Roddy Lumsden reads six poems from his latest collection Third Wish Wasted (Bloodaxe Books, March 2009) at the book's launch event at StAnza. He reads and talks about these poems: 'Against Complaint', 'The Beautiful', 'Sammy's Noodle House & Grill', 'Tandem', 'Ludlow' and 'Quietus'.

Roddy Lumsden is one of the liveliest and most inventive poets writing in Britain today. His fifth collection sees him extending the range of his poetry, straying into denser and more musical territory, as well as sticking with the form and wit which typifies his earlier work. Third Wish Wasted is a book concerned with our wishes and desires. Belonging to a world between real and imagined folklore, the poems are by turns celebratory, humorous and beguiling, and there are bittersweet contemplations of youth, beauty and fame.

Jay Bernard is one of 21 poets included in the new Bloodaxe anthology of young poets, Voice Recognition (ed. James Byrne & Clare Pollard, published in September 2009). Here she reads in the Roddy and the Pilots' event at StAnza, featuring five poets who've published pamphlets with Tall-Lighthouse in their Pilot series edited by Roddy Lumsden. She reads 'Kid Moth', 'Lingerie', 'tongues in velvet' and 'And how will she smell?', which are all included in YOUR SIGN IS CUCKOO, GIRL (Tall-Lighthouse, 2008) or in Voice Recognition.

Emily Berry is one of 21 poets included in the new Bloodaxe anthology of young poets, Voice Recognition (ed. James Byrne & Clare Pollard, published in September 2009). Here she reads in the Roddy and the Pilots event at StAnza, featuring five poets who've published pamphlets with Tall-Lighthouse in their Pilot series edited by Roddy Lumsden. She reads 'The Descent', 'I Heart NY', 'A Londoner's Love Song', 'Everything She Does Is Not Her Own Fault' and 'A Short Guide to Corsetry', most of which are included in Stingray Fevers (Tall-Lighthouse, 2009) or in Voice Recognition.

Adam O'Riordan is one of 21 poets included in the new Bloodaxe anthology of young poets, Voice Recognition (ed. James Byrne & Clare Pollard, published in September 2009). Here he reads in the Roddy and the Pilots event at StAnza, featuring five poets who've published pamphlets with Tall-Lighthouse in their Pilot series edited by Roddy Lumsden. He reads 'Manchester' and 'NGC 3949' from Queen of the Cotton Cities (Tall-Lighthouse, 2007), and 'Candle Moulds' and 'Silver Lake' from a new pamphlet, HOME (Wordsworth Trust, 2009), some of which are included in Voice Recognition.

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