Sharon Olds and “memory’s dark-blue corridor”
Have you ever been to Reid of Liverpool? Well, you should have. You definitely should have: but I warn you, if you’re a bookworm – you … Read more
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Dreams Without Frontiers
So I’m lapping up the merits of working in Manchester. OK, so it hasn’t been the glamour and glitz of a metropolis, but at lunch … Read more
Discovering the World’s Two Smallest Humans…
Finding Julia Copus was a perky case of right place, right time. When I stumbled into a poetry event at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, last year, … Read more
Magpies and Metaphors
Happy New Year! As part of my 2013 Resolutions (capital R for rigour…) I’m going to kick-start my blogging again and hopefully get chatting to some of you … Read more
CVs & Tea Leaves
Well, it seems I’m being turfed out into the dreaded ‘real world’ after four years of comfortably shabby student living. I’m ready to take on … Read more
Busy with Books!
It’s been busy, busy, busy up here! So much to do before the end of the semester, but the caffeine is pulling me through. Attended … Read more
To PhD, or not to PhD…
February, when did you get here? So, over half the month has passed, along with Valentine’s Day (see how I refrained from anything vilely sentimental?), and … Read more
Newcastle, macaroons, and the Beeb.
Feel like I’ve had my socks knocked off! Seven Stories is an amazing place: a haven of children’s literature and I’d thoroughly recommend it. I’ve … Read more
Winter Wafflings
I’m having a belated blow of festivity, drinking ‘Christmas Tea’ from a Santa mug and cheerily humming “Sleigh Ride”. Must be this vile good mood … Read more
Lemsip Addiction
Happy December-Time! Just a quick post: I’ve now uploaded the latest issue of Diffusion online! Go take a look: Diffusion 4:2. We’re very pleased with … Read more