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June 13, 2020
Book Sale – The Secret of the Tirthas and more!
Today I’m announcing a special book sale offer for anyone who wants a paperback copy of one (or more) of my books.
I’ve realised that with the continued impact of Covid-19 on our lives, I’m unlikely to be returning to bookshop signings and other events for a while. This means I have a reasonable stock of paperbacks that I’ve decided to put up for offer.
So here’s the deal… You can order any of my books for the cover price (£6.99 for novels, £5.99 for poetry), with FREE postage and pack...
May 4, 2020
All: poetry inspiration for lockdown
Into our seventh week of lockdown and Im hoping to pass on some inspiration so heres a reading of All from my new poetry book The Things We Thought Were Beautiful.
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April 13, 2020
The Man who was Saved: A Poem for Lockdown
This poem from my first book Up in the Air was written a few years ago. I think its pertinent to our current coronavirus crisis, where once again we find ourselves reliant on brave and selfless public workers. Its my first and only prose poem and I wrote it after watching a TV programme about the Marriott World Trade Centre hotel, which stood beside the Twin Towers. As you can imagine, the hotel was damaged beyond repair, and there was one guest who spoke in tears and amazement about how a...
March 21, 2020
Sorted: a poem for World Poetry Day 2020
Im posting this poem from The Things We Thought Were Beautiful for World Poetry Day not because its a happy poem, but because sharing our sadness can also help us to pull through.
Many people think of poetry as a sideline, or even worse, an irrelevance. But for many of us, poems are a source of inspiration and comfort. Losing the possibility to see and hug our close relatives is surely one of the hardest things for us all to deal with at the moment.
This poem, Sorted, heads up the Without...
March 15, 2020
For the First Time – Poems on Video
Heres a video of me reading For the First Time, a poem about finding love. It comes from my new poetry book, The Things We Thought Were Beautiful out now on Amazon.
If you enjoyed it, you can purchase a copy here:
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March 6, 2020
The Things We Thought Were Beautiful poetry out now!
I’m excited to announce that The Things We Thought Were Beautiful is out now on Amazon!
The Things We Thought Were Beautiful is my second book of poetry. It includes poems on our changing feelings and connection to nature and the world around us, the beauty and strangeness of travel, and the places we look for meaning. Poems explore the challenges of living without love, as well as the redemption of home and family.
Here’s a taster:
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February 26, 2020
The Things We Thought Were Beautiful – proof
Just a quick post to say the paperback proof of The Things We Thought Were Beautiful arrived today! What do you think?
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February 10, 2020
Another World: The Things We Thought Were Beautiful
I’m currently working on the final draft of my second poetry book, “The Things We Thought Were Beautiful”. Like “Up in the Air”, I’ve divided this one up into sections, the first of which is called “Another World”. The poems in this section focus on the natural world and our desire to see more deeply into it.
One of my favourite poems is Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”, in which he talks of what the eye and ear ‘half create, and what perceive.’ I’ve always loved...
February 5, 2020
New poem: All
This is All, a new poem from my forthcoming poetry book, The Things We Thought Were Beautiful – out early this spring:
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January 26, 2020
The Boy in the Burgundy Hood – a reading
On a wintry evening, here’s a short reading from my ghost story, The Boy in the Burgundy Hood.
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