Lifesaving Poems: Sean O’Brien’s ‘Before’

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

A review and some recordings

I am delighted to announce that Matthew Stewart of Rogue Strands has written a generous review of The Afterlife, the … More

The review isn’t exactly vicious as such, merely purely personal and savage. It stops short of questioning your parentage, but … More

The Book of Things, Ilhan Berk (Salt, 2009), trs. George Messo Open me anywhere § Slugs Pilot Hi V5, … More

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

Colin Mallett, Sculptor The poets I go back to This article first appeared in the North magazine, in November 2007. … More

Really good books about cancer are rare. Really great books about cancer, the ones that offer new perspectives and … More