover? Each set includes four elemental poem cards, four chambers filled […]