In the lead-up to my reading of ‘Death and the Gallant’ at The Shakespeare on Sunday 19th October, three podcasts will be broadcast on the Longbarrow Press website (via Souncloud) detailing my recent visit to churches in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire that show traces of Medieval Wall. The first podcast, accompanied by a blog piece by…
Posted on 3rd October 2014 in NewsI’ve just written a new blog piece for the Longbarrow Press website on the influence of anthologies over the past fifty years, with particular reference to A Alvarez’s The New Poetry (1962, second edition 1966). You can read my opinions on the (undue) importance of anthology introductions and how collections are remembered here. While you…
Posted on 1st July 2014 in NewsMy essay on Kathleen Jamie’s poem ‘The Wishing Tree’ is available to read on the Longbarrow Press website here. I wanted to write a piece on the processes of re-drafting. The two versions of Jamie’s piece that are out in the world offer an interesting route into the choices poets make when they come to…
Posted on 12th May 2014 in NewsLongbarrow Press launches its long-awaited walking-themed anthology The Footing with presentations, readings, audio works and illustrated talks on Monday 25th November at The Shakespeare, Gibraltar Street, Sheffield. The evening kicks off at 7.30 p.m. City, country and coast (and the spaces in between) are the settings for these journeys; here, the act of walking is,…
Posted on 20th November 2013 in NewsLongbarrow Press is proud to announce the publication of The Footing. The Footing is an anthology of specially commissioned poems on the theme of walking, with substantial contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Fay Musselwhite and myself. A beautifully produced 96-page hardback book, it is now available from Longbarrow…
Posted on 1st November 2013 in News