Podcast 2: White Swan, Aylesbury, Bucks, 19th September 2009

For my first podcast in a while I wanted to do something a little different.

The text on this track was taken word for word from my notebook, and written at the date and venue indicated in the title. You can see the actual notebook pages I was reading from below (yes, I omitted the last page; the text didn't seem to fit for these purposes). Characters and themes from the novel I am currently writing - as well as my usual manias, the ten thousand things - slide in and out.

This track was recorded on the evening of 4th January 2010. The backing music is Heather's Lament by Samatha Dean, from the album Broken Notes (which you can download for free here).

You can listen to it at my myspace audio page here. Download version will be available shortly.

Notebook pages follow. You'll need to click on the images to view the full pages.

New Tracks

My apologies for the long delay in updating this page; life got in the way. Separation, divorce, moving home, and general madness have all taken their toll. I have been writing a great deal, though, and recording new tracks. I'll be posting a new podcast on here very shortly, but in the meantime you can hear demos of a couple of the new tracks (with music) that I've done recently at my myspace audio page - myspace.com/logosdarrenfrancisaudio

Podcast #1: Red Room

My first podcast, featuring the story Red Room which appeared in my book Spell. To download and listen to it, right-click and save HERE.

128kpbs. Duration: 10 min 28 sec. File size: 9.6 mb.

If you want to have a listen before (or instead of) downloading, I'll be posting all my podcasts on my myspace audio page (where you'll also be able to hear other pieces by me), though bear in mind that as and when I add new things there I'll be taking off the older pieces so it may not stay up there long.

For those of you new to my work, here's a picture and a bit about me below:

Darren Francis was born in London. He has done a great many things, most of which you don't want to know about. He currently lives in leafy Bucks, writing and nurturing ontological escape-plans.

His work has been published in a number of anthologies and online journals, including Fissure, Skin, emthree, Technopagan, britpulp! (print) and Retort, Why Vandalism?, Pulp, Catalyzer, ken*again, Sick Among The Pure, Starving Arts and Poetic Inhalation (online). His book Spell was published in 2008.

Website: www.darrenfrancis.co.uk

Myspace: www.myspace.com/darrenfrancis