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Fizzbombs
52 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2008
About the author
Joe Duggan
2 books5 followersJoe Duggan is a poet, writer and facilitator, originally from Northern Ireland. His first full collection “Fizzbombs” was published by Tall Lighthouse in 2008. He was highly commended in The Forward Prize 2009 and featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 2010.
He was a founder member of the “Bunch of Chancers” Poetry Group in Derry, touring throughout Ireland and New York State. His work has been published by Brand, Abridged, Fingerpost, Bear in Mind (Lagan Press), Cúirt Journal and the Shuffle Anthology. He has also written stories for children, rap lyrics for the Irish band Different Drums, two texts for Echo Echo Dance Company and recorded with ambient-loop geniuses “The Fireflies” and with “Woodleigh Research Facility” for legendary DJ Andrew Weatherall’s Moine Dubh label. Recently he has also collaborated with DJ Collective Warriors of The Dystotheque, featuring on their album "Anthropause".
In 2014 his poem “Library Lovers” was chosen by The National Poetry Library as part of their 60th Birthday Celebrations to be included in an exhibition of modern contemporary poets alongside Andrew Motion, Carol Rumens and others and is now hosted on the National Poetry Library website.
He enjoys performing widely on the London poetry scene, featuring at Latitude Festival, Cheltenham Poetry Festival, the Southbank Centre, Cuirt Poetry Festival and a host of other venues and festivals.
He has ran the sellout Spoken Word Express as part of the Crystal Palace Festival since 2013 and until recently hosted a very popular Open Mic at The Paxton Centre, also in Crystal Palace.
A qualified primary school teacher, he is also an experienced creative writing facilitator, working in both school and community settings.
His second full collection “Rescue Contraptions” was published by tall lighthouse in June 2022.
He was a founder member of the “Bunch of Chancers” Poetry Group in Derry, touring throughout Ireland and New York State. His work has been published by Brand, Abridged, Fingerpost, Bear in Mind (Lagan Press), Cúirt Journal and the Shuffle Anthology. He has also written stories for children, rap lyrics for the Irish band Different Drums, two texts for Echo Echo Dance Company and recorded with ambient-loop geniuses “The Fireflies” and with “Woodleigh Research Facility” for legendary DJ Andrew Weatherall’s Moine Dubh label. Recently he has also collaborated with DJ Collective Warriors of The Dystotheque, featuring on their album "Anthropause".
In 2014 his poem “Library Lovers” was chosen by The National Poetry Library as part of their 60th Birthday Celebrations to be included in an exhibition of modern contemporary poets alongside Andrew Motion, Carol Rumens and others and is now hosted on the National Poetry Library website.
He enjoys performing widely on the London poetry scene, featuring at Latitude Festival, Cheltenham Poetry Festival, the Southbank Centre, Cuirt Poetry Festival and a host of other venues and festivals.
He has ran the sellout Spoken Word Express as part of the Crystal Palace Festival since 2013 and until recently hosted a very popular Open Mic at The Paxton Centre, also in Crystal Palace.
A qualified primary school teacher, he is also an experienced creative writing facilitator, working in both school and community settings.
His second full collection “Rescue Contraptions” was published by tall lighthouse in June 2022.
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