Rogue Strands

My review of Glut , Ramona Herdman's new collection from Nine Arches Press, is now up at Wild Court. You can read it in full via this l...

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

Some poets evolve by venturing into new subjects, new narratives, new locations. Others, meanwhile, burrow further and further into their ...

As mentioned in a recent post, I don’t feel it’s ethical for me to review books which wear my endorsement on their back cover or which incl...

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...

Richie McCaffery has shut up shop at The Cat Flap , which formed part of his Copy Cats project, and has started a new poetry blog that hold...

Over at his Copy Cats blog, Richie McCaffery has posted a beautifully written and insightful review of The Knives of Villalejo . Richie pro...

The poetry in Tania Hershman’s first full collection, Terms and Conditions (Nine Arches Press, 2017), is riddled with strong storylines. T...

I'll be giving two readings from The Knives of Villalejo  in the next few days as the guest poet at a couple of excellent events. Firs...

I'm very pleased to report that I have a poem in Issue 19 of Under the Radar, Nine Arches Press' flagship magazine. It's the thi...

Imagine and imaginary are key words in  The Skin Diary (Nine Arches Press, 2016), Abegail Morley’s new collection, and provide a hint to...

This coming Monday (18th May) will see the launch of Crystal Voices: Ten Years of Crystal Clear Creators at The Western, 70 Western Road, L...

An American living near London, Robert Peake writes poetry with transatlantic features, as is shown by the rich texturing of his first full...

When I reviewed Richie McCaffery's excellent Happen Stance pamphlet, Spinning Plates , on Rogue Strands in 2012, I ended my piece by s...

June will see the publication of Richie McCaffery's first full collection, titled Cairn (Nine Arches Press). I've been looking forwa...

Matt Merritt's poetry has always stood out for the texturing of its nuances. However, in The Elephant Tests (Nine Arches Press, 2013),...

Matt Merritt's new collection, The Elephant Tests, is now out from Nine Arches Press. I'm really looking to getting hold of a copy a...

Angela France's poetry is in tune, not just in musical terms but with its physical setting. Her verse is anchored in specifics throughou...

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...