Title

The Rylands Brief: John McAuliffe

Creator

Smith, Jessica

McAuliffe, John

Dessaline, Guillaume (Editor)

Description

In Episode 4 of The Rylands Brief, archivist Jessica Smith talks to poet John McAuliffe about his work with Carcanet's archive at the Rylands: he also talks to Jess about Thomas Kinsella's work, and about notable Rylands readings, by Bill Manhire, Elaine Feinstein, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and others.

This podcast features items from an exhibition which celebrates 50 years of Carcanet poetry press, an exhibition which was installed in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library in Manchester in mid-March 2020. The week that is was due to open, the Rylands Library closed as a result of the pandemic.

The Rylands Brief is devised and written by John McAuliffe at the Centre for New Writing and Jessica Smith at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Thanks to Guillaume Dujat des Allimes for sound tech.