You 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 NewsMark Goodwin’s new collection of poems Steps is now available from Longbarrow Press. For information about the book and how to order it from the publisher go here. You can also hear a recording of Mark reading the poem ‘Steps’ if you scroll down the home page of the Longbarrow website here. There are also…
Posted on 18th March 2015 in NewsIn the lead-up to my reading of ‘Death and the Gallant’ at The Shakespeare on Sunday 19th October, three podcasts will be broadcast on the Longbarrow Press website (via Souncloud) detailing my recent visit to churches in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire that show traces of Medieval Wall. The first podcast, accompanied by a blog piece by…
Posted on 3rd October 2014 in NewsI’ve just written a new blog piece for the Longbarrow Press website on the influence of anthologies over the past fifty years, with particular reference to A Alvarez’s The New Poetry (1962, second edition 1966). You can read my opinions on the (undue) importance of anthology introductions and how collections are remembered here. While you…
Posted on 1st July 2014 in News