Launch of The Rialto 80
It rained. Part of the building had fallen off. The bar was heaving with Carphone Warehouse partygoers. But The Rialto launch last night […]
Submissions, forthcoming events, pamphlet sales etc
Latest submissions news is …. no news. Or rather, another of my stupid cockups: according to my records I’d made a submission to Lighthouse in early […]
More words of advice from Mimi Khalvati
Having recently been to the last of Mimi Khalvati’s Lewes for workshops for a while, I realised I hadn’t been blogging about them […]
What makes you buy (poetry)?
First, a little story about sales. My first ever job was as a Saturday girl in the Lilley & Skinner shoe shop on […]
Poets’ blogs – some recent finds
It’s been a while since one of my ‘three great blogs’ roundups, usually on a theme. The last couple of months I feel […]
Love this: recordings of poems by Denise Levertov
Huge thanks to Brain Pickings for leading me to this.
Thomas, Plaice, Hurst reading in Hove
Yesterday was only the second sunny, (almost) balmy evening of the year, and I found myself (almost) beside the sea, amongst some magical works […]
Granta Japan launch
A fascinating evening yesterday in Brighton at New Writing South for the launch of the latest issue of Granta magazine issue 127, Japan, […]
Heavenly Bodies, Starry Night
I admit Don McLean’s Vincent was one of my inspirations when it came to writing about a constellation – that and the challenge […]
A very Lewes launch: Janet Sutherland & Jeremy Page
Somehow I managed to arrive too late for a seat at the Elephant & Castle yesterday evening (despite having a commute of approximately […]