2 May 2008
Friday 2 May 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Ian McMillan presents a cabaret of language, poetry and performance, in which poet Simon Barraclough reads from and talks about his new collection.
Writer Iain Sinclair celebrates the life and work of the poet John Riley, who was associated with the British poetry revival of the 1960s and 70s, and who was murdered 30 years ago at the age of 41.
And performance artist and singer-songwriter Baby Dee, possibly best known for her work with Antony and the Johnsons, sings songs from her new album.
Playlist
On The Verb this week Ian McMillan talks to Australian novelist Julia Leigh who shares her current unpublished work in progress with the show and talks about her latest novel Disquiet, an unsettling read set in a forbidding French chateau where a mother and her two children take refuge. Also on the programme, there's performance from singer songwriter Baby Dee and poet Simon Barraclough reads from his debut collection. Ian is also joined by writer and critic Iain Sinclair to celebrate the work of the poet John Riley who died thirty years ago this year.
Details
Disquiet by Julia Leigh is published by Julia Leigh
Los Alamos Mon Amour by Simon Barraclough is published by Salt
Safe Inside The Day by Baby Dee is on Drag City Records
John Riley's Selected Poems are published by Carcanet
