Where to buy The Afterlife

I am delighted to announce that my new book of poems The Afterlife is now on sale. You can buy it … More

The Afterlife is now on sale

I am delighted to announce that my new book of poems The Afterlife is now on sale. You can buy it … More

– –for Peter and Amanda Carpenter Yesterday a miraculous thing happened. I took delivery of a box containing copies … More

I have so much to be grateful for in 2014. The year began in one of my temporary fits … More

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

When the Holy Spirit Danced With Me in My Kitchen the first thing I noticed was his arms, … More

We walked into the brunt light, towards the hospital. The air was dry, February-cold. Traffic was going about its … More

Dear Anthony I’m writing to let you know what you already know in your bones, as you put it much … More

Thank you to Julia McGuinness for posting this interview with me on her Creative Connections blog. In it I discuss … More

Andrew Neilson has reviewed Riddance in Magma poetry magazine. He describes it as a ‘a moving, often harrowing, book, while also … More

I wrote here recently about losing my ambition as a writer. In case readers are in any doubt, the stuff … More

Tomorrow the Church Times publishes a combined review of my memoir of cancer Love for Now and Riddance, my … More

I wrote recently about poets who disappear from view, specifically Susannah Amoore, from Faber’s Poetry Introduction 6. My point is far … More

Riddance is published today. It is my fourth full-length collection of poems and my third with Worple Press. You can … More

This week six years ago I began the course of radiotherapy which was to mark the final chapter of my … More