The Reading List week 10: Glück, Paterson, Crowther
These pocket-sized reviews have been getting a bit long lately and that’s not good, because I start thinking “do I have time to […]
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival de-brief
And so the inevitable Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog post. You’ve probably read a post or two on the subject already, or at least […]
What I’ve been up to, and look ahead to Aldeburgh
Just a quick update and a look ahead to the weekend … I was excited to see the T S Eliot Prize shortlist, especially as […]
Filming in the centre of Chad
This is an amazing piece by Peter Kenny – really worth reading.
The Reading List week 9: Malone, Maitreyabandhu, Man
This week, three books by men, all with names starting with M, all with (pretty much) monochrome cover art and three of the […]
Readings, launches & seeds of a new project or two
We’ve been in Eastbourne a month. It probably sounds daft but I’ve been struck at how mild it seems to be here compared […]
Lewes & Oxford readings this week, plus poet friends’ success
Ah, National Poetry Day seems to be the unofficial kickstarter of the poetry season (is that ‘open season’)? Last week saw a flurry […]
The Reading List, Week 8 – McCabe, Hopkins, Skinner, Sawkins
All the National Poetry Day euphoria over with and I’m back into the swing of The Reading List this week, and some wonderful […]
The Reading List, week 7 – Jack Underwood ‘Happiness’
Only one book to report on in this episode of The Reading List – there seem to be endless admin jobs involved in […]
‘Zones of Avoidance’ – a live literature performance
What would your understanding be of a ‘live literature performance’? Is it the same, or related to ‘performance poetry’? Could any poetry, when read or […]