At least Spring isn’t cancelled
There’s something about the sun coming out that puts a positive spin on everything. I’ve even taken to going for a bit of […]
Category: Books
New update to the UK poetry mags submissions list. Also Spring coming soon.
Yesterday I sent out the latest update to the magazines subs list, which if you’re on my mailing list you should have received, […]
Free Verse at Conway Hall
Up to London yesterday for the The Poetry Book & Magazine Fair aka Free Verse, at a new time of year (February rather […]
A chilled start to the year
January 15th and I’m just getting round to my first post of the year, something that would have concerned me a bit in […]
Ah! The business of poetry blogging
Oh no! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, and yet Matthew Stewart has still generously kept me on his list […]
Recent reading
I’ve got into a rhythm of reading a Canto of Dante’s Purgatory each night before falling asleep, sometimes I get through the chapter […]
Dante on Brexit
I’m only at the first layer of Hell but am already enjoying the ride that is Dante’s Inferno. And it’s all feeling rather […]
Back to school, current reading & looking forward
Back. After twelve days or so away I’m feeling positively autumnal and a bit ‘back to school’ (garden looking blousy, woollies coming out […]
A few thoughts from Virginia Woolf on praise and fame
Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary is proving a rich source of inspiration. On the subject of a writer’s insecurity, it’s refreshing to find […]
London Undercurrents at Clapham Bookshop
Joolz Sparkes and Hilaire have been collaborating on London Undercurrents for a number of years and I was delighted when it was published […]