First bats of the year, lads!

Listened to this Short Works while driving yesterday and it was such a fantastic piece of writing (brilliantly delivered by Carl Prekopp) I couldn’t wait to find out who had written it. Only to discover it’s my mate Tom Vowler. It’s so worth a listen! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

When I asked what kind of stuff I write

Just discovered my 2021 BBC Radio 3 play, THE RIVAL, about Shakespeare's Sonnets, is up on YouTube. Starring Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Freddie Fox, Indra Ové, Philip Arditti, Benjamin Deery & Tim Downie, produced by Jeremy Mortimer. Listen here 👇youtube.com/watch?v=DT_Fcs…

Blue morning. Working on the bedroom windowsill today, accompanied by the quarrel of sparrows in the eves. Dawn gun shots on one of the farms in the distance. Skylarks singing in the cow field.

I’m going back to Rome, this time with my husband. Last time, I remember wandering into a church, (sand/lime) stone, pretty spartan, no murals or frescos, with a domed ceiling with a hole to the sky. It wasn’t the Pantheon, does anyone know what it is?

At this point I’m wondering if anyone who’s ever had a book published has not found theirs on the LibGen search?

Exciting to be able to talk publicly about this, which I’ve recently typeset for Faber Books: a new anniversary hardback of Plath’s Ariel (1965), lovingly recreated in Perpetua type and the original old-school-Faber layout! I’m rather proud of this one. faber.co.uk/product/978057…

Oh my god I actually bothered to sort out my ALCS profile last year and…if you haven’t…do. You might get a very nice little surprise in your bank! alcs.co.uk

Today I shall mostly be the subject of a gigantic cosmic joke and I am determined to find it funny. Tips welcome.

Lungwort, wild daffolds, comfrey.

I didn’t see them but I heard them. The swallows are back.

So good to see clouds in the sky again. We desperately needed that rain.

I was delighted to write about the circuit I walk every night and what it means to me for Boundless Magazine boundlessmagazine.com/p/of-owning-an…

Thank you Lauren Brown for this wonderful piece in The Bookseller announcing the launch of my fledgling small press, CONDUIT BOOKS. Wish me luck... thebookseller.com/news/new-indie…

Best time to read about England is when you’re not there

In Edinburgh…