(IMAGE CREDIT: SETH GUY)

Join us for the book launch of our fourth publication ‘Steak for the Sons’ a split publication with poets Tohm Bakelas, Danny D Ford and Gwil James Thomas. This evening will also feature performances from Seth Guy and Paul Sims at D-Unit, Durnford St, Ashton Gate, Bristol BS3 2AW

TOHM BAKELAS:

Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is a recipient of the 2023 Northwind Writing Award (Raw Earth Ink). He is the author of twenty-seven chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including “Cleaning the Gutters of Hell (Zeitgeist Press, 2023) and “The Ants Crawl in Circles” (Bone Machine, Inc., 2024). He has read his poems across the United States and England. He runs Between Shadows Press.


GWIL JAMES THOMAS:

Gwil James Thomas is a poet, novelist and inept musician. He lives in his home town of Bristol, England but has also lived in London, Brighton and Spain. His poetry can be found widely in print and online in places such as Viper’s Tongue, Haikus, Fauxkus, Nearkus and Fuckyous and DFL Lit. He has been nominated for The Best of The Net twice and once for The Pushcart Prize. He was also once a member of the band Irreparables (Nominal Records). He is part English, part Welsh and part wolf. Instagram: @gwiljamesthomas

DANNY D FORD:

Danny D. Ford’s poetry & artwork has appeared in numerous online and print titles. He has numerous chapbooks to his name, including the recent collections 'Polenta Poems & Other Obscenities' (Between Shadows Press, 2024) and 'What's A Monday Called?' (Yellow King Press, 2024) & ‘Heaving in Heaven’ (With Gwil James Thomas & Mark Anthony Pearce) (Between Shadows Press, 2025). He can be found in Bergamo, Italy.


SETH GUY:

Seth Guy appropriates, reconfigures and juxtaposes materials to create playful performative works which explore the discourse between ear and eye.

Influenced by his interests in experimental fiction, art, and music, Seth's research investigates the intersections of shared language, of memory, and imagination, in which the acts of listening and visualising are investigated. Often collaborating and devising projects of a participatory and experiential nature, Seth makes both sonic art and visual art - sound compositions, performances, and collage - work which is often humorous, and occasionally disquieting.


PAUL SIMS:

Paul Sims is an artist and writer living in Bristol, England. Inspired by Surrealism, he has produced paintings, photography as well as narrative fiction. He has published two books of Poetry ‘Beyond All The Graves Of Yesterday’ (Between Shadows Press) & ‘Baby Steps to Enlightenment’ (Kertecz Press). He has previously published poems with Between Shadows Press in the “Cotard” and “Haikus, Nearkus, Fauxkus, Fuckyous #2” collections.

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