Sean Burn is on the short list!

Well done Sean!!

Sean Burn, mo thunder (The Knives Forks and Spoons Press)

http://www.knivesforksandspoonspress.co.uk/theknivesforksandspoonspress/AUTHORS__A-C.html

mo thunder is a collection of visual poetry in which found words and phrases have been placed under pressure and re-configured. Playing with typography and a textured approach to design, this is a work which refracts a variety of different kinds of everyday language, foregrounding oral as well as visual effects in a mesmerising way.

More info on the award

http://www.bl.uk/poetrypamphlets/pamphlets.html

Sean Burn is a writer, performer and artist. A playwright and film-maker, his films have been screened at the Tate Modern and venues abroad. He was shortlisted for a Dadafest Disability Arts Award in 2009, the same year Skev Press published his third larger collection of work, wings are giving out.

The winners of both awards will be announced and presented with a cheque for £5,000 at a reading and awards ceremony at the British Library on 13 June 2011. Tickets are now on sale from the British Library box office, here or in person from the British Library main building at St Pancras.