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  • 26 January 202126 January 2021
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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…

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Drag performer Tito Bone adjusts their costume, ready to go onstage. Credit: Christopher Andreou for the Wellcome Collection.
  • 5 January 20218 January 2021
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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…

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  • 8 August 20209 August 2020
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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…

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JT Welsch and Kirsten Irving reading poetry
  • 20 August 20189 August 2020
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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 and School of Forgery
  • 22 February 20189 August 2020
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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…

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Sexy Chicken
  • 22 February 20189 August 2020
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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…

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  • 19 July 20179 August 2020
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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…

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  • 3 July 20179 August 2020
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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…

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  • 19 May 20179 August 2020
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Something scaly this way comes!

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…

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  • 31 March 20179 August 2020
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Poetry News gets vocal

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…

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