Absolutely addicted to the new Bob Vylan record. Album of the year so far, and I don't think that'll change.

Scout is amazing, and, having read drafts of poetry Scout sent while imprisoned, I know this book is utterly phenomenal!

I have taken
the bones
that were
our money

and also
the worms
which were
the dollars

Forgive me
I pulled you hair
up
but not out

the87press subscription scheme is blossoming! If 700 folks take up a £50 subscription we will be super close to our target. Money will be used to fund book production and live events and online journal! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the87press-2…

New Taylor Swift lyrics are wild

Just finished William Brewer's utterly brilliant novel 'The Red Arrow'. I'd recommend it to anybody, a sensational book about ghostwriting, psychedelic mushrooms, depression, academia, and what it means to be a writer.

I've been making totes for the Broken Sleep Books stall at the The Poetry Society Free Verse Poetry Book Fair this Saturday. Come along and buy some poetry and poetry totes!
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We're gonna be hanging out and selling books and totes at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair this Saturday!
Come along, say hi to Aaron Kent, Stuart McPherson, and Emma Kennedy, and check out all the other amazing presses in attendance!

Tickets are free, but worth registering.

This, writing with one of the most important people in my life, was a real honour and joy.

I hope you love this book as much as we loved writing it.

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The Liz Truss autobiography is wild.

Looking forward to chatting beans about editing with some great editors. Come along as part of The Poetry Society's Poetry Book Fair at St. Columba’s Church, Pont Street, London, SW1x 0BD. Tickets £3.

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'The sailor and traveler... the anatomist chemist astronomer geologist phrenologist spiritualist mathematician historian and lexicographer are not poets, but they are the lawgivers of poets and their construction underlies the structure of every perfect poem.'
— Walt Whitman

Hot days in Leicester are the best days

New work from Aaron Kent for you to check out.

Great to have 6 new poems up at Mercurius Magazine. Ironically, I went to Leicester today for the first time ever. I liked it there.

My copy of the latest Aaron Kent arrived today courtesy of the87press can’t wait to read!

Always fascinated by the perspective and poetics of Keston Sutherland.

This excerpt is taken from an interview in extra extra magazine.

'I'm not sure yet even that it is possible to become a poet'

Full interview is here:- extraextramagazine.com/talk/keston-su…

Every now and then I get emails or DMs or, very occasionally, letters from stroke survivors thanking me for speaking up, and sharing their experience.

These things make the difficult days more worthwhile. They make the hard times matter.

I am utterly gobsmacked and delighted to be able to announce that this year I am not among the winners of The National Poetry Competition!

'Hi Mr Kent, Rue/Otis fell over/has a tummy ache. Can you come collect them please?'