Watch This Space

This blog (and/or my brain) is in a bit of a transition period at the moment. Lots of things are being rethought and reimagined: among them, am I trying to cover too much here and therefore covering none of it with too much depth; should I narrow the focus to poetry, which has clearly been the over-riding passion here (I could always throw in the occasional other thing, but without signposting it).

Thanks to everyone who's been reading and enjoying - especially the four of you who've made it clear by placing their smiling mugs at the foot of the page - and please, watch this space. I'll be back, and the place just might look just a tiny bit different...

Cheers.

Joshua James Richards, a very talented fellow

and an old friend of mine, currently lives in NYC and is a short film-maker and photographer.  Please visit his blog, Master of None.  The photographs are absolutely stunning -- the best album or book-covers you've never seen -- and actually, my mind is already drumming up the possibility of a collab project.

Congratulations

to the authors of two of my favourite recent poetry collections: Tony Williams, whose spiffing book The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street has been shorlisted for this year's Alderburgh prize, and Andrew Philip, whose moving collection The Ambulance Box is currently number 3 on Salt's best-seller list. Both collections have been shortlisted for various prizes; here's hoping the wins are around the corner.