Rogue Strands

London launch of ‘ Whatever You Do, Just Don’t ’ , jointly with Mat Riches, who’ll also be launching his pamphlet, ‘ Collecting the Data ’ ,...

Over at The Friday Poem, they're running an series of features about poems to make you smile and make you think. And then, of course, to...

As mentioned in my previous post, I've been working on an in-depth review of Maria Taylor's excellent second full collection, Dressi...

Having long been an admirer of Jane Commane's project at Nine Arches Press , having read at the launch of Issue One of its magazine,  Un...

If I liked Maria Taylor’s first full collection, Melanchrini (Nine Arches Press, 2012), I love her new pamphlet, Instructions for making m...

Maria Taylor's first collection, Melanchrini (Nine Arches Press, 2012), was excellent. However, she's stepped up her game still furt...

I met Roy Marshall for the first time at a Happen Stance reading back in 2011. Maria Taylor introduced me to him and mentioned he was one o...

One could argue that poetry itself is a game. Many poems certainly play games with their readers, and poets often use games as a metaphor: P...

Over at her Commonplace blog, Maria Taylor has written very generously about Tasting Notes.  You can read her post here .

Maria Taylor is a poet with a keen sense of identity. By that, I don't mean that she's fond of attaching labels to herself. In fact,...

Maria Taylor's first collection, titled Melanchrini , is now available on the Nine Arches Press website. You can read an extract and pur...

I met Jonathan and Maria Taylor, the driving forces behind Crystal Clear Creators, when they jointly organised (along with Nine Arches Press...

Last week saw a 2-0 win for Aldershot Town over Maidenhead United, plus two terrific readings in London and Nottingham. In other words, I ha...

I'm heading down to Seville tomorrow morning to catch a flight over to the U.K., ready to enjoy a couple of days with my parents and the...