John Darwin, whose show, Happy Hour, won the Best Spoken Word Performance Award at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival, and who played at the Bury New Road Festival earlier this year, has launched his second book of poems, Ultrasilence; a collection of fifty verses capturing the mundane, the melancholy and the mellifluous, from the view of everyday, everyman life in North Manchester, Manchester Central and beyond…
John, who also hosts a regular spoken word night, Crooked Poets at the Crooked Man in Prestwich, recently attended the Bury New Road project’s Shoot Your Own Heritage sessions at Prestwich Library, and this profile, created with filmmaker Rafe Conn, features a chat and some Ultrasilence readings with a poet whose star is rising…
See also…
John Darwin performing at Bury New Road Festival – click here
Review of Ultrasilence – click here
See also from the Shoot Your Own Heritage sessions
The Bury New Road Lollipop Lady’s Story – click here
