Loops by Clare Pollard & Freya Sacksen
our latest DIRT collaboration is out today!
We’re excited to be launching Loops by Clare Pollard and Freya Sacksen today, the latest collaboration from our DIRT ecopoetry imprint. We would love you to join us for the first live reading of Loops online tonight at 7.00pm to 7.30pm BST.
Some of you may recall that we launched DIRT with crowdfunding sourced from our beautiful writing community which allowed us to test a model for producing carbon positive publications authored collaboratively by two poets. DIRT brings together our deep sense of care for the world we live in and our desire to nurture more connected ways of working and sharing our love of words and language. You can support the development of DIRT by buying a copy of Loops today (just £7.50 inc. P&P) - proceeds go towards funding the next collaboration. It's a perfect time of year to sow the wildflower seeds that come with each poem, so order you copies now. They make great gifts too!
Join us online tonight: 7-7.30pm
"Loops is poetic dialogue at its finest. Both experimental and beautiful, Loops asks a meditation of questions about the nature of what it means to be organic beings. The invitation to be part of the process of the organism (poem) is also another dimension to what makes DIRT and its shoot, Loops, so exciting and nurturing.” ~ Jessica Mookherjee
“Loops is a clever, swift and dynamic single-poem pamphlet that unfolds from a simple concept, connecting bird flight to code (and to other things that loop and reel) via collage and a call-and-answer structure. Though it touches thoughtfully on many things, it travels lightly, like a paper plane arcing briefly through the air.” ~ Jon Stone
Online micro-launch tonight: 7-7.30pm
Clare Pollard and Freya Sacksen will read 'Loops' and we'll talk about their collaboration, maybe take questions from the floor, all in a punchy half-hour - the vibe is minimalist with maximalist heart!
Catch us in person...
Gloucester Poetry Festival for the live launch of Loops. Plus JLM Morton and Alice Willitts reading Chapel. We wrote Chapel in response to citizen science on snail shells which drew us into thinking about shelter and home, and what it might be to lose those things. We'll be reading alongside all the Dialect Press writers.
We celebrate all the people who have funded our project from the early adopters who believed in little more than an idea, to the Global Sustainability Institute at ARU who sponsored Loops and the Imaginarium (below) this year; and the Laura Kinsella Foundation who have pledged to fund the next round of commissions. It's honestly amazing what is possible.
Thank you.