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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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 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…
I’m all hot and bothered to announce the launch of Based on the card game The Beast, made by Naked Female Giant, Love Carcass is an erotish diary of one woman’s increasingly uncomfortable relationship with…
I’m in the latest edition of Poetry News, published by the Poetry Society, talking about the links between voiceover and poetry. Thanks to Mike Sims for letting me step into the booth! For more information…
