My next full collection of poetry, Comrades of Dark Night will come out in March 2026. Like my previous work it is grounded in the awareness of my locality. In recording the processes of connecting with a new home and different landscape, it deals with questions of displacement and alienation, hau...
Six of my poems will feature in the Solstice Issue of Littoral Magazine, https://littoralpressuk.jimdofree.com/littoral-magazine/ due out on 21st June.
I will have work in the next three editions of the online literary magazine Mugwort. https://mugwortmag.wordpress.com/ There will be a poem in...
Blogging at BurnedThumb.com returns
Returning Post - The Dominion of Mercury
This site will continue as a professional showcase.
On 21st March it is World Poetry Day. Thanks to the lovely people in charge there, I will be in Cambuslang Library at 11 o'clock to talk about my poetry. I'll read a few poems, including some from the new book - due out in March next year - and I'll have books to sell.
It would be wonderful to s...
My review of Helen Ivory's stunning new poetry collection is up on The Glasgow Review of Books
A new poem, Transplanted, can be found on the site of the wonderful poetry journal Atrium
My next full collection of poetry, working title The Midsummer Foxes will come out in March 2026.