{"title":"Toby Martinez de las Rivas","description":"Toby Martinez de las Rivas was born in 1978. He grew up in Somerset, then moved to the north-east of England after studying history and archaeology at Durham where he began writing.\n\nHe first worked as an archaeologist and this, together with the landscape of Northumberland and the work of north-eastern writers such as Barry MacSweeney and Gillian Allnutt have had a significant impact on the development of his own poetry. He won an Eric Gregory award in 2005 and the Andrew Waterhouse award from New Writing North in 2008. His poems have appeared in a number of magazines.\n\nHe currently lives in Gateshead where he teaches English to asylum seekers and refugees. \n","products":[{"product_id":"clinic-ii","title":"Clinic II","description":"\u003ci\u003eClinic II\u003c\/i\u003e is a 116-page, full-colour, anthology of poetry, photography and illustration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing a sell-out run of their first anthology, \u003ci\u003eClinic\u003c\/i\u003e return with its second installment in the series: a more ambitious endeavour collating the work of the most exciting young page-poets, illustrators and photographers working today. The book is a manifestation of the workshops, readings and exhibitions \u003ci\u003eClinic\u003c\/i\u003e have orchestrated around the UK in the past year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reader, you hold in your hands something like a freezing cold field. In the centre of this rainy, wind-swept field, a crashed gyrocopter. One of the authors crawls out of it (astonished). Orange flames licking the tail. The author stands up, shakes his helmet…\"\u003cbr\u003eRoss Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe publication includes, at its centre, the photo essay, ‘Modern Times’, by 31-year-old photojournalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Patrick Tsai, documenting the tumultuous cultural concerns of China in the 21st century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I’m quite confident that a lot of these writers will still be around and making a noise in poetry when we are all properly grown up. Gathered here are some of the best young poets who are currently putting pen to paper.\"\u003cbr\u003eStuart Hammond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by: Hanna Andersson, Kohei Ashino, Sophia Augusta, Alexey Berezkin, Harriet Bridgwater, Michael Dotson, Mike Goldby, Jack Hudson, Rob Hope-Johnstone, Paul Layzell, Bob London, Aaron McLaughlin, Olja Oblvco, Sean Roy Parker, Aimee Parrott, Tom Rees, Jack Teagle, White White Brown Twig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eClinic I\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have rarely seen, if ever, such a beautifully-put-together collation of new daring poems by young (British) poets, and eccentric, indie photographs.\" \u003cbr\u003eTodd Swift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Handsomely bound, with full-colour illustrations and some assured photo essays that wouldn’t look out of place in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003eStuart Hammond, \u003ci\u003eDazed and Confused\u003c\/i\u003e, Book of the Month for August 2010","brand":"Egg Box Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53675023335809,"sku":"9780955939976","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_be1b1232-4bf8-47e6-856e-15b6727b37f4.jpeg?v=1752237551"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/toby-martinez-de-las-rivas\/sam-buchan-watts.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}