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Coming Soon: Lung Jazz
Lung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam (Cinnamon Press 2012) will be released in May and features my poem In the Mist. It has a foreword by David Lehman and the editors, Todd Swift and Kim Lockwood.
Fahrenheit 451
There is a brand new adaptation on BBC radio at the moment of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (available on iplayer until the 20th February 2012). It is interesting to compare this adaptation with Truffaut’s 1966 film of the same name. Even while listening to this I can’t help think of Oskar Werner as … Continue reading
John Christopher Dies
When I was nine there was a book scheme at my school. The idea was to get young boys like me to start reading more. I was already a great reader but couldn’t give up the chance to read more. More importantly this was a chance to own a book, though I owned some books … Continue reading
Cheek by Jowl
Last year I received an email from Emily Cockayne asking to use my poem about anti-social neighbours, Why Gun Will Never Be Legal in England in her book Cheek by Jowl: A History of Neighbours. I am glad to say that this fascinating book will be out from Bodley Head in April of this year. I am … Continue reading
