Simon Smith

'The Waste Land may have been smoothed to automatic for the iPad, but Simon Smith's Gravesend makes the South-East coast of Dickens and Conrad a place worth missing connections again. All the digital landfill of one London poet's life is here, not to mention a book-stopping tribute to Cy Twombly. Line by line, Smith is one of the most exciting poet writing in England: if it weren't for the sweet Thames and the Little Chefs, he might pass for an American.' - Jeremy Noel-Tod

"From a man to a boy to a chicken to the meat for the man...anyone can play God these days"Since the beginning of time, we have felt the need to be at peace with oneself. However with the advent of technology and an ever-changing society the journey to becoming whole has changed. "Jesus And Jam Sandwiches is about today's journey to adulthood. Share the heartbreak, trials, drama and understanding as Simon lays bare a shocking insight into today's teenage life with such depth and wonder how a young man could write with such power, tackling issues usually left swept under the carpet. Can happiness be found in the most barren of places?