Simon L. Read -  Author|Poet|Loveable Scamp
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    • Glasnost Festival 2014 @ The Full Moon - 29/06/14 (performance poetry)
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The Résumé - OUT NOW!

9/9/2016

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In 1990, cult film director, Twyll Enfawr, was engaged in the throes of filming Super Cub Scout Mountain. It proved to be a commercial flop at the international box office upon its release in 1992. It was after filming had completed, at the northernmost base of the highest mountain in Wales (Snowdon), that Enfawr claimed to have found a book from the year 2016, written by Ana Croniaeth.
Following what he described as copyright issues ‘too confusing to discuss’, Enfawr announced he would be adapting the book into a film.

The Résumé is the 2016 absurdist comedy which inspired the 1994 film. It is out now.


UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/153717293X
USA: https://amzn.com/153717293X
Other Amazon regional variations, copy and paste the following into the search bar: the résumé ana croniaeth

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Website! ...and new book! NEWS!

9/4/2016

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Yeah! simonlread.com is back up and running!

Now...
Do you enjoy the work of E.L. James? Do you like Dean Koontz? 'Andy McNabb'? If the answer was an emphatic no, you're a good person and you'll probably love what I have in store for you tomorrow. If you answered yes, you'll probably still love what I have in store for you tomorrow.

Let's visualize for a moment:
The boat is sinking, the plane is going down, the space station is experiencing whatever technical difficulties they sometimes encounter. You don't have boat insurance, the plane is beyond recovery, and the people at space command can't be bothered helping you because the lunchtime bagels have arrived. Then, as you walk into the eternal light, I offer you an out-stretched hand. Only, there's a good chance I might let go, sending you plummeting to an uncertain fate (probably death).
It's a chance you're gonna have to take because, tomorrow (5th September, 2016), The Résumé will be available for purchase. It's a book, written by me, but published under the nom de plume 'Ana Croniaeth' (Welsh for 'anachronism'). The Résumé is the 2016 novella which inspired the 1994 cinematic masterpiece.
Set in an alternative 1986, the absurdist comedy novella follows inept detective, Ted torX, in his attempts to investigate some despicable stuff going down on the United States west coast.

There will be a further update, upon tomorrow's release.
Until then...
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Oxjam Cardiff Takeover 2014

11/14/2014

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This coming Sunday (16/11/14), I take up the role of featured performer at the Back of the Pub Poetry Club event (18+) at Oxjam Cardiff Takeover 2014.

I will be performing on the
'Oxjam Fringe Stage' at Urban Tap House, from 4:30pm, alongside some of Cardiff's best performance poets, including:

Will Ford
Zaru Jonson
Johnny Giles
Nia David
Mab Jones
and Hannah Van Den Bergh

Ticketing information can be found HERE

Additionally, a punk/post-hardcore band comprised entirely of my friends, MASTS, are playing at 3pm in
Clwb Ifor Bach (14+). So check them out too, if you're about.

I'll also have some mini chapbooks available. They're very limited, but come and find me and one can be yours for just a single pound coin (or equivalent of).
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Hanging out with some other wordy peeps...

11/14/2014

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Sage Francis

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Scroobius Pip

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YouTube!

10/2/2014

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Howdy!

I now have a YouTube account containing videos of some of my spoken word performances!

Directions* to YouTube account:

  1. Motion your eyes to the right hand side of your screen
  2. Now that you've looked back for instruction 2, please read all of the instructions before actually doing them.
  3. Execute instructions 1, 4, 5, and 6 from memory.
  4. Scan your eyes upwards to the top corner of this webpage
  5. Focus your eyes upon a square icon featuring the YouTube logo
  6. Click the icon. You don't need to click it with your eyes (unless, of course, you're following these instructions in the future where, instead of clicking mouse keys or touching screens with our fingers, we will merely just focus our vision on the icons we wish to open).

Enjoy the videos!
Much love.


*may differ on handheld devices. I haven't attempted it myself.


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HUB Festival 2014

8/15/2014

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Aloha!

Next weekend I shall be performing at Cardiff's HUB festival... for the 2nd year in a row!
Last year was incredible and this year has a load of sweet acts, across various venues.

£10 Day Ticket / £15 Weekend Ticket

23rd - 25th August 2013
Womanby Street
Cardiff Castle Quarter

Check out their official Facebook page: HUB Festival



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Short Story Book

8/15/2014

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Hello!

My two previous collections of short stories, 'Sloppy Panther' and 'Spiced Moon' have been merged into one new book entitled 'A Rucksack Full of Bees'.

It is available by clicking the button below (which will take you to Amazon)!
A RUCKSACK FULL OF BEES
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Glasnost 2014

6/17/2014

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NEWS

Very excited to announce that I will be performing at Glasnost Festival 2014, along with some extremely talented and accomplished fellow Cardiff poets. See the two posters below for more info and visit the website HERE
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Short story collection

2/26/2014

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It has been decided that my two current short story collections, Sloppy Panther and Spiced Moon, are to be merged into one large book in the coming months. The new book won't include any of the poems, but will contain a great number of additional stories that do not feature in the aforementioned titles.
The missing poems will form part of a poetry chapbook that I am also aiming to complete in 2014.
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Information!

2/26/2014

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Howdy!

The good news is that I've almost finished writing my new book. The bad news is that it will then need to be edited and won't be ready until, at least, this coming summer.


It's good though, I assure you.
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