Forward Prize judges announced

Interesting judging panel for this year's Forward Prizes for Poetry – Bidisha, Mimi Khalvati, Chris McCabe, Niall Campbell and Jen Campbell. There's a link there for entries, but essentially editors have until March 9 (through Submittable), or March 23 (for physical copies).

Tears In The Fence Festival

The independent literary magazine, Tears In The Fence, is holding a festival to celebrate its 30th birthday, on 24-26 October.

It all takes place at the White Horse, Stourpaine, and among the speakers already confirmed are Peter Hughes, Carrie Etter, Dorothy Lehane, Chris McCabe and Steve Spence. You can find out more here.

Sneak preview

My new poetry collection, The Elephant Tests, is out from Nine Arches Press next month. You can read more about it here, and as with all Nine Arches titles you'll be able to buy it from the Inpress Online Shop. Recent additions to those titles include Angela France's Hide, Chris McCabe and Jeremy Reed's Whitehall Jackals, and Mario Petrucci's anima - I haven't seen the last of those yet, but I can recommend the other two very highly.