Wednesday 21 January SoPo @ Elmwood 8-9 Carlisle Street London W1D 3BP I’m reading with Colette Bryce (above) and Joe Dunthorne at this brand new event held in the offices of a Soho ad agency. It’s organised by my friend Laura Forman, who is also an excellent poet. It’s free entry but if you want to comeContinue reading “Reading at SoPo with Colette Bryce & Joe Dunthorne”
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The Film of the Poem
Ross Sutherland’s ‘Things To Do Before You Leave Town’ (the poem, not the book) is now a short film, made by Line & A Dot.
Guardian on Crashaw Prize
Alison Flood reports on The Crashaw Prize announcement in The Guardian. Thank you to everyone who’s sent messages of congratulations here, by email or on Facebook. Your support is most appreciated!
I have won The Crashaw Prize
I’ve been writing since I was 16 (I was going to say ‘seriously’ but ‘with intent’ is a better phrase). I am now 25, and Christmas has come early in the form of The Crashaw Prize and Salt Publishing. I am a joint winner, which means that my first full collection of poetry will be published inContinue reading “I have won The Crashaw Prize”
Popshot
Popshot, a magazine combining poetry and illustration, is worth a look. It hasn’t launched yet, but the first issue promises ‘The Wonder of the Ordinary’. They are seeking contributors – and readers.
Hasty Excise on Gists & Piths
Literary blog-place Gists & Piths has published my ‘Hasty Excise’, which is based on an earlier piece released here. The journey, seeing as you ask, is Clapham Junction to Aldgate via Waterloo. Thanks to George Ttoouli for editorial suggestions. The blog title comes, I believe, from Ezra Pound (above).
Zeppelins
One of my favourite poets, Chris McCabe, has launched his second collection Zeppelins. I haven’t read it yet, but based on reading and hearing Chris’s work over the last two years, I predict it’ll be big. I should also mention that I will be interviewing Chris right here at this is yogic for Salt’s Cyclone project.
Hoodoo Voodoo
I recommend Hoodoo Voodoo by D.S. Marriott extremely highly. It’s the best thing I’ve read this year and tops his previous collection. My review of this will be in the next Poetry London. Here’s a snippet. These poems are unexpected and often frightening documents of loss, which probe issues of black identity in stark, uncompromising language.Continue reading “Hoodoo Voodoo”
The Arrival of the Books
I’m very excited. Or, more accurately, was – now I’m just sleepy, typing this in bed whilst listening to the shipping forecast (west veering north-west but cyclonic at first in Hebrides…). Today the books I am publishing in January arrived from the printers: Ross Sutherland’s Things To Do Before You Leave Town and Tamsin Kendrick’sContinue reading “The Arrival of the Books”
The Fib
The Fib is a short form of poetry we’re celebrating over at London Word Festival. It’s based on the Fibonacci sequence and is a lot of fun to write! City-centric blog Londonist is also covering the project. Here’s one of my efforts, a tongue-twister. Vile veal livers valets leave behind the villa: evil lives in lividContinue reading “The Fib”
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