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  • End of *That* Year

    End of *That* Year

    It’s not obligatory to write an end of year post, but it would feel strange to me not to pass comment on this strangest of years. My 2020 began with a week in the English Lake District, near Brotherswater, staying at Thomas Grove House and Cottage in Hartsop. I was with Jane Commane, publisher and Read more

  • A few new pieces of writing

    A few new pieces of writing

    As this strange year draws to an end (although, the end still feels like a long way off to me), I’m pleased to tell you that I have a few pieces of new writing in circulation. I’ve been writing poems for about ten years now, after a period of not writing at all while my Read more

  • Trowbridge Advent Windows

    Trowbridge Advent Windows

    Here are a few images of the ‘living advent calendar’ in our local streets. Like lots of other people this year people in our neighbourhood have been taking it in turns to light up one of their windows each day of Advent. An after dinner stroll around the area has become an unmissable daily event! Read more

  • Interview with Children’s Poet Shauna Darling Robertson

    Interview with Children’s Poet Shauna Darling Robertson

      Hi Shauna, and congratulations on the publication of your first book-length collection for children, Saturdays at the Imaginarium (Troika Books, 2020). How long did the book take you to write?   Thanks very much – and good question! I guess the process began five years ago when I spent a wonderful week at the Read more

  • November 2020 at And Other Poems

    November 2020 at And Other Poems

    The subtitle of this post could be “Hold your phone sideways” since this is the best way to read poems on websites if you’re reading from your phone. Once you do it, you’ll never regret it.   This month, my poetry site And Other Poems opened its doors again after a twenty month break. I Read more

  • Reading many poems

    Reading many poems

    When 2020 began, it wasn’t my intention to return to my poetry site And Other Poems – to be honest, I’ve been enjoying not reading through submitted poems, replying to enquiries, accepting or rejecting poems (never easy to say “no thank you” to someone, especially people who I count as friends or who I’ve got to Read more