Very pleased to be appearing in The North for the first time, with two poems, January and Reunion in Issue 57

Another excellent StAnza Festival, with lots to think and write about. And some wandering moodily by the sea, as when I was young…

Very pleased to have a poem, The boneyard, in Issue 4 of The Poets’ Republic

Watch out for details of the launch, which will be on 17th February in Stonehaven

Launched tonight at Books and Beans – Malfrantaux’s new pamphlet of poems from the Open Mic regulars, including my Floorspot Poem, and many favourites from old friends. Available from Books and Beans on Belmont Street, price £5-00

In the post today, New Boots and Pantisocracies, from Smokestack Books – poems from the online anthology edited by W.N. Herbert and Andy Jackson, and including my double sonnet on the tone argument

To learn more, or to order a copy, visit the Smokstack Books website
http://smokestack-books.co.uk/book.php?book=125

Another rich and busy Callander Poetry Weekend: poetry, stories, discussions, music, and merry meetings. Didn’t take many photos this time but here is one from the garden on Sunday. No poets, but you can see where they’ve been.

“In Conversation” with  Jane Yolen at StAnza – a fascinating author and a very gracious and generous interviewee. Her interest in folklore shines though much of her work, and in 2012 she was the first woman to give an Andrew Lang Lecture: “Folklore v Fakelore: an imagined conversation with Andrew Lang”