A cartoon by Joe Dator. #NewYorkerCartoons

Petition: Stop all new oil and gas developments petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6406…

Birdeye due to publish in May 2024, thank you BookBrunch @saltpublishing Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency

These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza. lithub.com/these-are-the-…

My novel BIRDEYE @saltpublishing arrives in May. Set in the Catskills, upstate NY, it's about tolerance and a free spirit and what these things cost. Any new book is helped along by pre-ordering. If you feel inclined, here's a link: waterstones.com/book/birdeye/j…

Birdeye is a top pick for May GoldfinchBooks in this week's The Bookseller alongside a great profile of the shop.

Listening to "Winchester War Poets - Part I" at buzzsprout.com/2278108/146908…

My new novel BIRDEYE @saltpublishing publishes 15th May so I'll post a few pictures between now and then. Enjoy #Catskills waterstones.com/book/birdeye/j…

This is the second part of a podcast I wrote and narrated on Old Wykehamist poetry of the First World War. Some great readings from the pupils. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sto…

Awesome and proof that every school needs a well funded music program! Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" xylophone-style.

We're delighted to be part of Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival this year. Join Fiona Bennett, Roxy Dunn and Sarah Salway, on 12th May (12:30pm) in the Poetry Tent at Calverley Grounds for a sumptuous hour celebrating the poems as friends. Tickets: theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/fiona…

More promo but it's do or die for any new book, really. I guess we all struggle with it! Publishing 15th May #newfiction

My new novel BIRDEYE comes out on Wednesday @saltpublishing available in all the usual places, eg waterstones.com/book/birdeye/j…

“I tried to walk further than my feelings today / but they stretched so far ahead of me / there was no road I could travel to lose them.” ~ from Sonia Jarema’s suite of poems on the Holodomor (included in ‘War in Europe’, co-edited by Askold Melnyczuk): irishpages.org/product/vol-12…

Reasons to pre-order this book: - the cover art is very cool - it contains the phrase 'later Sonia will betray me by becoming a lesbian' - please

This event is going to stunning - wonderful readers, great charities - all in celebration of our brilliant founder Kathryn Bevis eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…

A mere 2 months away, and we can't wait! Tickets are flying out already, and we are looking forward to seeing you in October at our jam-packed programme of poetry!

Last night we appealed for information to help find an 83-year-old man from Otterbourne. We're pleased to tell you he has been found. Thank you to everyone who shared our appeal and contacted us with information, your help really does make a difference.

A huge thank you to Hampshire Search and Rescue (HANTSAR) and Hampshire Police for finding my father-in-law after his having spent 19 hours covered in brambles in a ditch! We are so relieved and overwhelmed by appreciation for these amazing people.

Tony Harrison was such an inspiration to me. I met him once at the South Bank and he was just delightful. RIP