It’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