For the uninitiated I should explain that Bang Said The Gun is not merely the title of a new poetry compilation, it's also a long-running, anarchistic and hilarious poetry night aimed at "people who don't like poetry."

So if you have never heard of Bang Said The Gun - or any of the poets therein - you are in the target audience for maximum enjoyment of this book.

The Bang team have developed a fearsome reputation. Their events are the complete anathema of all the nicey-nicey, terribly Oxbridge poetry of the status quo which is stifling the scene - poetry that is all form and no feeling, that says nothing and threatens nobody.