Rogue Strands

Ángel Campos Pámpano, who died almost a year ago, was best known on the international literary stage as an excellent translator of Portugues...

There's currently a superb interview with Hugo Williams up at Horizon Review . As an admirer, I've chased down numerous interviews w...

On the one hand I have to admit I'm disappointed with the results of the Forward Prizes. This post isn't meant to knock Don Paterson...

Following my post about Dan Wyke a few weeks ago, I’ve now managed to get hold of a copy of his pamphlet, titled Scattering Ashes (Waterloo ...

The Goytisolo brothers have been key figures on the Spanish literary scene these last fifty years. Luis and Juan are best known as novelists...

Luis Garcia Montero is a terrific poet and a real force in contemporary Spanish poetry. One of the most accessible poets to be writing in Sp...

I've had a few grim rejections in my time. One gem was a rambling 400-word monologue from a publisher who managed a dozen crass spelling...