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Blog/ 05/03/2018

CIB: the distraction economy, empty living rooms & a toe-dip into poetry and polemic

analog sea review

I’ve shortened ‘Currently Influenced By…’ to CIB in the titles of these posts, because there are ‘rules’ about optimum length of blog posts […]

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Blog/ 27/02/2018

Pamphlet launch night

Launch of poetry pamphlets at Printers Playhouse Eastbourne

Stephen Bone and I had a blast last Thursday launching our pamphlets in Eastbourne, at the brilliant Printers Playhouse. The audience was a […]

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Blog/ 20/02/2018

Busy busy… pamphlet launch, Telltale Anthology latest

The Swan Theatre, Stratford

It seems to be a busy time of year, both for poetry and for music. I’ve been busy promoting our Lewes Singers concerts […]

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Blog/ 03/02/201802/02/2018

Opportunity to have a hand-stitched pamphlet of your poems

I promised Maria Isakova-Bennett I would mention this to you – Maria is the creator of the beautiful Coast to Coast to Coast […]

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Angst/ 02/02/2018

Currently influenced by…Whitman, the sea & being unproductive

The sea, itself!

This is the first of a new series of posts inspired by Anthony Wilson’s fascinating ‘notebook’ posts, in which he shares phrases, thoughts, […]

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Blog/ 27/01/201829/01/2018

Poetry competitions now open – to enter, or not?

NPC winners 2017

I’ve noticed there are a number of poetry competitions about to close – January seems to be a competition battleground. I’ve talked about the […]

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Blog/ 22/01/2018

The new pamphlet is here | launch details

Box of poetry pamphlets

Exciting times. My third pamphlet (counting ‘Foot Wear‘ as one) All the Relevant Gods is here. A box of copies arrived last week, so now […]

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Blog/ 20/01/2018

TS Eliot readings, Needlewriters, some crazy January stuff

TS Eliot Prize readings 2018 - Royal Festival Hall

Hardly seems like a week ago that Peter Kenny and I dared travel to London’s Southbank for the annual T S Eliot Prize […]

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Blog/ 09/01/2018

Giveaway winner PLUS 2 tickets for the TS Eliots at bargain price

Coast to Coast to Coast issue 2 number 55

It seems to be the thing at the moment when it comes to ‘picking a name out of the hat’ to make a […]

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Angst/ 29/12/2017

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 […]

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