I’ll be one of the three Magma editors giving a free talk about how we edit the magazine, at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival on 4th November. I’ll be talking about my experience of editing Magma 34. The other editors will be Tim Robertson, who edited our current issue, Magma 35, and Anne-Marie Fyfe, our guest […]
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Magma 35 – the London Issue
I’ve been meaning to post for a while that Magma 35 is now available, and very good it is too. Tim Robertson has done a terrific job of selecting poems on the theme of ‘London’, including some excellent writing about the difficult subject of the bombings last year. Laurie Smith has complemented the new poems […]
New Poetry School Programme Launched
The Poetry School’s Course Programme for 2006-07 is available now. If you live in the UK and write poetry you owe it to yourself to check out the courses. This year there’s an even wider range than usual and all the courses I’ve attended in the past have been excellent – great tuition and great […]
Is Blogging the New Poetry?
According to Seth Godin it is, since most bloggers write for self-expression rather than money or fame. Maybe that explains why I like both. There’s something circular going on here for me – It was Seth’s e-book that inspired me to start the Wishful Thinking blog… which led to me starting this poetry blog… on […]
Writing Poetry Squidoo Lens
I’ve just created my first Squidoo lens, about Writing Poetry. What’s a Squidoo lens? Well it’s easier to show than tell – have a look and let me know what you think.