Lets start with the Hoorays first – I’m going to be published in Landfall! David Eggleton (a man of impeccable taste and discernment) has taken both “The City and The City” and “Fault” for the next issue. Hooray! I’ve never been published in Landfall before, so this is a bit of a special moment. And Paula …
The Phoenix of Poetry – the Canterbury Poets’ Spring 2011 Readings Series
Like a phoenix from the ashes, the CPC Readings Series has shaken off the demise of two venues to return in a burst of glorious spring colour. A paltry 300 metres south of the beloved ex-site of the MCB, the readings have relocated to “new big fat comfortable venue” is the CPIT Students Association (CPSA) …
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Magazine De-clutter 3 – giveaway and contest
Once again, it is time to give away magazines. Up for grabs: The Atlanta Review XII:1 (Fall/Winter 2005) – an American mag Poetry CLXXVI:4 (July 2000) – another American mag (yes, that one) Poetry London 51 (Summer 2005) – a British mag Poetry Wales 40:4 (Spring 2005) – a Welsh mag Takahe 73 (2011) – a …
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One year on (where have all the answers gone?)
I was awake for an hour or so yesterday morning before I remembered what day it was the anniversary of. One year since the first earthquake. One year since our lives were first tipped upside down and given a hell of a rattle. One year since the silt, since the cracked chimneys, since the world …
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Radio? Gaga.
And possibly goo-goo as well. Depending on how carried away I get. Yes, this Sunday I’m being interviewed by the lovely Lynn Freeman for The Arts on Sunday. It’s going out live at 2.30 pm, which adds a certain amount of peril to the event.I’m sharing the danger with Ruth Todd, talking briefly about the Putting …
A Dark Feathered Art 