It has been a rare privilege to watch Disturbance go from final draft to printed book over the last year or so, as part of a closed Facebook group organised by Ivy Alvarez.
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Launch: Disturbance at the Dylan Thomas Centre
Ivy Alvarez reads her poem ‘Husband Interrupted’ from Disturbance, at its book launch, as part of the Dylan Thomas Festival in Swansea.
Will Ford reviews Disturbance
Within this ‘verse novel’, Alvarez shows admirable artistic control and a remarkable capacity for empathy. She has crafted a range of voices that, even in the briefest of appearances, reveal another facet of the wider narrative and another example of just how far the hurtful consequences of terrible acts can travel. —Will Ford
Read the rest of the article on New Welsh Review.
Seoul International Writers Festival
For October 2012, I’ll be returning to Korea as a featured guest of the Seoul International Writers Festival. In May 2011, I travelled to Seoul as part of the Oz-Ko Poetry Tour. Read my account here.