Having spent the last few months building websites for other people I finally realised that I had abandoned my own. I’ve spent the last few days rectifying this, Ravenshead Press has had a revamp which although it isn’t finished is an improvement on the old site. The biggest problem was that when I put Ravenshead together there were very few choices of online stores to build into WordPress. I went for the most powerful WP Online store and spent days fighting it to link to…
This October Southampton is putting on a Festival of Words called SO: To Speak. Running from the 23rd of October to the 1st of November the program is packed with exciting workshops and events to attend, with more still being added. If you’re in the area it will be worth checking out and if you’re not in the area then it’s a great time for a holiday. As if that wasn’t exciting enough the festival organisers have commissioned a chapbook by Southampton poet Matt West.…
Once again Free Verse was outstanding. More publishers than ever crammed into one hall. Just looking at the books on offer was a treat. One highlight of the day was meeting Teika Bellamy founder of Mothers Milk Books (Facebook). I knew Teika around the period she was setting up the press, but through the Internet. It was lovely to meet her face to face and see how well the press has done. Apparently there were other people present who I knew but didn’t meet on…
It is that time of year again when the Book Fair beckons and the Bank Manager looks worried. http://www.poetrybookfair.com/p/blog-page.html