Reading Time: < 1 minute At the end of last year, myself and a friend (and his son) performed an atheist poetry and music evening for the Dorset Humanists 20th Anniversary celebrations. I’ve only just realised now that it was recorded. Here it is for your delectation. The music is only being picked up on the camera audio so it […]
Filling the Void
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The Legacy of Life Eulogy
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is my poem that I would like read out at my funeral put to moving face time. When do my humanist poetry and music nights, it’s the one I get most comments about, which is really nice, since I wrote it! Let’s see how it goes in video form.
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A Cracking Start to the Seasonal Festivities
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was honoured last night to host and compere the Seasonal Skeptical Cabaret for Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub. It was a sold out, ticketed event with food and drink as a way of saying thanks, and offering something a little quirky, to local skeptics, old and new. Indeed, it was great to see a number […]
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Filling the Void Tomorrow
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am hosting a night of humanist poetry and music in Bournemouth tomorrow night for the Bournemouth Humanists 20th Anniversary celebration. The Bournemouth Humanists are Britain’s largest humanist group and I have given speeches there a great deal. Here are the details: The book of atheist and humanist poetry that I recently edited, Filling the Void, […]
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Oh My God, I’ve Come To Say…
Reading Time: 2 minutes I recently released an anthology of humanist and atheist poetry called Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry. I am really proud of the book and the content within. It was a pleasure and a privilege to compile. Anyway, here is a tongue in cheek one that I wrote myself. It is based […]
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On Performing Humanist Poetry
Reading Time: < 1 minute I was lucky enough to have a second book launch for Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry in Blackwell’s bookshop in Portsmouth, for which I must thank the excellent manager, Jo West, there. It was a real pleasure reading some of the fantastic poetry there, and having Gareth Howells of the band […]
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Humanist and Atheist Poetry Reading on Saturday – Another Book Launch
Reading Time: < 1 minute Due to the great success of the book launch of Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry, in the small local bookshop in Lee-on-Solent, a second launch in Portsmouth is taking place on Saturday. Obviously barely any of my worldwide readers will be about, but if you are in Hampshire and want […]
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On Reading Humanist Poetry in Public
Reading Time: 2 minutes I am sorry that this week has been crazily busy. I have had to debate the EU referendum in Bournemouth, and then had a poetry reading with music and whatnot, followed by a four hour book signing for my new zombie fiction book yesterday. Before I get back to talking philosophy and so forth, I wanted […]
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Some Humanist Poetry to Celebrate Tonight’s Book Launch
Reading Time: 4 minutes Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry is a rare but thoroughly absorbing collection of thought-provoking poetry that I released a few months back. Rather belatedly, I am holding an evening of poetry and songs at a small local book shop. To remind people of this fabulous book (I got shivers down my […]
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Two local book signing / atheist poetry reading events – come along!
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am happy to announce a local books signing and humanist poetry evening at my local book shop in Hampshire, UK (Lee-on-the-Solent, 27-28th May). Anyone who lives nearby is thoroughly welcome (which probably accounts for about 2 of my readers here!). Gareth Howells, of the band BEMIS, will be playing a couple of songs. He […]