Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Last few copies of Aiyo! still available
Pravasan Pillay's Aiyo! is still available at Clarke's in Cape Town - either order online or if you are in the area, pop into the shop in Long Street.
Copies are also available at The Commune bookstore in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Monday, 15 April 2024
Chatsworth still available at Clarke's in Cape Town
Pravasan Pillay's much-acclaimed debut collection Chatsworth is still available at Clarke's Bookstore in Cape Town. Either order online or if you are in the area, why not pop into the shop in Long Street?
Chatsworth is published by Dye Hard Press.
Friday, 12 April 2024
Somewhere else in Cape Town
Renowned South African poet Kobus Moolman has read his copy of Somewhere else by Gary Cummiskey and says: ' I love it. Just brilliant. .. to me the poems are as naked and clear and deep as water. Beautiful.'
Somewhere else is published by Graffiti Kolkata in India.
The cover collage and designed is by Paul Warren.
Monday, 01 April 2024
Somewhere else in safe hands in Nepal
Poet, publisher and bookseller Shiv Mirabito (left) with Arshad Siddiqui, in Kathmandu, Nepal, holding, among others, my new poetry collection Somewhere else, published by Graffiti Kolkata, India.
Sunday, 31 March 2024
Saturday, 30 March 2024
Monday, 25 March 2024
The Kolkata eagle has landed in Johannesburg
The Kolkata eagle has landed in Johannesburg! Author's copies of Somewhere else, a new collection of poems by Gary Cummiskey, published by Graffiti Kolkata, received this morning, couriered all the way from Kolkata, India. Many, many thanks to Subdankar Das, poet and publisher of Graffiti Kolkata, and to UK artist Paul Warren for the cover art and cover design.
Thanks Alan Finlay and Pravasan Pillay for reading the manuscript and making suggestions.
Friday, 22 March 2024
Dye Hard Press author Alan Finlay to read on The Red Wheelbarrow
Dye Hard Press author Alan Finlay is to read on The Red Wheelbarrow on 28 March 2024. Alan is the author of poetry collections such as Burning aloes, The Red Laughter of Guns in the Green Summer Rain (with Philip Zhuwao), pushing from the riverbank and The cactus of a bright sky, of which were published by Dye Hard Press.
Monday, 18 March 2024
Praise for Animal eyeball by Gary Cummiskey and Paul Warren
Respected and acclaimed South African poet Kobus Moolman says Animal eyeball is 'a fantastic visual and linguistic collaboration'.
To access the book on Issuu click here.
Sunday, 17 March 2024
The Kolkata eagle has landed!
Somewhere else, a new collection of 26 poems by Gary Cummiskey, published by Graffiti Kolkata, India, has arrvied from the printer!
Cover art and design by Paul Warren.
Email the publisher Subhankar Das at subhankar.das@gmail.com to order.
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
A short review of Animal eyeball, by Stephen Michael Whitter
Cut-up poetry teamed with surreal collages.
Thursday, 07 March 2024
New from Dye Hard Press: Animal eyeball by Gary Cummiskey and Paul Warren
Monday, 04 March 2024
Arja Salafranca reading at the Red Wheelbarrow
Check out Dye Hard Press author Arja Salafranca reading at The Red Wheelbarrow this Thursday night. Dye Hard Press has published two of Arja's collections -- The fire in which we burn and Beyond touch (with Modjaji Books). Arja also selected the stories for the much-acclaimed short fiction anthology The Edge of Things.
Forthcoming from Dye Hard Press: Animal Eyeball by Gary Cummiskey and Paul Warren
Animal eyeball is an e-chapbook of seven cut-up prose poems by Gary Cummiskey, with collages by UK artist Paul Warren. Watch this space!