Rogue Strands

My first post on Rogue Strands was about the late Evangeline Paterson ( see here ), an excellent poet and editor. Her work has long been ove...

Do you know what it means? The answer to that question, if you're U.K.-based, is probably generational. "San Fairy Ann" is an ...

Tim Love has posted a positive and thought-provoking review of Inventing truth on his Lit Refs Reviews blog, expressing doubts about my cons...

Despite far too many work commitments, I'm snatching time every now and then to read and write as much poetry as possible. At the top of...

The first reviews of a poet's first pamphlet are inevitably significant, so I was intrigued to read three of them all in one go over at ...

I first encountered Hannah Lowe’s poems in The Rialto and was impressed by their combination of strong narrative drive, vivid language and e...

So I'm back in Extremadura, having filled my tank to the brim with great poetry, people, conversation and beer (not necessarily in that ...