Do you ever wish someone would make an anthology about a certain subject? Di Slaney Candlestick Press has done 'Veg' as I disrespectfully call them. Fantastic selection, including Jen Hadfield , Dr Miriam Darlington🦉 & a stunning piece by Ted Kooser on potatoes... One for every palate!

Delighted to have my mushrooms in Di Slaney's new poetry gem from Candlestick Press! I have been brooding on 'veg' gardens as I finished my prose book,'Village'. It has 2 chapters set in the echoing Victorian farmhouse where my father brought his prize. Do you have local mushrooms?

'Death is what gets poets out of bed in the morning' - my new column about the poetry publishing sector in bookseller Lisa Kelly Tristram Fane Saunders Ignition Press prototype Niall Munro T. S. Eliot Prize Forward Prizes Carcanet Press Gina Rozner Mike Sims thebookseller.com/comment/mags-p…

Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. This is a fine journal, edited by Naush Sabah. Particularly gratifying to be alongside writers I admire so much, including Gerry Cambridge of The Dark Horse, Camille Ralphs and Andrew Neilson.

From the realms of impossibility, it seems I won the Plough Prize, which took a while to sink in. Many congratulations to everyone on the list. Here's my poem, 'Hwæl'. If you follow this link, there is a recording of me reading the poem #poetry #WHALES theploughartscentre.org.uk/poetry-prize/2…

Movers, shakers and mowers in the poetry world (part 1) @ImcMillan NorthernGravy Sarah Wimbush Valley Press Francesca Gardner Ana Sampson McLaughlin is on Instagram Ryuto Miyake Orion Publishing Oneworld Publications Isobel Dixon Blake Friedmann Literary Agency Nine Arches Press thebookseller.com/comment/anthol…

It was a joy to talk to Amy Acre of the wonderful Bad Betty Press for this piece in the new issue of Poetry News The Poetry Society Jake Wild-Acre Hall

I have written another article on connecting with birds and trying to feel better here - The University of the Self #72 open.substack.com/pub/burnj/p/th…

My July musings on poetry publishing for The Bookseller National Memorial Arboretum City Bridge Foundation Richie McCaffery New Walk Editions North Sea Poets Bloodaxe Books Niall Campbell Kathleen Jamie don paterson Shoestring Press Nine Arches Press Lisa Brockwell thebookseller.com/comment/reside…

Chuffed to bits to have a poem in the new issue of one of my favourite journals Poetry London. Thank you Niall Campbell for giving my work such a fantastic home.

The absolutely best bit of my poetry adventures is not when I receive an acceptance from a top mag (which is also ace!). It's when I get a message from a reader of my books, telling me my poems have connected with them. That's unbeatable.

A gentle reminder always to tell a poet if you enjoy their work. You'll make their day/week/month/year/decade/life!!!

Some news... I'm thrilled that the wonderful Salt Books will be publishing my debut collection! thebookseller.com/rights/salt-to…

Poetry events coming up this autumn - next event join @RedDoorPoets Mary Mulholland Lesley Sharpe & Gillie Robic with guests timrelf Jen Feroze 💙 & Wendy French Broken Sleep Books Live Canon Poetry eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-door-poe…

I am hosting a writing workshop online in October if anyone would like to join me there x tickettailor.com/events/thepoet…

On National Poetry Day 2nd October, I’ll be at Waterstones Market Harborough for a reading alongside timrelf Maria Taylor and Jonathan Taylor with poems of place, of animals and of play - come along! W'stonesHarborough It starts at 6.30pm - details here: waterstones.com/events/poetry-…

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Half-dream by Pippa Little

Very much looking forward to this!

Looking forward to this live reading at Waterstones Market Harborough on Thursday with Jonathan Taylor, Tim Relf and Maria Taylor – come join us if you can! I’ll be reading some playful poems for #nationalpoetryday Starts 6.30pm - details here: waterstones.com/events/poetry-…

Very happy to have made this Australian longlist with three witchy poems - congratulations to Sue Burge also! Fingers crossed for the shortlist now. writingtheheroine.com/longlist