Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Who was Sinclair Beiles? heads to Poland
Sunday, 05 May 2024
A Christmas card from Gus Ferguson in 1997
A Christmas card from the late Gus Ferguson, in 1997. Ferguson was a renouned South African poet, cartoonist and publisher.
Invite to the launch of When Apollinaire Died in 1996
The invite to the launch of When Apollinaire Died by Gary Cummiskey and Unmitigating Circumstances by Marc Glaser, both published by Firfield Press, at Walter Saunders' bookstore Hooked on Books, in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Firfield Press was run by the late Gus Ferguson - poet, cartoonist, publisher.
That's Somewhere else!
My latest poetry collection Somewhere else, together with other titles by Graffity Kolkata. Thank you to my published Subhankar Das and British artist Paul Warren for cover art and design.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Green Dragon 4
Dye Hard Press celebrates 30 years of publishing anti-bestsellers!
Wow, I have just realised that Dye Hard Press is 30 years old this month! That's 30 years of publishing anti-bestsellers! While it would not be an overstatement to say that Dye Hard Press is on life support, we are stilll around!
Somewhere else for sale in South Africa
Copies of my latest poetry collection, Somewhere else, published by Graffiti Kolkata (India), are for sale in South Africa.
Monday, 29 April 2024
Who was Sinclair Beiles?
A reminder that Who was Sinclair Beiles?, edited by Gary Cummiskey and Eva Kolwaska, is still available from Clarke's in Cape Town. You can click on the link to order, or if you are in the area, why not pop into the store in Long Street in person!
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Animal eyeball 'a fantastic visual and linguistic collaboration'
Respected and acclaimed South African poet Kobus Moolman calls Animal eyeball 'a fantastic visual and linguistic collaboration'.
Animal eyeball is a free e-chapbook of seven cut-up prose poems accompanied by collages by UK artist Paul Warren.
It won't cost you anything to read, but it may take your mind to where it has never been before!
To access the book on Issuu click here.
Somewhere else in Pretoria
Dawie Malan in Pretoria has arrived his copy of Somewhere else by Gary Cummiskey, as well as other titles published by Dye Hard Press, including Pravasan Pillay's Chatsworth and Gary Cummiskey's Outside the Cave and Off-ramp.
Last few copies of Aiyo! still available
Pravasan Pillay's Aiyo! is still available at Clarke's in Cape Town - either order online or if you are in the area, pop into the shop in Long Street.
Copies are also available at The Commune bookstore in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Monday, 15 April 2024
Chatsworth still available at Clarke's in Cape Town
Pravasan Pillay's much-acclaimed debut collection Chatsworth is still available at Clarke's Bookstore in Cape Town. Either order online or if you are in the area, why not pop into the shop in Long Street?
Chatsworth is published by Dye Hard Press.
Friday, 12 April 2024
Somewhere else in Cape Town
Renowned South African poet Kobus Moolman has read his copy of Somewhere else by Gary Cummiskey and says: ' I love it. Just brilliant. .. to me the poems are as naked and clear and deep as water. Beautiful.'
Somewhere else is published by Graffiti Kolkata in India.
The cover collage and designed is by Paul Warren.
Monday, 01 April 2024
Somewhere else in safe hands in Nepal
Poet, publisher and bookseller Shiv Mirabito (left) with Arshad Siddiqui, in Kathmandu, Nepal, holding, among others, my new poetry collection Somewhere else, published by Graffiti Kolkata, India.