Some exciting events are afoot at the Archive. For the next eight weeks, the Archive is Now on Penn Sound radio – listen here.  The Archive has also begun to host video – check out these collaborations by Marc Atkins and Rod Mengham.

for a summer’s day, just here – enjoy!

The Archive has just been awarded a small grant from the Centre for Public Engagement, at Queen Mary University of London, to support and develop the site.  Over the coming months, we’ll be expanding our collection with a series of recording sessions which will be open to the public.  We’ll also shortly be announcing a new residency programme and unveiling a set of new tools for using and exploring the Archive.  Check back with us soon!

We are thrilled to announce the addition of new recordings by these exciting poets:

Gareth Farmer
Peter Finch
Gavin Selerie

Check back with us soon to hear Virginia Fernberg and Michael Grant…

 New recordings have been added for

• Sean Bonney
• Emily Critchley
• Richard Price

and the followinig poets have joined us:

• Jon Clay
• Amy De’Ath
• Catherine Hales
• Francesca Lisette
• Holly Pester
• Luke Roberts
• Fi0na Templeton

We’ve got new information on Rob Holloway, Sophie Robinson and Catherine Wagner, and new recordings will be coming soon from Tim Atkins and Sophie Mayer — watch this space.

Thanks to Phil Meades for the complete overhaul of our website, and Richard Feasey at Designworks for the new design.  The Archive of the Now is now again!  The new advanced structure will make the site much easier to update, and funding from the Westfield Trust at Queen Mary has allowed us to purchase equipment and fund an editorial assistant.  So we’re embarking on a campaign of new recordings and updates to the site.  If you have a recording to donate, or updates for an existing page, please email Andrea.  Any feedback on the new site design would also be welcome.  Enjoy!