Blog Posts

  • Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither, Sara Baume

    If I were to create an elevator pitch for this novel, I’d go for: Man talks to a traumatised dog in order to talk about his traumatised self. The dog One Eye reminds me of an early 20th century children’s story my granny used to read me about a Bowiesque dog that had one green…

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  • Poetry Giveaway, Thank You and Invitation to Subscribe

    We are all drowning under the rush of organisations begging us to sign up to their newsletters before 25th May when data protection laws tighten up. Unfortunately I have to add to the deluge but as a sign of appreciation for loyal readers I’m running a little competition in which I will give away: A…

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  • Guest, S. J.Bradley

    Guest is the ironic title of this coming of age novel about a young man who squats in a former hotel. The title calls to mind the uninvited wedding guest or one of the absent friends and relatives your mother might raise a glass to at Christmas meals. Who is the guest here? Is it…

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  • Labelling Writers and Writing Labels

    There was a huge furore in the poetry world last week begun by Rebecca Watts’s article criticising what she refers to as ‘amateur’ spoken word poetry and three of its most successful artists – Holly McNish, Rupi Kaur and Kate Tempest. Part of the scandal was down to the personal, and arguably unkind, tone of…

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