Veer Books at the Surrey Poetry Festival 2015

Veer Books will launch the new edition of Bob Cobbing’s abc in sound at the Surrey Poetry Festival 2015 in Guildford, on Saturday June 9 2015.

The festival will begin at one minute past midday on Saturday 9th May in The Ivy Arts Centre, at the University of Surrey, Guildford.

The Cobbing launch reading will take place from 19:30, with a performance of the text by multiple readers.

067  Bob Cobbing – ‘abc in sound’ (8th edition)
Veer Publication 067 [ISBN: 978-1-907088-76-6]
‘This 8th edition of Bob Cobbing’s 1965 ground-breaking polylingual sonic abecedary unites Jennifer Pike Cobbing’s cover design for its original publication as Sound Poems with the typeset text of later printings and a new introduction by Robert Sheppard which investigates its character, pre-history and subsequent realisations in performance.’ (Adrian Clarke)
A5 size. 72 pages. March 2015. £6.00

Surrey Poetry Festival

A diverse array of writers – from New York, Shropshire, Cataluña, Hastings and beyond – will perform for 25 minutes each; there will also be collaborations and an open house rendition of Bob Cobbing’s seminal abc of sound to fire up the evening.

This year’s festival is organised by Surrey’s Poet in Residence, Nicholas Johnson.

Readers at the festival include:

JOHN BEVIS, DAVID ASHFORD, JOHN SEED
JOHN HEALY – A reading from The Grass Arena, followed by Q&A with the author
EMILY CRITCHLEY & JOHN HALL
PATRICK MCGUINNESS & NICHOLAS JOHNSON
STEPHEN MOONEY, JESSICA PUJOL DURAN, HOLLY ANTRUM, SIMON PETTET

See here for a full schedule

Tickets are £12.00 all day, and £6.00 for students.
Individual sessions £6.00, £4.00 students.

Please e-mail fahsevents@surrey.ac.uk to book your place.

The festival is supported by the University of Surrey, School of English and Languages.

More information online here and here.