Spring is proving to be a great season for new poetry. My two best reads so far both present fascinating … More
Tag: poetry reading
Suggested Poetry and Science reading
One of my absolute favourite poets is Miroslav Holub who was not only a world class poet but an eminent … More
What They Left Behind: new collection & launch events
What They Left Behind, my new third collection from the fabulous Shoestring Press, is published on National Poetry Day. To … More
Unknown becomes known: discovering new poets, new poems
A key aim of the No One You Know anthology, which I am editing with my dear friend and fellow … More
Against the grain: unbound poetry
An approval copy of the Against the Grain anthology (published by Nelson) appeared in the English department where I worked in 1989 at just the right moment. Against the Grain continued the conversations about poetry that I had begun to have with other writers
No One You Know update
Excitement is mounting about No One You Know. A fantastic list of poet contributors is growing daily. Each poet will choose and write about an unknown poem by another poet and the reason for their choice of No One You Know.
No One You Know
We are thrilled to announce the launch of No One You Know, a new poetry project with Unbound Books
‘Poems should give us pictures in our head’
Children from Torriano Infants School (in Sue Ellis and Amy Clifford’s chapter, Making Poetry Happen). If you want to know … More