So your poem’s on a shortlist? So what?
“I look at some anthologies and wonder why these poets have been published.” That was the most striking line in Glyn Maxwell’s speech yesterday. He judged the Live Canon International Poetry Prize, and...
View ArticleEditing poems: John Glenday and Don Paterson
There’s a lot of talk about editing prose: a writer can employ a professional editor for a novel before querying an agent, then it may be edited again by their agent before it lands on a publishing...
View ArticleMichael Longley at Winchester Poetry Festival
Today is the third and final day of the inaugural Winchester Poetry Festival. I wish I could have taken three days out of my life to go to everything, since it was right on my doorstep, but my children...
View ArticleClive James: Sentenced To Life
Clive James’ poetry collection, Sentenced To Life, is published by Picador on 9 April. I was lucky enough to be passed a bound proof and have been dipping into it for a while now. Dipping, because...
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