Meet-ups, currently reading & other distractions
Nothing wrong with distractions, and goodness I’m certainly welcoming them with open arms. But scroll down if you’re only here for the poetry […]
Tag: london
Fabulous reading arranged by super-supportive publisher Live Canon
Last weekend I had the great pleasure of a trip to London with my fellow Telltale poets, Peter Kenny & Sarah Barnsley. Live […]
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 […]
City walk, a workshop, Van Halen & Jo Bell’s ‘Kith’
This is the first year in a while that I haven’t been driving up to the Southbank for the T S Eliot Prize […]
‘Poems & Pictures’ blog at the Mary Evans Picture Library
We’re into our fourth week of dust, clutter and washing up in the bath. The joys of home improvements! We still don’t have a […]
First experience of Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get my lazy bod along to the Troubadour cafe for Anne-Marie-Fyfe’s Coffee House Poetry […]
Stanza Bonanza – Brighton & Palmers Green
It was a lovely evening at the Poetry Cafe last night – and a very high standard of readings I felt – there was music […]
Faber Social: Sam Riviere, Joe Dunthorne, Luke Wright, Ruth Padel
It was a arts-studenty sort of scene last night at the Faber Social in London: a narrow basement room, concrete floor, a sweaty […]
First ‘Poetry Unplugged’ experience
So much for my resolve to get out and do more readings/open mics this year. I haven’t yet plucked up the courage to […]
Brighton vs Forest: the result
It was hot stuff last night in the basement of the Poetry Cafe. I was just about ready to pass out in the […]