My new poetry collection, Little Piece of Harm, is now available to order from Longbarrow Press (£5 plus postage). It’s the culmination of five years of writing about the city I’ve lived in for over half my life now. It’s about public damage and private trauma. It begins with a policeman being shot on one…
Posted on 29th March 2021 in NewsI’ve got a new poetry collection coming out with Longbarrow Press next week. I’ve written about plotting the sequence, the story, in this blog piece on the Longbarrow website.
Posted on 19th March 2021 in NewsI’ll be reading my poetry at the inaugural HillsFest (Sheffield) on Saturday 9th July. I will be performing at The Bowling Green Pavilion in Hillsborough at 12.50 p.m., kicking off proceedings for two days of spoken word events. There’s a big programme featuring poetry readings, talks/lectures and film over the course of the weekend. You…
Posted on 3rd July 2016 in NewsYou can find two responses to my latest collection of poems, Skin (Longbarrow Press, 2015) in the on-line journal Sabotage and the Winter 2015/16 print edition of The North. Ed Ferrari produced a ‘podcast’ review of my book back in August. His ten minute consideration of Skin can be found here. I like the way an…
Posted on 19th February 2016 in NewsI am very pleased to announce that my latest collection of poems – Skin – will be published by Longbarrow Press on June 5th. The book covers almost a decade’s worth of writing, with five main sequences or long poems set alongside poetry inspired by collaborations and commissions. My work over this period returns again and again…
Posted on 30th May 2015 in News