Poetry and Madness
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The Ghost Hospital
My pamphlet The Ghost Hospital — published by Maytree Press in 2019 — was shortlisted in the poetry pamphlet category of the Saboteur Awards 2020. What I hope for these poems is that they create a voice for those who are not listened to. I am interested in exploring the human voice in extremis — those Continue reading
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‘This Tilting Earth’
This Tilting Earth Jane Lovell Winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition (Mslexia/SEREN, 2019) REVIEW The axial tilt of the earth ensures seasonal change. The ‘tilt’ examined in Jane Lovell’s poetry suggests other kinds of change – the contest between humanity and Nature and the ever-present danger of the fall. This Tilting Earth is an Continue reading
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The Allotments exhibition open 29 August
I’m delighted to announce the opening of a new exhibition that I’ve been working on with colleague Dave Lockwood. The launch will be 3 pm on Thursday 29 August at Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum. There will also be a ‘Meet the Artists’ session on Saturday 31 August at the VG&M between 11 am – Continue reading
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Freud & Poetry
I attended a thought-provoking event in the week – organised by the Centre for New and International Writing at the University of Liverpool. It was an evening concerned with the self in poetry, the subjective and the unconscious which was introduced by Professor Josh Cohen who articulated that strange relationship between poetry and psychology – Continue reading
About Me
I am a writer & poet based in Liverpool. My ninth poetry publication – Vestige (Maytree Press, 2023) is a collaboration with photographer, AJ. Wilkinson. A recipient of 2021 Saboteur Award & a MaxLiteracy Award I am a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Chester.
Burning Bright 