Drum roll please, the essay is submitted (and other news)
End of my first year on the MA Poetry & Poetics On Tuesday I submitted my Spring term essay (HURRAH!), and well before […]
End of my first year on the MA Poetry & Poetics On Tuesday I submitted my Spring term essay (HURRAH!), and well before […]
I’m expecting my granddaughter to be offered a book deal any time now. Last week she gave me a card with a question […]
I recently had a text from one of my stepdaughters who was passing on a question from her five-year-old: “Nana, how are poems […]
It’s been a busy few weeks. To tell the truth, I’m feeling a little over-exposed. You know how annoying it is: Poet X […]
This is the second in my mini-series on UK & Irish poetry magazines. The three featured today are all long-standing publications. Stand started […]
I’m very pleased to be taking part in an online reading this coming Friday 19th February at 1pm. Live Canon, the lovely publisher […]
This is the first of a mini-series about print poetry magazines. Although I do my quarterly spreadsheet, there’s no room for any description […]
After the excitement of having my site invaded last week, and the subsequent tsunami of ‘new posts’ about ‘how to make a salad’ […]
I do apologise for the spammy ‘post notifications’ that just went out. It seems my blog was targeted by something nasty. I hope […]
I was reminded recently why I left Facebook some years ago. Things were getting too toxic for my liking, and I was a […]