Nasty Little Press
Nasty Little Press publishes new work from poets who are best known for their hilarious live performances. At this year’s festival they will present four extremely entertaining poets in The Walled Garden in a special showcase hosted by Luke Wright.
Martin Figura
A scouser who reached the rank of Major in the army before sacking it all off to become a photographer and poet, Martin Figura is a free spirit with well-polished shoes. His pamphlet, Different Words for Toilet is forthcoming from Nasty Little Press in November 2010.
John Osborne
The poet that makes you go “aaahh…” – in a good way. John Osborne has been melting the hearts of festival-goers and barflies across the country for four years now, with poems that steer a skilful course between the mundane, the sentimental and the extraordinary. his first poetry pamphlet, What if Men Burst in Wearing Balaclavas?, was published in February 2010.
Byron Vincent
Sink-estate dandy and festival stalwart Byron Vincent produces work that ranges from surreal punk-rock disquisitions about the socialist inclinations of the Smurfs to astutely acerbic examinations of the fraying tapestry of British culture, fusing comedy, poetry and candid bewilderment. His pamphlet, Barking Doggerel was published by Nasty Little Press in May 2010.
Hosted by Luke Wright
Luke Wright is poet-in-residence on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live and in 2009 took poetry onto prime-time with his Channel 4 special Seven Ages of Love. With Aisle16 he created the show Poetry Boyband which won Time Out Critics’ Choice of the Year 2005. His first pamphlet, High Performance was published by Nasty Little Press in November 2009.
