I’ve just put up another posting up on Longbarrow Press’s website blog. You can read my observations here on place names in poetry. Alongside my contribution you can read fellow Longbarrow poets review books and discuss various topics that have been preoccupying them. There’s also new material to read on the Longbarrow website concerning an updated…
Posted on 14th July 2012 in NewsWork in progress with regards to a new collaboration I’m participating in with the artists Paul Evans and Karl Hirst can be viewed here. The title of the project is Tissues and Organs and will feature art work by Paul Evans, photography by Karl Hirst and poetry by myself. The work will be exhibited at…
Posted on 25th June 2012 in NewsIt’s worth checking out Rob Hindle’s excellent blog if you get the chance. He regularly updates his site with thoughtful pieces on writing poetry, creativity, and wider aspects of the arts. He has a ‘guest poet’ slot as well that is certainly worth reading. You can find his own poetry on the site as well.
Posted on 13th May 2012 in NewsI thought I should flag up the latest pamphlet collection from Longbarrow Press featuring work by Peter Riley, one of Britain’s finest poets. It is – as Brian Lewis the founder of the publishing house says – ‘neither poems nor prose’, concise meditations on place and society. You can read ‘Wetton Will New Year’s Eve…
Posted on 2nd May 2012 in NewsTo celebrate the launch of my new site I’ve posted a poem here that will be included in Jigs and Rigs, a chapbook to be published by Shoestring Press later this year. The poem focuses on a reading I organised in the late 1990s, featuring the poet Ken Smith. The Reading When Ken arrives his foot’s…
Posted on 4th April 2012 in News