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RadioRadioRadio

I was a guest of Nick Ahad's on his One On One show on BBC Radio Leeds.

Chatting literature, playing music. That type of thing.

You can listen to it here.

(4 mins in).

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An Old Poem

Something Andrew Stevens Said

Somewhere
in London.
Summer;
maybe 2007.

"Glitter?
It's just
digital
dandruff."

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Summer Swimming

                                    Stream near Watendlath Tarn.



                                Black Moss Pot, Langstrath Valley.


                                    River...

Bookslut interview

"A lot of what I write now is a lot darker and more oppressive than what I was writing in London. The countryside can be dark and violent in its own way. I keep discovering little hamlets that are miles from anywhere. There are families who have lived there for generations and their lives haven't really changed in that time. Instantly that gets my imagination going and I start to question what their life is like.

"The darkness in the countryside inspires me. I have been reading a lot of write...