Not drowning but waving
Did I mention I’d signed up for some swimming lessons? I saw a poster for a six-week long (school holidays) once a week […]
Category: Bloggers
End of year thoughts, links & thank yous
This is my wrap-up post for 2017 – I’ve enjoyed other people’s posts but have been increasingly wondering whether I’ve anything else to […]
End of year gratitude & resolutions
Is this the blogging equivalent of the Christmas round robin? If so, I confess I rather like receiving them. I honestly quite like […]
Some inspirational writing & poetry sites to enjoy in 2016
Happy New Year, and welcome to the rest of your life. May it be a long, healthy and happy one. Had a nice […]
#quirkychristmas and a very happy Christmas from the shed
Delighted to see my ‘night before Christmas’ poem on Abegail Morley’s The Poetry Shed today! Huge thanks!
Poetry Audio and Video Recordings
The ever-generous Peter Raynard has posted this marvellous resource on Proletarian Poetry… a compendium of Poetry Audio and Video Recordings.
Regional Poetry Focus: Leicestershire
Welcome to the first of my new series of Regional Focus pieces about the poetry scene around the UK. I suppose I could […]
Submissions – to enquire or not to enquire?
First of all a huge thank you to Matthew Stewart of Rogue Strands who has once again mentioned my blog in his ‘Best […]
Vanguard Readings – Six Poets & Anthology Launch
Richard Skinner’s excellent Vanguard Readings at The Bear in Camberwell generally hosts both poets and prose writers, but last night was a poetry […]
Submissions, readings, blogging books
I’ve been busy with work stuff lately so just a quick update. I had another rejection from The Poetry Review (but a nice note […]