Why can’t artists admit they have jobs?
Most artist have a side hustle or a main hustle, and there’s no shame in it. Why are we so keen to be perceived as ‘pure’ artists, when such a beast seldom exists?
Alchemy: Why poetry publishers need to get it together
I wrote an article for BookMachine on the value of collaboration over competition in poetry publishing.
Poetry News gets vocal
I’m in Poetry News, published by the Poetry Society, talking about the links between voiceover and poetry.
Poets Are So Excited – but does anybody care?
Social media is tricky for poets, but we need to stop hammering the “so excited” key, expecting it to excite others by osmosis.
Does poetry need genre boundaries?
Shopping for poetry is tricky if you don’t have a name in mind. Could genre boundaries offer a new way of browsing?