WATKINS EVENT
7 July 2026
I will be talking about, & reading from, Sussex Coils & Loops at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ from 5-6pm on Thursday 6 August. The event is free, but please register here if you would like to attend.
PLACEHOLDER RECORDING
25 June 2026
The full reading from 11 May by Hector Macdonald, myself, & Dan Spicer can be played here.
25 XING YEARS
24 June 2026
I shall be one of innumerable readers at this astounding event.
No Computers presents 25 XING YEARS!
Saturday 18 July from 11:30-21:00.
The Deck, behind the Old Church, Church Street, London N16 9ES.
A celebration of 25 years of the experimental poetry series Xing The Line, with short readings from the legion of readers and performers who have featured at Xing The Line over the past 25 years.
We’ll be in the usual No Computers location under our big gazebo on ‘The Deck’ outdoor space behind the Old Church in Stoke Newington. Join us for the ultimate mashup!
11:30am: start
12:00pm: Xing The Line poetry short sets & music open sessions
8:00pm: open session
9:00pm: end
Electronics welcome but no power supply is available.
Food and drink are allowed but please leave nothing behind.
Toilets available inside The Church.
Admission £0.
READING AT THE PECKHAM PELICAN
15 June 2026
ROBERT FROST
5 June 2026
Bridget & I will be guest readers at the launch of Robert Frost at the Peckham Pelican, 92 Peckham Road, London, SE15 5PY, on Sunday 14 June from 3-6pm.
STOCKISTS
29 May 2026
Sussex Coils & Loops is now in stock in the following shops:
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London E8 3DL
Collective Books, VOLT, 67-69 Seaside Rd, Eastbourne BN21 3PL
Courtyard Books, 2-4 High St, Glastonbury BA6 9DU
East Bristol Books, 12 West St, Bristol BS2 0BH
Good Press, 32 St Andrews St, Glasgow G1 5PD
London Centre for Book Arts, Britannia Works, 56 Dace Road, London E3 2NQ
The London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL
Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ
ADDENDA
29 May 2026
In the course of preparing a couple of presentations on Sussex Coils and Loops, I have turned up some further information which might be of interest to readers of the book: updates can be found here.
LOCKE FITZROY REVIEW
9 May 2026
Locke Fitzroy’s immensely generous & perceptive review of Sussex Coils & Loops is now available to read online here.
RUPERT LOYDELL REVIEW
9 May 2026
A review by Rupert Loydell is now available to read in both International Times & Litter Magazine.
FIELD REPORT 2025
8 May 2026
The latest Field Report, including my Tombeau for Mark Pawson, is now out in the world.
PLACEHOLDER
21 April 2026
SUSSEX COILS & LOOPS
3 April 2026
Rubber stamp made by Noolibird
Sussex Coils & Loops is now out in the world. The first reviews of the book have appeared on Mark Nemglan’s substack and The Western Gate.
There will be a promotional event for it at Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, London, at 5 pm on Thursday 6 August.
I will have copies of the book at the Free Verse Book & Magazine Fair, St Columba’s Church, Pont Street, London, SW1X 0BD on Saturday 25 April from 12:00 noon – 6:30 pm.
Brighton folk can catch me reading from it, along with other new material, with Dan Spicer & Hector MacDonald at Placeholder, The Hope & Ruin, 11-12 Queens Road, from 7:30 pm on Monday 11 May.
20 March 2026
Now available for pre-order from Scarlet Imprint.
RICHARD MARSHALL ON “DEMONSTRANCES”
26 February 2026
Image by Richard Marshall
Following the publication of “Demonstrances” in Angel Exhaust, Richard Marshall’s detailed study of the poem is now available to read online here.
ANGEL EXHAUST 24
25 February 2026
I’m so delighted to have my longish poem “Demonstrances” included in the new issue of Angel Exhaust, thirty years or so since I first had writing published there.