Sweet holy balls, there’s a new ellis (inactive - contact me elsewhere) album out, and I got to write about it.

‘You barely tasted air before your midwife was vexing over you like a genital sommelier.’ What a writer Katherine Rundell is.

The Innocence Mission. One of those bands that just keep getting better without ever quite getting the coverage they deserve. Here’s my contribution to putting that right.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, please buy my book so I can feel the warm but ultimately transient glow of a creative endeavour fulfilled. Fits in all stockings and some large socks. Can’t be many left, so get ‘em while they’re spicy. poetrybooks.co.uk/products/by-to…

🎨 Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex opens 30 Nov at Museum & Art Swindon! Among the highlights is this stunning 20th-century canal ware—functional, decorative, and a true art form. Find out more: l8r.it/Ne4O

One of London’s truly great venues, MothClub in Hackney, is under threat. This is one of those occasions where signing a petition could have a significant impact. chng.it/Vt5rZDpbCK

East London venue MothClub has launched an online petition opposing the planning application for new flats in the area Find out more: buff.ly/4gkJS71

Best jazz album of the year.

Guys, don’t forget to spruce up your seasonal playlists with the new frog, a band Xmas song. It’s a little masterpiece. heyitsfrog.bandcamp.com/track/did-sant…

Really sad to hear that Ed Askew has died, aged 84. Ed was one of the finest, most big-hearted, most underappreciated songwriters of his or anyone else‘s generation. I wrote this weird little poem about him a couple of years ago.

Songwriter Ed Askew has died. He was a real one-off. I wrote a poem about him a couple of years ago, and it’s just been published by KLOF.

Really pleased to have my poem published by Stone of Madness Press. It’s a beautifully presented online journal and the work is consistently excellent. Head on over there! stoneofmadnesspress.com/tom-blake

This is available to order now. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!

This album is absolutely class.

Excited to announce Peach Epoch, my new chapbook with the wonderful the red ceilings press. It’s a bit of a departure from my last one: more poems, shorter poems, poems that are both more accessible and more personal. Shout if you want to buy it or review it! theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page/p…

What a poet Transtromer was. The most deserving of Nobel laureates.

Some incredibly kind and well-written words about my new chapbook by Travis Shosa in Eulogy Press - ‘so fed up it’s hysterical’ is going on my gravestone.

If anyone’s stuck in Liverpool and needs taking back home, doesn’t matter where drop me a message, myself and two mates (3 separate cars), can get up-to 12 people at a time, please RT

I had a blast chatting about my record collection with I Have That On Vinyl. Want my opinions on The Wombles, Joanna Newsom and the Twin Peaks soundtrack? Have a read. ihavethatonvinyl.com/q-and-a/q-a-re…

Cool to have 3 (three) of my poems in the latest edition of Confluence magazine. Subjects include the Cottingley Fairies, crowdfunded funerals and a Han Kang book launch. If you would like a read but don’t have the funds to buy the mag: drop me a message. confluencemagazine.co.uk/confluence-iss…