Monkey Kettle
Encyclopedia
Monkey Kettle is a poetry
, prose
and arts
magazine based in Milton Keynes
. Issues are usually 52 pages in length, printed in black and white and released twice a year. The team of writers and artists behind Monkey Kettle also host regular local arts events, theatre productions and gigs in the town.
Since its inception in 1999, Monkey Kettle has made a selling point of mixing the work of local, less experienced writers with that of more established poets. Among those whose work has been included in the magazine are: Barry Tebb
(Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain
); Aoife Mannix (2001 Farrago London Slam Champion); Rogan Whitenails
; and award-winning visual artist Steve Groom.
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, prose
Prose
Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
and arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
magazine based in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
. Issues are usually 52 pages in length, printed in black and white and released twice a year. The team of writers and artists behind Monkey Kettle also host regular local arts events, theatre productions and gigs in the town.
Since its inception in 1999, Monkey Kettle has made a selling point of mixing the work of local, less experienced writers with that of more established poets. Among those whose work has been included in the magazine are: Barry Tebb
Barry Tebb
Barry Tebb is an English poet, publisher and author. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 1942.His poetry was first published by Alan Tarling's 'Poet and Printer Press' in the sixties, along with Ted Hughes, Michael Longley and Ian Crichton Smith...
(Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain
Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain
Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain, an anthology of poetry, was edited by Michael Horovitz and published by Penguin Books in 1969...
); Aoife Mannix (2001 Farrago London Slam Champion); Rogan Whitenails
Rogan Whitenails
Rogan Whitenails is a British poet, fabulist and barotermatismophobia sufferer.Combining "baro" and "termatismos" , Whitenails devised the word "barotermatismophobia" to denote the hitherto undocumented fear of gravity suddenly failing to transmit its force, leading to what the poet describes as a...
; and award-winning visual artist Steve Groom.