On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns is joined by Dave Ward. They talk about the importance of archives, using games in poetry workshop facilitation, and selling poetry magazines in pubs. Dave Ward is a poet, folklorist and workshop facilitator. His poetry published under the name David Ward includes books like Leechcraft. He publishes folklore under the name David Greygoose. Dave co-founded and directs The Windows Project which runs game-based poetry workshops. He also co-founded and edits Smoke poetry magazine. Books and other thingsLeechcraft: https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/leechcraft-by-david-ward-pre-order?srsltid=AU7gw4Vqc3nWGb8REe2B15VLHHcmVYuFO51QB6p-r2a1lKJYatF5TrE3 Brunt Goggart (as David Greygoose): https://pushkinpress.com/book/brunt-boggart/ You can also use our affiliate link for Bookshop to find most of the books by most of the guests from the show. They are organised into lists for each series. If you use this link, we get a fraction of the money you spend: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/series-seven-the-poems-we-made-along-the-way We’d also recommend enquiring with your local bookshops or libraries as well.Things to read/watch/listen/etc in relationship to this interview:The Windows Project: https://www.windowsproject.co.uk/ Smoke magazine: https://www.windowsproject.co.uk/smoke-magazine Liverpool Peoples History: https://liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/04/02/word-games-dial-a-poem-windows-project/Paper published by University of Liverpool on arts sector funding circa late 2000s: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/impacts08/publications/liverpools-arts-sector.pdfThe UsualMake sure you don’t miss future episodes by subscribing and if you enjoyed this episode consider sharing it with a friend or anyone else you think might also like it.Theme tune: Joe Chesterman-March who can be found here: https://joecm.co.uk YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/@ThePoemsWeMade Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ThePoemsWeMade Website: http://www.poemswemade.com Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thepoemswemade Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.