Around a year ago a series of poems started appearing that featured Dr. Tanabe — I’d no idea where this character had come from and not long after beginning these poems I found myself watching Gojira (1954) on DVD and discovered, in the credits, that a …

I like interview poems and here’s an example from my forthcoming Salt collection The Departure. It’s a rather sinister interaction that slowly unfolds. I hope you like it. I’ve no idea what period it’s set in, but I do know it’s not now — and it’s loca …

Don’t miss out on our two flagship anthologies. The Best British Poetry 2011 edited by Roddy Lumsden and The Best British Short Stories 2011 edited by Nicholas Royle. Available from all good bookstores. …

Do you like reading or writing poetry? Come along to the first meeting of a new local reading/writing group visiting poet Simon Smith reading Wednesday September 7, 7.30 upstairs at Waterstone’s, Bishops Stortford for further information, contact Peter …

MacAdam Takes to the Sea from Alastair Cook on Vimeo. MacAdam Takes to the Sea is a filmpoem by Alastair Cook of Andrew Philip’s wonderful eponymous poem. The film was commissioned for the second Hidden Door festival in Edinburgh and was premiered on 2 …