Nov 16 2022 67 mins
As winter snaps the sky to dark by 4pm, churning all water to its special kind of glass, here’s an artefact from the summer just past, hazy already — a wee July 15th-shaped gem beset in Leith’s wonderful Argonaut Books.
This is a recording of WITH GHOSTS, a collaborative evening of readings between SPAM and Distribution Coordinator Ian Macartney's small press sincere corkscrew, wherein both outfits launched their respective sets of pamphlets together in a sweltering Edinburgh. An astonishing cornucopia of writers joined in the celebration: Maria Sledmere, fred spoliar, Kathrine Sowerby, Miriam Schülter, Tom Byam Shaw, nicky melville, Jay Gao and Savannah Brown.
From dual-channel solar-odes to ersatz epistolaries, cabbage soup to speculative flash fiction, gates to toxic lakes to “the hottest girl in the world”, this sold-out affair really was something to be cherished. Listen out for the ambient sizzle of poured alcohol, arguments and laughter from Leith Walk’s walkers, and the organic wax/wane of literary voices bandied through the mix.
Maria Sledmere and fred spoliar's Sans Soleil
ncky melville's The Imperative Commands
Savnnah Brown's Closer Baby Closer
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Intro/Outro: Ian Macartney
Production: Ian Macartney
Music: adios nervosa
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