This weekend I’m going to be reading Martin Figura’s latest, a pamphlet with illustrations by Caroline Wright and Helen Ivory’s Waiting for Bluebeard. I really enjoyed hearing them both read at Toddington Poetry Society on Tuesday. It was worth it even though my car ended up locked into the car park over the road. These…
If I were to tell you that Martin Figura’s father murdered his mother when he was a boy and ended up in Broadmoor and that Martin has written a book of poems about his childhood I can already see you stepping back and turning away. I can imagine you thinking how sad and what a…
I seem to have lined myself up with a variety of poetry events to go to over the next few weeks – partly because it’s National Poetry Month, partly because it’s my birthday month but also because I need to get out more. First up is David Harsent’s poetry workshop in Cambridge on Saturday, part…