Two folklore poems in Gramarye Journal
Two of my yōkai poems pop up in Issue 18 of Gramarye, the journal of the University of Chichester’s Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction. I wanted to praise the journal on several…
Mind. Blown. ADHD and getting some answers.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, I have been exceptionally lucky. When the first lockdown hit in March 2020, I kept my job, was able to work remotely, was able to stay outside London with my partner…
Why can’t artists admit they have jobs?
Maybe I’ve been watching too many old Midsomer Murders episodes, but recently I’ve been thinking about blackmail. Specifically, how one might blackmail different people using their fears, their vices and the public image they desperately…
Wellcome Collection: Art, Activism & Access
Last year, I was lucky enough to work with the Wellcome Collection, voicing audio versions of six articles by disabled artist and activist Jamie Hale on the subject of Art, Activism & Access. Hale’s brilliant…
Review in Poetry Wales
I’ve reviewed two collections for the Summer 2020 issue of the excellent Poetry Wales: Matthew Haigh’s Death Magazine (Salt Publishing, 2019) and Roberto Pastore’s Hey Bert (Parthian, 2019). Here’s a couple of teasers: On Death…
Two Robots in York
Here’s the redoubtable JT Welsch and I, owning and being robots at York Waterstones, as part of the NxNE poetry readings series organised by Harry Man.
Never Never Never Come Back is, um, back! In paperback!
The stunning Salt Publishing have just announced the return of their Salt Modern Poets list! And to mark the occasion, they’re releasing paperback versions of my first collection, Never Never Never Come Back, and Jon Stone’s…
Writing while Deviant for The Rumpus!
As if interspecies paranormal relationships weren’t enough, I’ve written for The Rumpus on the parallel insecurities in writing and kink. “Playing A Part: Imposter Syndrome in Kink and Writing” is an exploration of the pressures we…
Alchemy: Why poetry publishers need to get it together
Poetry publishing can be fun, rewarding and inspiring, but it can also prove tough, isolating and tiring. With that in mind, I’ve written this short piece for the wonderful BookMachine about the need for poetry…
Poetic Interviews: Line breaks of questioning
Poetic Interviews comes from a brilliantly simple idea: why not interview poets using poetry? Aaron Kent, Editor-in-Chief at Broken Sleep Books, and Chief Poetic Interviewer, corners poets, asks them questions in verse and gets poetic…