Why Write Reviews? As you can see, the title of this blogpost asks a straightforward question. Sadly, the answer may not be so straightforward. The question ar...
At the End of the Year This blog is about poetry, often about my own, but not necessarily about me. It isn't a diary or a place to record personal thoughts. At...
The Gentle Art of Self-Promotion Recently, I placed a pre-order for Fiona Sampson's new book on British poetry, Beyond the Lyric . So far, everything I've heard abo...
Buying 'Gaud' On-line As promised, I can now give details of where to buy 'Gaud', as well as the other great Flarestack Poets pamphlets, on-line. Just cli...
Flarestack Poets Launch I'm just about recovered now from the intense experience of presenting poems from my pamphlet Gaud at the Flarestack Poets launch in Bi...