Other Lives

'Waiting for the Sky to Fall' reviewed by Maureen Jivani on Todd Swift's blog Eyewear .

Here is another review of 'Waiting for the Sky to Fall' at the excellent e-zine Ink Sweat & Tears .

Waterloo Press has been in touch to confirm it's aiming to get 'Waiting for the Sky to Fall' out 'by 7 June'. After unavoidable delays it will be a relief just to have it published. Some of the poems in the collection were written more than ten years ago so it has felt like a long process with a long overdue conclusion. The collection also contains more recent work, but once it's out I'll be pleased to leave it behind to concentrate on another collection that reflects more accurately the sort of work I've been doing in recent years. There are however plenty of off-cuts - the length of the book means that I can't include everything publishable written in the past 15 years. I'll look forward to seeing if they can fit into a second collection alongside more recent work that is noticeably less in the short set-piece lyrical tradition. What's left to do now, it seems, is to confirm the design of the book. Waterloo Press chooses beautiful colours f...

This afternoon I delivered three printed copies of my manuscript 'Waiting for the Sky to Fall' to Waterloo Press to be submitted to the Poetry Book Society for its quarterly round up. Of course I'll be pleased if it gets a mention ahead of publication, but what pleases me most is how the PBS is now actively promoting the work of less well-known poets publishing with small press publishers. Given the amount of good work out there, and the frustratingly limited opportunities provided by the four or five big publishers, this is a welcome development.

Over the weekend I confirmed the title for my first full-length collection with Waterloo Press: Waiting for the Sky to Fall. Originally due to appear in April as Another Life, it will now be published in July (exact date still sketchy) under the new name.