Manuscript of the poem 'Giraffe'

Manuscript of the poem 'Giraffe', sent to Astrid Noppen, in 1965. The poem appeared in Sinclair Beiles's debut collection, Ashes of Experience, in 1969.

Courtesy: Cold Turkey Press

Sinclair Beiles: a photo by dawie malan

Sinclair and the Beat Hotel plaque

"Here are Sinclair’s ‘Last Words,’ written in Paris long before he would have been aware of any pressing need to devise a valedictory.”  Heathcote Williams, from a tribute to Sinclair Beiles, in Bone Hebrew, a collection of Beiles’s writings published in 2013, in a limited edition, Cold Turkey Press. Read more.

Some evidence amongst the ruins, by Sinclair Beiles

estepona: you walked into a gunshop, by Sinclair Beiles

An unpublished poem by Sinclair Beiles. Courtesy: The Cold Turkey Press archives

the poet adored her, by Sinclair Beiles

Unpublished poem by Sinclair Beiles. Courtesy: The Cold Turkey Press archives

Backbone, by Sinclair Beiles

Unpublished poem. Courtesy: The Cold Turkey Press archives

The Strange Land, by Sinclair Beiles

Unpublished poem dated 10 May 1975. Courtesy: The Cold Turkey Press archives

Beiles ready to launch into space

Photo: Galarie Iris Clert. From right to left: Takis, Raimondos and Minos. In space: Sinclair Beiles.

1960. Photo provided by Bruno Sourdin.

Sacred Fix: a portrait of beat poet Sinclair Beiles

Sacred Fix is a documentary on Sinclair Beiles by Anton Kotze. It was broadcast on South African television in 1998.

Burroughs on Sinclair Beiles's role in getting Naked Lunch edited and published

From Here to Go by Terry Wilson, Creation Books