Poetry Project
I have begun 2018 with a new poetry project that will keep me busy over the next 18 months. I am pleased to say that I now have Arts...
Poetry, Prizes & Performance.
Today I'm looking through the roughs of my next poetry book A Kid in My Class, and making some final tweaks before it goes off to the...
Summer Summary.
The last few months have been busy ones... In May I travelled to the Czech Republic and worked with pupils at the Lycée Francais de...
CLiPPA '17 - On judging the shortlist
Hearty congratulations to all the shortlisted books (and their owners) in this year's CLiPPA. I very much look forward to announcing the...
New Year News.
I'm welcoming in 2017 with some exciting news about the Betjeman Poetry Prize. Chris Riddell (Children's Laureate and wonderful...
Autumn Anthologies
Summer is nearly over and I've been spending my days writing - but it's time to put my pen down and turn to other matters. September has...
Messages and Meetings.
The theme of National Poetry Day this year is Messages. This celebration of all things poetic takes place on October 6th in schools and...
Merry Month of May
I had great fun at the 2016 CLiPPA shortlist announcement hosted by Barnes Literary Festival on the 12th May. Last year's shortlisted...
May Day
The sun is shining at last! And I'm preparing for my event in the Brighton Festival - Poems and Pictures Live with the wonderful...
Autumn Activity
I had the pleasure of performing alongside a number of great poets at the Southbank on the 8th October - National Poetry Day. I shared...
