I recently took advantage of a World of Books Buy 3 Get One Free offer on books under a fiver, and today they arrived –…
Poetry
I recently took advantage of a World of Books Buy 3 Get One Free offer on books under a fiver, and today they arrived –…
I’m just taking a moment to post what will probably be my last of 2018, and I have to be careful not to descend into…
I’m back from an inspirational week at the Garsdale Retreat, on a poetry residential course that deserved to be full but wasn’t – if you’ve…
Retreating Next week I’m off to the Garsdale Retreat for a week tutored by Ian Duhig and guest reader Hannah Lowe. I’m excited by the…
Taking a leaf out of Peter Kenny’s book, here are seven items from the imaginary newsdesk at Kenny Houghton Towers (sorry Peter – but as Picasso said…
Well the submissions list was popular… I hope you managed to get some poems out before some of the deadlines. I’ve got a few things…
Katy Evans-Bush‘s TS Eliot shortlist workshop is fast becoming an institution. Now in its sixth year, it’s a fine precursor to the Prize readings which…
This post is the latest update to my ‘Reading List’ project begun in July 2015. The Lammas Hireling, Ian Duhig (Picador, 2003) From the opening…
Good news and bad news! Quick update first of all to my October ‘working on, waiting on’ post: Poetry London – standard rejection slip. Shearsman…
The weather’s terrible, I am a ‘music widow’ today and I feel the urge to reconnect with what makes poetry good, and conversely what’s BAD…