'the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry ... made me ridiculously happy'

'Maybe my favourite kind of writing ... is the dense, allusive, difficult and knotty poetry of the ignored gang of British avant-garde writers like Bill Griffiths, Denise Riley, Maggie O'Sullivan and too many more to mention. On the train I read the first issue of a new magazine, the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, and it made me ridiculously happy ... ', writes Ian McMillan on the Radio 3 blog. Not quite as earthy as Peter Philpott's response to be found here, but both are complimentary in their own way. The attention is much appreciated, and comes prior to a series of launch events:

Edge Hill University
Education Building (E21)
St Helens Road
Ormskirk L39 4QP
8 October, 6.30 pm (see here)
(http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/location/ormskirk)

Birkbeck
University of London
Main Building (Room B29)
Malet Street WC1E 7HX
21 October, 7.30 pm (see here)
Featuring Caroline Bergvall, Andrea Brady, Robert Hampson, Robert Sheppard and Scott Thurston
(http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps)

University of Salford
Crescent House
Room 103
Salford M5 4WT
9 December, 4 pm
Featuring Christine Kennedy,
Allen Fisher and Ian Davidson
(http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel)

All are welcome. Help to promote these events by printing a poster or emailing it to friends and colleagues (see here).