John Digby British-born poet and collagist, he is widely published in magazines and anthologies and is the author of four books of poems: Sailing Away from Night, The Structure of Bifocal Distance, To Amuse a Shrinking Sun (Anvil Press Poetry) and Incantations (Stone House Press).  He was the co-founder of Caligula Books (London). He has also co-edited a number of literary anthologies, among them, Water Voyages and Dancing to the Music of Poetry, published in sequential booklets by The Feral Press. Co-author (with his wife) of The Collage Handbook (Thames and Hudson) he is widely acknowledged for his “archival” approach to collage materials and techniques. His poetry, published in magazines and chapbooks,  has been translated into French, Romanian, Russian and Arabic. He has illustrated many booklets for diverse authors published by The Feral Press. He has also illustrated and published a number of his own and “found” poems as well as prose pieces and improvisations from Chinese poetry.

• The Most Curious Case of the Kidnapping of the Second-Hand Doughnut (2005) 8 ½” x 5 ½” found poem with cover and 3 illustrations by the author
• Improvisions on Arthur Rimbaud’s Le Bateau ivre, (2004) with cover and collage illustrations plus “spots” by John Digby  (out of print)
• All Day Long the Cry is ‘Still they Come’  (2006) collage poem with cover and 3 collage illustrations by John Digby,
• Getting it Right (2004) 5 ½” x 4 ¼” found poem with cover and 3 collages by John Digby
• Carte du Jour (2005) ) 5 ½” x 4 ¼” found poem with cover and 3 collages by John Digby.
• The Devil’s Mantle. (2006) 5 ½” x 4 ¼” found poem with cover and illustration by John Digby.
• Yes, You and the Dot: Homage to Alexander the Great (Spring 2007), 5½” x 4 ¼” a conceptual booklet with words and images by John Digby                      
• Another Place, Another Time, Another World: Hommage to Robert Hooke (Summer 2007), 8 ½” x 5 ½”  Keepsake for Pavel Zoubok Gallery Exhibition
• Sheila Shillingly: A Post-Modern Dadaist Poem (Spring 2007) 4 ¼” x 5 ½” with cover and 3  collages by John Digby
• A Stroll around the Giraffes in India (2007), 8 ½” x 5 ½”  short story in Cockney rhyming slang and glossary with illustrations by Luda Pahl.
• Gung-Ho for Cocktails, (2008) prose poem with cover and two collages by John Digby
• Most Remarkable Voyage was Made by a Woman, (2008) 8 ½” x 5 ½”  , collage poem with cover and two illustrations by John  Digby                                                         
• When Evening Falls: Two Anecdotes (Summer 2008) 5 ½” x 8” found prose with 5 collages by John Digby
• Two Brothers (Summer 2009)  5½” x  5½”  collage poem with cover and 3 illustrations by John Digby 
• Offbeat in the Woods (January 2010) 4 ¼” x 7" collage prose poem with cover and 4 illustrations by John Digby                                 

Adaptations from Chinese poetry

• Li Po Two Poems, adaptation by John Digby   (Spring 2006) 5” x 5” with 3 photos by John Digby
• Li Po and John Fletcher Two poems on Sleep, Li Po adaptation by John Digby, 4 illustrations Mary Lou Wilshaw-Watts
• Wang Wei, Two Poems,  improvised by John Digby 4 ¼” x  14” (March 2006) trifold with 4 collages by John Digby.
• Bumming for Grub an adaptation from Tao Ch’ien (Fall 2007) 5 1/2” x 5 ½”
• with cover and four illustrations by Linda Vi Vona.
• Five Sons: Fruits from the Old Tree, an adaptation from Tao Ch’ien (Winter 2008) 5 ½” x 7” with cover and illustrations by Linda Vi Vona
• We Can Discuss Loneliness: two poems adapted from Tu Fu and Po Chu-I by John Digby, with cover and  six illustrations by Linda Vivona.
• Pausing at the Border (Fall 2008)  5 ½” x 8” five Chinese adaptations with illustrations by Linda Vi Vona produced as a keepsake for a program of music by Brent Register, choreographed by John Ollom.
• The Monkey’s Egg (Summer 2009)  8 ½” x 7” collage poem copiously illustrated with collages.
• Among Friends (Fall 2009) 5 ½” x 8” poem by Tu Fu with cover and three illustrations by Jerimiah Syme.
• To Wang Lun, Master Brewer (October 2009) 6 1/2" x 5 1/2" poem by Li Po with cover and two additional illustrations by Linda Vi Vona 
• The Wang Wei Project (January 2010) 8 ½" x 7" ehon style folded booklet showing several stages in the development of pencil drawings by Jerimiah Syme that illustrate 7 Wang Wei poems. 

Several essays related to catalogues of his collage exhibitions have also been published by The Feral Press.

• Archival Collage: A Personal Example (The Ragged Edge Press, 1998). Produced for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• A Rainbow of Butterflies (2005) 8 ½” x 7” Catalogue for an exhibition  5 collage by John Digby
• Concerning the Angels: Homage to Raphael Alberti. (2005), 8 ½” x 5 ½”
• Songs of the Sirens (2005) 8 ½” x 5 ½”  
• Spirits of the Pinnacles (2005), 8 ½” x 5 ½”.(2005 reprinted 2006) Essay and poem with 3 collages by John Digby; back cover photo by Joan Digby                                               

John and Joan Digby, eds.

• Water Voyages, aka Fish and Ships (2002)    8 ½” x 5 ½”, 17 pamphlets of diverse poetry illustrated with collages by John Digby
• Dancing to the Music of Poetry ( 2004) 8 ½” x 5 ½” 21 pamphlets of diverse poetry illustrated with collages by John Digby
• A Flock of Birds (2008) 8 ½ x 5 ½”Craven Gallery Exhibition
• Bird Collages (2007)  8 ½ x 5 ½” produced for the Zoological Society of London
• Bird Collages (2008) 8 ½ x 5 ½”  produced for the Zoological Society of London

Gallery of Work