A delightful afternoon at Ferrar House in Little Gidding talking about the various anthologies and selections I've edited. "Where prayer has been valid " - but poetry too Renard Press Baylor University

Delighted to be in the latest issue of Nimrod Journal with bits from a seedy sequence. Many thanks to editor-in-chief, Boris Dralyuk, for the faith.

Looking forward to hearing the local poets and reading my own work in David's Bookshop #Letchworth on Tuesday. My new Renard Press book of essays, verse & photos, A High Calling, will not quite be out, but I'll present extracts and other recent work renardpress.com/books/a-high-c…

Per Nørgård 1932-2025. A giant of Nordic music - of music full stop - has gone. A unbounded musical imagination and perhaps the greatest symphonist of our time. But it was the sheer beauty of his music that held the breath and touched the heart. #pernørgård

New from Baylor Press: selected poems by Fanthorpe (ed. John Greening) and by Thwaite (ed. by me). Discount code in The TLS ad.

Thanks to Annie Fisher for her very attentive review of my new Baylor Press selection of U.A.Fanthorpe's poems on The Friday Poem substack.com/@thefridaypoem

London buses... LondonGrip has arrived with a review of Not My Best Side, U.A Fanthorpe Selected Poems (published by Baylor Press with a lovely preface by Alicia E. Stallings ) just as one from The Friday Poem heads off up the road londongrip.co.uk/2025/06/london… substack.com/@thefridaypoem

Superb (but depressing) review-essay by ⁦James Marriott⁩ newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

A delightful collection of miniatures from Stuart Henson illustrated by Bill Sanderson. I'm not surprised it was shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award. Beautifully produced by Shoestring #haiku #poems waterstones.com/book/a-handful…

Is it practically impossible to be an honest poet-critic today? A new essay of mine on the decline of reviewing culture, the rise of the poetry prizes, artistic standards and integrity. Over at the North Sea Poets Substack: northseapoets.substack.com/p/winners-and-…

Delighted to share the cover of The Infernal Garden by Gregory Leadbetter with art by Leonora Carrington (The Juggler, 1954). Pre-order yours now with limited UK free post. Out mid-August. Discover art, science and magic in #poetry of incantatory power. ninearchespress.com/publications/p…

OUT NOW. Issue Twenty-One: Long-limbed Darlings badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-1

The latest issue of Bad Lilies is here! We’ve come of age—21!—so very far from a conversation on a sofa in COVID times. That’s community. Enjoy the issue—free, made by poets, for readers, curated with love. badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-1

What a treat that the new Bad Lilies is out - badlilies.uk/issues. You can always trust Kathryn Gray and Andrew Neilson to have a top selection. Especially enjoyed seeing more poems by Donovan McAbee Jo Bratten sarah westcott and John Greening. Lovely work.

Four poems by John Greening badlilies.uk/john-greening-2

New arrival from Renard Press - poems, pictures, musings, memories, drawing on decades of involvement with the art, emulating those who sing both high and low. Whether you're already keen on it or are a newcomer, I hope you enjoy this book on poetry renardpress.com/books/a-high-c…

We've finished spotlighting our new issue! Read the whole thing here... badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-1

This collection of mini essays, musings, recollections, anecdotes and new poems is something I've been working on for a few years. Renard Press have made a beautiful job of it (as they did the anthology Contraflow)

John Clare at Burghley House

Younger daughter's piece in The i Paper about writing children’s books The i Paper