Leave a Comment · Posted on September 12, 2021
Looking forward to my first live reading in a year and a half! Reading and Q & A with Maitreyabhandu at Poetry East, London Buddhist Centre, 7pm, Sat 25th September
Leave a Comment · Posted on September 12, 2021
16 OCT / BLOODAXE LAUNCH with Selima Hill and Stephanie Norgate (online)
20 SEPT / FOREST POETS (online)
25 SEPT / POETRY EAST London Buddhist Centre (live)
30 SEPT / OVER THE EDGE (online)
1 OCT / POETICS OF HOME with Jennifer Lee-Tsai, Shirley Lim and Kit Fan (online)
7 OCT / DURHAM BOOK FESTIVAL (online)
11 OCT / WHAT WE READ NOW with Richard Scott, Will Harris and Anna Selby (online)
7 OCT / BURLEY FISHER launch event (live)
25 NOV NEWCASTLE CENTRE OF LITERARY ARTS (online)
Leave a Comment · Posted on September 4, 2021
Happy to see The Kids is reviewed here in the Guardian’s poetry roundup alongside brilliant collections by Daniel Sluman, Ray Antrobus and Gail McConnell
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 7, 2021
The BFI season on the late, wonderful Earl Cameron includes a screening of ‘Sapphire‘ on 10th August – I’ll be on a panal discussing the concept of ‘passing’ in a British context.
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 7, 2021
I’ll be launching The Kids alongside new books from Selima Hill and Stephanie Norgate in 16th September 7pm. Hope you can join. Booking here
Leave a Comment · Posted on June 22, 2021
I’m so pleased that The Kids is the Poetry Book Society Choice for Autumn 2021, and in great company with titles from Jack Underwood, Raymond Antrobus, Togara Muzanenhamo, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Kate Simpson, Jacek Gutorow, Threa Almontaser. The book will be out 16th September
Leave a Comment · Posted on May 28, 2021
“Borderliner” – my guest editorial for Writers Mosaic is just published – writers respond to the term in multiple ways. Many thanks to all those who contributed: Johnny Pitts, Arji Manuelpillai, Will Harris, Nina Mingya Powles, Pema Monaghan, Jay G Ying and Andy Martinez
Leave a Comment · Posted on May 24, 2021
Happy to read two poems from The Kids for this new BBC Radio 4 series ‘On Form’…the first episode is on the Sonnet.
Leave a Comment · Posted on May 12, 2021