Episode Details

On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Rishi Dastidar about the death of rhetoric, the importance of good titles and the links between poetry and advertising.

Rishi Dastidar is a poet, copywriter and brand strategist. His books Ticker Tape, Safron Jack and Neptune’s Projects have all been published by Nine Arches Press. His new book A Hobby of Mine was published by Broken Sleep Books earlier this year. He is on the board of 26 and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Rishi Dastidar’s Website: https://www.rishidastidar.com/

Rishi’s BBC Radio show on the relationship between poetry and advertising: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000kfvf

A Hobby of Mine: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/rishi-dastidar-a-hobby-of-mine

Neptune’s Projects: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/neptune-s-projects

Saffron Jack: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/saffron-jack

The Craft, essay anthology: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the-craft

Poems from Malika’s Poetry Kitchen: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/too-young-too-loud-too-different-poems-from-malika-s-poetry-kitchen-malika-s-poetry-kitchen/5b6dd2106fdcc93a

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