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This site contains the collected works of British-American poet and writer Ian Barker and is updated frequently with additional items and news.
You can comment on articles you see here and subscribe to our RSS newsfeed. Some of the poems have appeared under the pen name “Alex Sykie” but they are, in fact, all the work of one person: Ian Barker.
Another book…
Yes, if you’re not content with Ian being published in Popshot Zine, Monkey Kettle, appearing on the “This Reality Podcast” (which he’s just agreed to make a semi-regular event every few weeks) plus several other collections and anthologies; SIX of Ian’s poems have also been published in “Reflections from Mirror City” by Tongue In Chic Press.
You can buy this book – stuffed to the gills with some of the best contemporary British poetry – directly from Amazon using this link or, if you’d prefer, you can get it from Tongue In Chic’s approved distributor using this eBay shop link
Interview on This Reality Podcast
Ian appears as a semi-regular guest on the “This Reality Podcast” with Brennig and Soph – you can read more and subscribe to the podcast at www.thisrealitypodcast.com
You can go directly to some of the episodes which feature Ian here – but DO subscribe anyway – they’re very good!:
http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=899 Episode 124 – Ian is on about 18 minutes in.
http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=840 Episode 120 – Ian is on about 30 minutes in.
http://thisrealitypodcast.com/?p=769 Episode 111 – Ian is on about 35 minutes in.
Ian’s books
“Can you tell the difference?“
Ian Barker (a.k.a. Alex Sykie) releases his first book of poetry “Can you tell the difference“, THIS WEEK!
His second book, “Not all of these are about you“ will also be released the SAME DAY!
The two books represent a broad cross-section of Ian’s output over the last few years and feature many of the performance favorites along with some of those more suitable for reading to oneself.
2009 saw Ian published in a number of collections including the hugely popular and well established Monkey Kettle Anthology and the critically acclaimed Popshot Zine (featured in both The Observer and The Economist amongst many others). He also has no less than six of his poems in the about-to-be-released Tongue In Chic anthology: “Reflections from mirror city”.
Ian spent much of 2009 performing in a wide number of locations including on behalf of the UK Poetry Society at their bi-centennial event at Stowe Gardens stately home – dressed in 18C finery and performing Robbie Burns poems in the original Scottish dialect!
He has had a number of “featured poet” spots either individually or as part of the “Bardcore” performance poetry collective around the UK Midlands which culminated with Ian being the invited MK feature poet and supporting the great John Hegley in July at The Madcap theatre in Milton Keynes – with him making the audience gasp with his opening poem, delivered in the pitch black. Poetry and special effects, cool!
More news on the books here soon.
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