Spent launches this Wednesday – a Molotov cocktail of punk poems and stories

Paul Case’s ‘Spent’ is a searing mix of poetry and prose hurled straight at the heart of late capitalism. Navigating the chaos of punk, radical politics, addiction, and mental health, Case captures a world fraying at the edges, where personal demons mirror societal collapse and the line between resistance and self-destruction grows increasingly blurred.

‘Spent’ launches this Wednesday, with Paul speaking all about the book and the stories, poems and influences it contains at a free entry gig at Sketchy Beats in Great Junction Street, Edinburgh from 7.30pm onwards, 7/5/25. Flyer below.

Thoughts Words Action spoke with Case about the raw inspirations behind ‘Spent’, the scene that shaped him, the politics that drive him, and the DIY ethos that threads through both his writing and his life. What emerged is a candid conversation about art on the fringes, gallows humour as survival, and the stubborn spark of hope that refuses to die, even when everything else seems spent.

Read the full interview here: https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2025/05/05/interview-paul-case-the-author-of-spent/

Order the book here: https://www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page/spent-by-paul-case

Contact Sketchy Beats, Edinburgh here: https://www.facebook.com/sketchybeatscafe/