literature – kirsty allison

From the desk of Kirsty Allison

https://kirstyallison.substack.com

Endless gratefulness to the believers. x

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GIGS, n WORDS, n ROCK n ROLL x

Since launching the anti-literary Sylvia Plath Fan Club in 2015, I’ve been doing more gigs, as a poet. What does that even mean, huh? Basically, I stand up on stage – often between bands, MCing, introducing, doing poems – y’know? Come see me…and you’ll get it…

I published my first collection late last year – got it on billboards outside the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch. Thanks Daylite LED Media. So easy.

The cover was designed by Luke McLean – one of my fave people, and designers (Supergrass, London Field Brewery, Wrangler etc). You can buy Unedited on the Cold Lips website, or from me at gigs for a fiver… [here’s something nice on it by fellow Lazy Gramophone member, the brilliant skateboarding performance poet, Mat Lloyd].

Lovely to get invited onto James Meynell’s Garage show on internet station of the year, Soho Radio. Listen back below, and the post continues underneath…

My nearest gigs are tomorrow – Thursday – the last night of the residency I’ve been doing with Saint Leonard’s Horses at the International Club’s Winter Conclave at the George Tavern in Whitechapel, then on Saturday 18th, I’m doing my first out of town gig for Cultural Traffic.

Sometimes I do readings with film – this is work in progress…

My first reading was for Ambit, nearly 10 years, I was terrible – it was a 2000 word short story, called Lyla, and I just got up and read it cold to some poor darlings above a pub in Soho. After that, my ol’ pal Salena Godden started the Book Club Boutique. I’d been working on my novel, and needed to break up the style, and found poetry a good way to find a more honest voice, away from the corporate writing, and paid media work I’ve grown up doing.

Now people say nice things:

“Kirsty Allison is the most rock n roll poet in London” Kelli Ali

“Wordsmith wizardry” Adam J Harmer, Fat White Family

“Her poetry is the only that gives me goosebumps” Delilah Holliday, Skinny Girl Diet

“She’s a modern day Patti Smith” Johny Brown, Band of Holy Joy

x kirsty

COLD LIPS

Kirsty Allison, founder, publisher & editor of COLD LIPS

Started a fash and spoken word zine: BUY IT

Beyond the editorial, read why in a piece for the Literary Platform

Look at these gorg photos by Charlotte Freed from the London Fashion Week party at The Library. Thanks to DJs, Gil De Ray and Feral is MC Kinky, and all the amazing performers, and supporters. Massive appreciation to London Fields Brewery for keeping artists happy

For more info: studio@coldlips.co.uk