(IMAGE CREDIT-SETH GUY)

An evening of readings, poetry and music, celebrating the launch of the first publication by Kertecz Press, ‘Baby Steps to Enlightenment’ by Paul Sims.

‘Baby Steps to Enlightenment’ is a collection of haikus and is Sims second collection of poetry. The books artwork and design was produced by Seth Guy and it features a foreword by Mark Anthony Pearce.

Copies of the book will for available to purchase for £5. The evening will include a discussion and book signing. Refreshments will be provided.


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. His debut book of Poetry ‘Beyond All The Graves Of Yesterday’ was recently with Between Shadows Press. He has previously published poems with Between Shadows Press in the “Cotard” and “Haikus, Nearkus, Fauxkus, Fuckyous #2” collections.


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.


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.

www.sethguy.co.uk //

sethguy.bandcamp.com //

@aggregate.industries


MARK ANTHONY PEARCE

'There is a raw simplicity to his work which reflects an inner truth and a vibrant human spirit.'
-George Douglas Anderson (Teacher, Critic & Poet)

Mark Anthony Pearce lives and works as a Receptionist in Bristol. He is the 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.
He is the editor of Kertecz Press.

For more information regarding Kertecz Press follow us on Instagram @kertecz_press or email [email protected]

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