POETRY AND PROSE

Downloads of poems and prose are gathered under LISTEN AND READ at the bottom of this page.

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POETRY

I have been featured poet at the Henley Arts Festival; read at the Henley Literary Festival, and have talked on the role of poetry in encouraging business creativity on Radio 5 Live. I published DREAMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Selected Poems 1986 -1996 in 1996, together with a tape of poetry readings and musical performances.

I have been working on my latest poem MESSENGERS since September 2005. The first volume 'Location. Location, Location' is now published by ONLY CONNECT PUBLISHING.

PROSE
I have written four novels and a number of essays and short stories. I'm presently working on a series of short stories called FIND A CITY.

My most recent novel is A GLASS ROPE. It takes place 40-60 years in the future. The world has changed in some respects but is the same in many others. A pedantic, middle-aged tutor’s rather mundane life is suddenly turned on its head by an ex-student. He begins to review his past and finds out that much of what he thought about it is a lie.

SCRIPTS AND DRAMA
I have written scripts with both Steve Bennett and Christopher Ring. The FAMILY SILVER, a play I wrote with Chris, was performed over three nights. Chris and I worked on:

NORMAL SERVICE: A TV sitcom based on a commuter journey to London.

CLEAN SHEETS: A comedy drama series about the relationship between an ex-hippie mother and her entrepreneurial daughter

LISTEN AND READ
Click on the links below to see pdfs of some of the things I’ve written

Messengers

>> Click here to read a section of this work in progress.

Poem for the Month

>> A recent poem THE STRANGE VOYAGE OF YOU AND ME. Click the title to read it.

A Glass Rope

>> Click here to read the opening A GLASS ROPE.

World War in Umbria
WORLD WAR In Umbria is a long essay on Italian art, religion, Iraq and a number of other matters.

>> Click here to read the opening

All poetry and prose is ©Ian Florance, All Rights Reserved except where indicated..

I’m happy for you to download and print one copy of these files for private reading. If you would like to receive full version of excerpted works do contact me. I am investigating publishing some of these works formally: let me know if you want to be kept updated.