Charles Christian? Who he? That's me. I'm a poet, publisher, photographer and performer who is building up a growing audience for my prose poetry, storytelling and rambling, self-indulgent, irreverent, semi-autobiographical anecdotes and narrative monologues. Yes, it really is all about me.
As well as my local area of East Anglia, I'm also now giving performances farther afield, including a gig in Greenwich Village in New York City. My own writing has won prizes in competitions and been published in magazines and anthologies however I now spend a lot of my time running the highly popular and widely read Ink Sweat & Tears poetry and prose webzine, which has also expanded into podcasting and chapbook publishing. www.ink-sweat-and-tears.com
For my day job I'm a technology journalist and editor – which is why the inner geek frequently creeps into my work. I've also been a barrister – with a serial killer for a client, a PR consultant, a Reuters correspondent, a sci-fi TV reviewer and, most recently, an art school drop-out. I live on a farm, far from civilisation, surrounded by mud, muck and horses. (PS: the photos are by another East Anglian poet Michael Figura.)
Here are a some recent reviews...
"This is Spalding Gray meets Joyce Grenfell territory – altho without the latter's songs!"
"His work walks a narrow edge that could crumble into cleverness." ...Obsessed with Pipework
"The other poet who stood out for us was a geezer called Charles Christian. His observations were sharp and telling and spiced with a fine touch of humour." ...Clueless Collective
"Very glad to have the chance to hear you in action. I really enjoyed your heartening dry wit." ...Michael Laskey
