Trev and I took a wonderful boat trip out to Staple Island during breeding season (May to July) and were told there were 37,000 breeding pairs on the Farne Islands! If you're in the area at that time of year and love wildlife, I highly recommend taking the trip.
I've been writing and publishing short stories as long as I've been writing and publishing poems--that is, since I was a teenager. In the 80s, I largely wrote stories (hopefully now lost) for a Midwes
For the first time since the pandemic, I'm looking at a stretch of at least monthly readings and workshops I'm participating in from March through July. It all kicks off tomorrow with the launch of Af
After eighteen years of teaching at Bath Spa University, in September I began a new post at the University of Bristol. This term, much of my teaching is in individual tutorials, supervising undergradu