From London to Hong Kong. Hong Kong to Brisbane.I snivel and cough my way over the tectonic fault lines of planet earth.   24 hours later Bill the driver meets me and the famous Haigh family at Brisbane Read more [...]

I've been Canterbury's Poet Laureate for twelve months of a thirty six month residency.  Thanks to Wise Words Festival and The Marlowe Theatre. The laureateship started in May 2017 with Warrior Poets, Read more [...]

Throughout 2018 I have been working with young people in care in Coventry. Its been a highly secretive project until now. The culmination, the high point, is a live performance, by the young people Read more [...]

Hello. I am one of five judges for The Golden man Booker Prize this year. It is a special one-off award to celebrate  50th anniversary of The Man Booker Prize and crowns the best work of fiction from Read more [...]

Time is like the weather system. It has patterns, storm seasons with electric charges. Memory. The arctic wind brushes a molten sun making of it a golden drop of frozen gold. Breath beats the window Read more [...]

I'm tired.I have won my case against Wigan Council  and I should be happy but I am just  tired. I have been awarded a six figure sum. I will receive a written apology and my files will be returned to Read more [...]

In 2016  a blind man  waited patiently in the book signing queue.  “I’m Blind Al”  he said “And I have practised Buddhism for many years and I’ve written a short poem and  I would like to Read more [...]