Beat Scene

Beat Scene A recent issue of my Beat Scene magazine. Beautiful cover shot of a younger Jack Kerouac. Circa 1950 Beat Scene magazine was started in 1988.

I had been interested in the Beat Generation, in particular Jack Kerouac, since around 1971. News of the books, many of which were out of print in those far off days, and the writers in the English media was pitiful, sporadic and patchy. Finding out about Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti and the others was a difficult thing to do, they were not the media favourites they are today, relati

vely speaking. Serving a long apprenticeship by reading all the books they published prior to and following I began to feel that they needed better coverage and support in England, a place that would act as some kind of focus for keen observers of the Beats. But it took me a long time to get going. First of all I started Satori Books in 1982, with the name stolen from Kerouac's novel SATORI IN PARIS. (Satori - sudden illumination or kick in the eye - Jack Kerouac).

Thank you to all the people who ordered the new larger format Beat Scene Press chapbook by Ann Charters - Jack Kerouac's...
17/04/2025

Thank you to all the people who ordered the new larger format Beat Scene Press chapbook by Ann Charters - Jack Kerouac's Legendary World of Duluoz. 200 numbered copies, much colour inside, nice paper. A 20,000 word essay by Ann. Anyone interested email [email protected]

01/04/2025

CORY BOOKER YAY!

01/04/2025

Cory Booker Yay!

09/03/2025
Pretty new from the Beat Scene press. JACK KEROUAC BEAT TRAVELLER by Paul Maher Jr.Anyone interested me at kevbeatscene@...
05/01/2025

Pretty new from the Beat Scene press. JACK KEROUAC BEAT TRAVELLER by Paul Maher Jr.
Anyone interested me at [email protected]

LEGENDS OF LITTLE CANADA by Charlie Garguilo is a fairly new book I've been reading today. Gargiulo lived in Little Cana...
25/07/2024

LEGENDS OF LITTLE CANADA by Charlie Garguilo is a fairly new book I've been reading today. Gargiulo lived in Little Canada in the 1960s and he is here writing from the viewpoint of his 12 year self. If you have read Jack Kerouac you will know of Little Canada. 65 pages in and I'm hooked. The Catholic church looms large. The priests and the nuns. But so too does Marvel Comics, that kind of stuff. But Charlie has demons to contend with. A tough life. The nuns don't make it any easier. Little Canada, in the shadow of the Gothic St. Jeanne Baptiste church. And that too figures in Charlie's recalling of life back then in this inner city enclave. It's brilliant. Go to www.loompress.com

This came out in July. Beat Scene Press chapbook series - BRION GYSIN - DEAR ROGER: LETTERS TO ROGER KNOEBBER 1962-1984 ...
18/07/2024

This came out in July. Beat Scene Press chapbook series - BRION GYSIN - DEAR ROGER: LETTERS TO ROGER KNOEBBER 1962-1984 - 125 numbered copies in the regular chapbook series - There are now a few copies available again - contact [email protected]

Ted Berrigan, a livewire poetry man. Known in Beat Generation circles as the man who went to interview Jack Kerouac in h...
27/06/2024

Ted Berrigan, a livewire poetry man. Known in Beat Generation circles as the man who went to interview Jack Kerouac in his twilight years on behalf of The Paris Review, whose poetry editor was his pal Tom Clark. Berrigan, very much a new wave New York School poet, if any tag is really needed, friend of another livewire, Anne Waldman and others like Clark, Joe Brainard, Lewis Warsh, Dick Gallup and the list goes on. Interviewing Jack Kerouac with him were Aram Saroyan and Duncan McNaughton. But who was Ted Berrigan, he dropped off the planet well before his time? In a new Beat Scene Press chapbook his wife Alice Notley, a feted poet in her own right, recalls him. The chapbook is in the regular 8″x5″ inches format with fold over covers, an edition of 125 numbered copies. If anyone is interested contact me on [email protected]

Beat Scene Number 110 will be issued shortly. If you are interested in buying a copy please email me at kevbeatscene@gma...
20/05/2024

Beat Scene Number 110 will be issued shortly. If you are interested in buying a copy please email me at [email protected]

A snippet from Beat Scene 109. [Courtesy of Dave Pedersen of Maze Books]
29/03/2024

A snippet from Beat Scene 109. [Courtesy of Dave Pedersen of Maze Books]

A heartening photo from Dave Pedersen owner of the Maze Books store. The new Beat Scene on display in the shop. Thanks f...
29/03/2024

A heartening photo from Dave Pedersen owner of the Maze Books store. The new Beat Scene on display in the shop. Thanks for your order Dave. Maze is a general used bookstore I understand. They have a fondness for the Beat Generation writers and all those connected with them. If it is within a reasonable distance of you it sounds like a place to visit – if you like old fangled things like books. They are at 406 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104, USA. Email is [email protected] and the site is https://www.maze-books.com/

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There is a new issue of Beat Scene - Number 109 - out this week. Anyone interested get in touch at kevbeatscene@gmail.co...
13/03/2024

There is a new issue of Beat Scene - Number 109 - out this week. Anyone interested get in touch at [email protected]

William Burroughs - The Frisco Kid He Never Returns with Shadow Routines from Iain Sinclair - just got this from Michael...
22/12/2023

William Burroughs - The Frisco Kid He Never Returns with Shadow Routines from Iain Sinclair - just got this from Michael Curran's Tangerine Press. Fascinating stuff. Michael Curran is a throwback. Real craftsman. https://www.thetangerinepress.com

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