RAG PICKING IN THE CITY’S ARSE at D-Unit
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A event on Saturday 10th February. The event starts at 19:30.


RAG PICKING IN THE CITY’S ARSE:
D-Unit, Durnford St, Ashton Gate, Bristol BS3 2AW,
Doors at 7:00pm for 7:30pm start, £4

Join us for a evening of Poetry to mark the publication of ‘Beyond All The Graves of Yesterday’ by Paul Sims & ‘I Am A Man Harold Horse’ by Mark Anthony Pearce recently published by Between Shadows Press. https://betweenshadowspress.bigcartel.com/
(Poster designed by Danny D Ford whose latest book with Between Shadows Press, is also available here: https://betweenshadowspress.bigcartel.com/product/polenta-poems-other-obscenities-by-danny-d-ford)

PAUL SIMS:
Paul Sims is an artist and writer living in Bristol, England. He has previously published poems with Between Shadows Press in the “Cotard” and “Haikus, Nearkus, Fauxkus, Fuckyous #2” collections.
His first book ‘Beyond All The Graves of Yesterday’ is now available from Between Shadows Press: https://betweenshadowspress.bigcartel.com/product/beyond-all-the-graves-of-yesterday-by-paul-sims

NICK MOORE:
Nick is a Bristol-based poet, improvising musician and abstract painter. He has been writing and performing poetry for over thirty years, and as poet and musician has collaborated with dancers, visual artists, musicians and other poets, in various combinations.
His first book of poems was Getting Blood Out of a Stone; Goban Press, 1992. He was a Slam Winner in 1995 and was included in the Bristol Slam Poetry Anthology; Pimps of the Alphabet Press, 1998.
He was included in Entertainment USA, a collection of poems commissioned by Bath Literature Festival; Stride Publications, 1995.
His second book was a long poem, Moontides; boiling wells publications, 2006. He recently published ARCHITRAVE, a book of ConcreteSonicPhonicWordPlay, and EXTEMPoRiSATIoN, a collection of visual music/graphic scores.

MARK ANTHONY PEARCE:
Mark Anthony Pearce lives and works as a Receptionist in Bristol. He is an author of ten books of Poetry, most recently ‘I Am A Man Harold Norse’ (January 2024, Between Shadows Press). His poems have appeared in over 22 journals online and in print including: Albany Poets, Analog Submission Press, Backroom Poetry, Between Shadows Press, BS Poetry Magazine, Bold Monkey Review, Cacti Fur, Cephalo Press, Duane’s PoeTree, Hickathrift Press, Horror Sleaze Trash, Inefável, Laughing Ronin Press, Obscure Quarterly, Open Arts Forum,Piker Press, Punk Noir Magazine, Ten Million Flies, University of Essex Poetry Journal, and Winamop. Mark’s writing has also featured in ‘Anne Bean: Self Etc’ (Autumn 2018, Live Art Development Agency and Intellect Books). His latest book is available here: https://betweenshadowspress.bigcartel.com/product/i-am-a-man-harold-norse-by-mark-anthony-pearce

Entry requirements: no age restrictions

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