James Schuyler at 100: ‘The pure pleasure of / Simply looking …’, by Pam Thompson

Thank you to Pam Thompson for contributing this third post in celebration of James Schuyler’s centenary. James Marcus Schuyler was … More

James Schuyler at 100: ‘The Crystal Lithium’, by William Johnson

Thank you to William Johnson for contributing his insightful reading of James Schuyler’s poem ‘The Crystal Lithium’, the second in … More

Thank you to Ailsa Holland for contributing this first blog post in honour of James Schuyler’s centenary. James Schuyler’s ‘The … More

My dear friend and colleague, the poet, teacher and academic Sue Dymoke has died. Though she had been ill for … More

I am delighted to announce the publication of The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. Thank you to … More

Next month I will publish my sixth collection of poems, The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. I … More

I am delighted to announce that I will be launching my new collection, The Wind and the Rain, published by … More

The great Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli has died, and I am sad. He was 58 and had … More

Open call for guest blog posts celebrating the life and work of James Schuyler This November, we celebrate the centenary … More

I once heard a senior British poet warming to a riff during a reading on the topic of the acknowledgements … More

Here are the blog posts from 2022 that you read most often Lifesaving Lines: The Death of Fred Clifton, by … More

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More

I’m delighted to announce that The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, will be published with Blue … More

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and liked or commented on yesterday’s blog post about the UCU strike action … More

Today was not a normal day of work for me. Instead of teaching my amazing students, I chose to participate … More

What’s been happening? Well, not much. Which is another, deflecting, way of saying quite a lot, actually. So much that … More

Heather Trickey was a social research scientist, charity worker, Quaker and poet. In 2020, during the first Covid lockdown, she … More

My personal poetry highlight of the summer was listening to Roger Robinson read and be in conversation with Pádraig Ó … More