Ambit x Soho Radio

Ambit magazine, est. 1959, bids adieu to Briony Bax, editor from 2013-2021, who speaks about her Lament collection about mental health (Rough Trade Books), with music from Pete Astor's The Attendant, Malik Ameer Crumpler's new Brazilian collaboration, presented by author, poet, and incoming editor, Kirsty Allison

First broadcast with Soho Radio NYC and Culture, hear poet heroine, iconic essayist, and mighty novelist Kim Addonizio talk about the gender politics in literature with Kirsty Allison

Ambit magazine, est. 1959, bids adieu to Briony Bax, editor from 2013-2021, who speaks about her Lament collection about mental health (Rough Trade Books), with music from Pete Astor's The Attendant, Malik Ameer Crumpler's new Brazilian collaboration, presented by author, poet, and incoming editor, Kirsty Allison

Michael Foreman - the art director of Ambit for 50 years, with legendary typesetter Alan Kitching, who came in with Derek Birdsall's Omnific Studios -  illustrator and jazzman, Ken Cox, our new designer Stephen Barrett with Kirsty Allison, and curator and author, David Brittain, and an in depth discussion with art competition judge, Michael Salu.

Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family discusses the ‘Johnson  method’ alongside the theme of Futility! Fear! Faith! with author of the cult worldtrip-inside-your-soul book, Threshold, Rob Doyle, and Jenni  Fagan, who’s recent novel, Luckenbooth frames gothic Victoriana into Edinburgh tenements over 9 decades by way of beatnik residents of mulitudinous force.  Also, hear work from Jeremy Reed, Connor Seed and  Vida Adamcewski’s letter to her brother, Saul from Fat White Family.   Hosted by Kirsty Allison, with thanks to Clare Lynch for producing.

This  is the first show on Soho Radio NYC & Culture from the venerable  Ambit arts and literary quarterly, which was established in 1959 by Dr  Martin Bax in London.  Editors have included JG Ballard and Eduardo  Paolozzi.  Work by everyone from William S Burroughs, Stevie Smith,  David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Linton Kwesi Johnson to more recent  literary and arts idols has been published on the infamous pages which  became somewhat banned in 1969 for launching a competition for work  written on drugs.

Poet  Briony Bax (Rough Trade Books) took to the helm in 2013, and recently  recruited Kirsty Allison, who have together introduced the all new Ambit  Pop editions, which interchange with the traditional unsolicited  submission editions of 96 pages selected by editors.

The first Ambit Pop is out now, and is guest edited by Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family who  introduces a stellar crew of Rob Doyle, Jenni Fagan, Benjamin Myers,  Adelle Stripe, Jeremy Reed, Zaffar Kunial, Connor Seed, Nina Power, Vida  Adamczewski, Niall Griffiths - with art from Marco Livingstone, Steven  Allan, Anna McDowell, Wayne Horse, and Neal Fox (Le Gun) have created  something quite exceptional, and it’s £10 or £30 for a print  subscription for a year.

The  annual competition is currently open for another month with the theme  of Metamorphosis and judges: Deborah Levy (stories), Kim Addonizio  (poems) and Michael Salu (illustration).  Enter now!

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