https://irregularwriterscollective.co.uk/ Experimental fiction, poetry and literary mischief. en Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:28:47 GMT https://irregularwriterscollective.co.uk/fifty-pence-canon-lost-experimental-novelists-charity-shops/ https://irregularwriterscollective.co.uk/fifty-pence-canon-lost-experimental-novelists-charity-shops/ Britain’s real avant-garde archive is not in a glass case at the British Library. It is a wobbly shelf near the till in a charity shop, wedged between a broken-spined thriller and a cookbook for people who fear vegetables. This is a field guide to the weird, cheap, out-of-print fiction that still turns up for 50p — and why we should treat the second-hand shelf as a proper literary institution. Irregular Writers Literary Archaeology Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:31:40 GMT https://irregularwriterscollective.co.uk/send-in-the-clangers-bad-poetry-nights/ https://irregularwriterscollective.co.uk/send-in-the-clangers-bad-poetry-nights/ The UK spoken-word scene has become glittering, competition-shaped and almost aggressively respectable. Bring back the draft that doesn’t work. Bring back the poem about a pigeon. Here is the case for a monthly bad poetry night — plus a practical guide to running one without turning it into a cruelty engine. Irregular Writers Opinion Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:31:40 GMT