Bill Lewis was one of the near legendary Medway Poets Group along with Billy
Childish, Sexton Ming, Charles Thomson and Rob Earl.
He has performed his poems in Europe, Latin America and North America and has been published in magazines, journals and anthologies all over the world. Some of his poems have been translated into Spanish and his short stories into German.
In addition, Lewis has been broadcast on television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic and has carried out readings, workshops and lectures at Literary Festivals (including the International Cambridge Poetry Festival), hospitals, prisons, schools and
universities and he was the first Writer-in-Residence at the Brighton Festival
(1985).
Lewis was one of the original 13 founder members of the Stuckist Movement. He has since gone on to disseminate the ideas and theories that have emerged from Remodernism.
He has exhibited his paintings in various galleries in Paris London, Berlin, New Jersey,
Los Angeles, Kentucky and was featured in the 'Punk Victorian' exhibition at the Walker
Gallery, Liverpool.
An article and interview about Bill Lewis in the Medway Times via this link http://www.medwaytimes.co.uk/index.php/medway-culture/320-a-medway-vision-authentic-legendand also see September 2011 Issue of WOW Kent magazine for an article covering the exhibition at the Deaf Cat Gallery www.wowkent.co.uk
(via current issue page then scroll to bottom of page for back issues).
To see Bill Lewis readings some of his poems please visit the 'Bill Lewis Channel' on youtube by clicking on the link below http://www.youtube.com/user/medwaybilllewis
more can be found on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bill+lewis+medway+poet&aq=f
All clips are by film director Jonathan Henkel and are part of an on-going project which will result in a documentary about me and the Remodernist movement.
At the 2012 Culture and Design Awards Bill Lewis won the Award for Literature.