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FOUR WEEKS! I'd love it if you'd pop along and welcome Wanderland worldwards! It's the official launch of my new book on Thursday 24 April, and joining the party to help me celebrate are guest readers Scott Thurston and Lydia Unsworth. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

Two weeks tonight, join me at Withington Library for Manchester Poets, when I’ll be sharing some of my new pamphlet Wanderland 📚🪺🐾🌿

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📚April got off to a busy start, so here are some reading dates for the month ahead! Sat 12 April: Sleeve Notes. Wed 16 April: Manchester Poets. Thu 24 April: Wanderland launch. Wed 30 April: Peter Barlow’s Cigarette.

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Reading these two pleasantly colour-coordinated Broken Sleep Books tomes ahead of Sleeve Notes today with Dr. Vik Shirley and An afternoon of absurd surreal poetry tomorrow with Vik and Stephen Emmerson (and also Marcus Slease and Tom Jenks) here in Manchester. Lay out your unrest!

Jez and Seb getting Helga ready for the party last night, and my what a party! Sleeve Notes in the bag – thanks so much to everyone who came and saw and listened and experienced and gave lovely feedback and performed and supported 🙏

“Gorgeous observational poems that are lovely to read and greatly skilled” ~ Will Mackie “Stylishly crafted, attentive and attuned to the surprises of the world around us” ~ Jennifer Lee Tsai “Beautiful poems of treasure and nature and light” ~ Rachel Bower 📚🪶👉the red ceilings press

🪶📚🚀THIS THURSDAY! I'd love it if you'd pop along and welcome Wanderland worldwards! It's the official launch of my new book, 7pm at Saul Hay Gallery, free, and joining the party to help me celebrate are guest readers Scott Thurston and Lydia Unsworth. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

TOMORROW! This time tomorrow, the nerves will be kicking in... An evening of readings at Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Wanderland, with Scott Thurston & Lydia Unsworth – expect delicious writing morsels, tasty kinepoetics and some tempting Oulipian collaboration.

Two weeks today! Hometown performance for acclaimed poet at Weaver Words Literature Festival… see you in Frodsham! The magical land of Spit The Dog! And Daniel Craig! And yes, I did go to school with Gary Barlow! 💅weaverwords.org.uk/local-writers/

Super pleased that the two long poems I was commissioned to write last year for performances at Stockport Stories and Tootally Wired (pictured) have a new lease on life and have been accepted for publication and will be out in print very soon.

How is it May tomorrow? How have we done four months of 2025 already? A third of the year? To mark the occasion, I have updated my live dates page, so here you go – first off the blocks, the annual Peter Barlow’s Cigarette open mic jamboree this evening… wordsandfixtures.blogspot.com/p/live-perform…

The European Poetry Festival 2025, program announced! June 18th to July 6th, over 100 poets. Free Camarade events, all here, mark your diaries. Our poster designed by babak safari europeanpoetryfestival.com/2025

Next weekend, I'll be back in Frodsham, the town where I went to high school – sharing some more wandering and pondering from "Wanderland" at Weaver Words Literature Festival, 2.30pm, Saturday 10 May, get tickets at this link, be great to see you! weaverwords.org.uk/local-writers/

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TODAY, I’m off to Frodsham to read the entire ‘Flight Patterns’ sequence from my latest poetry book “Wanderland”, complete with birdsong I recorded yesterday afternoon, along with other aural and visual treats. Weaver Words Literature Festival, 2.30pm weaverwords.org.uk/local-writers/

REOPENING: Withington favourite Café Blah has announced its return, seven months after the team were forced to close their doors... manchesterwire.co.uk/cafe-blah-to-c…

A great article creativetourist.com about our final event of this summer's festival Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool! Sunday 6th at 3pm Tom Jenks Stephen Sunderland Endre Ruset Sarah-Clare Conlon Lena Chilari, Thomas Ballhausen Michael Sutton David Spittle Chris McCabe creativetourist.com/event/european…