WEEK TOMORROW! I'm sharing a brand-new poetry piece as part of Stockport Stories with short story writers Sarah Butler david gaffney joestretch & Emily Yates – the second reading is at the wonderful Mura Ma Art Space in Marple! Get your *free* tickets here... murama.co.uk/product/stockp…

🐳📚TOMORROW! Looking forward to heading to The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven, West Cumbria, at 4pm to read some watery words, then hear from David Gaffney david gaffney as he launches his latest book of stories, “Whale”, out with Osmosis Press and inspired by an Eden Arts project. 📚🐳

THIS THURSDAY! Head to Stockport’s fab Underbanks to hear “Out Of The Dark” author David Gaffney david gaffney and Confingo Magazine contributor Sarah-Clare Conlon Sarah-Clare Conlon share some brand-new work for the Stockport Stories project – free tickets here…
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WEEK TODAY! Head to The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven on Saturday 13 April, 4pm, to hear me read some watery words to support David Gaffney david gaffney as he launches his new book of stories, “Whale”, out with Osmosis Press and inspired by an Eden Arts project. eventbrite.com/e/the-whale-re…

WEEK TOMORROW! Head to Whitehaven on Saturday 13 April, to hear “Out Of The Dark” author David Gaffney david gaffney & Confingo Magazine contributor Sarah-Clare Conlon Sarah-Clare Conlon reading in a lighthouse to launch David’s mini short story collection “Whale”. eventbrite.com/e/the-whale-re…

‘Paul Wood pulls up between the discarded chest freezer and the Seat Ibiza with the mismatched bumper, opposite the end-terrace where Mr Iqbal is tending his onions.’ Possibly the most Kevin Boniface opening par in this excellent collection Bluemoose Books – highly recommended.

ONE WEEK! Got your *free* tickets yet? I'm reading a brand-new meandering riverine poem as part of Stockport Stories with short story writers Sarah Butler david gaffney joestretch & Emily Yates – its debut is at the fantastic Rare Mags in the Underbanks... raremags.co.uk/collections/ob…

The first fiction sequence from Osmosis Press is about to enter the world! Thank you to the extraordinary david gaffney for sharing Whale with us🐋🌊

Cover reveal -this is my new collection of short stories - to be launched at The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven on 13 April at 4pm, published by Osmosis. Very excited by this beautiful cover - if you'd like to come to the free launch you can book here... eventbrite.com/e/the-whale-re…

WEEK ON THURSDAY! Got your *free* tickets yet? I'm sharing a brand-new poetry piece as part of Stockport Stories with short storyists Sarah Butler david gaffney joestretch & Emily Yates – the first reading is at the fantastic Rare Mags in the Underbanks... raremags.co.uk/collections/ob…

It's 50 years since the reshaping of county boundaries and founding of Greater Manchester. Here's me and david gaffney performing the 1972 Local Government Act which celebrates the legislation behind it! youtu.be/3EkHC9F2-nw?si…

I’ve got a half kilometre of custom cut brass components being delivered in a few weeks. Stacked end to end, that’s taller than the Empire State Building. Please buy a pen so I don’t drown in brass.

I am launching my new book Whale on the top floor of a lighthouse by the sea in Cumbria- on Saturday 13 April at 4 pm. The book is published by Osmosis Press and was an Eden Arts commission - its free and you can book a place here eventbrite.com/e/the-whale-re…

Weekend reading sorted! Very excited to get into these books. Briony Hughes Poet Hem Press Wendy Allen Dr Charley Barnes 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕒✨גליה (she/her) Broken Sleep Books Salò Press

17th April: Online launch/celebration of three Tom Jenks publications inc. my Strangers Wave: Joy Division Photo Poems, now on its second run! We had Manchester in-person launch, but didn’t launch online. Also celebrating Simon Collings’ new work & Jesse Glass’s 3rd edition. 🖤🥳

Had a ton of orders for blade pens recently. Working my way through getting them produced and shipped, but it’ll take some time to do. They’re still available here: thingsbydan.myshopify.com/collections/pe…

If you’re Cumbria way, 'Out Of The Dark' author David Gaffney david gaffney and Confingo Journal contributor Sarah-Clare Conlon Sarah-Clare Conlon are reading in a lighthouse in Whitehaven on Saturday 13 April to launch David’s mini short story collection “Whale”. eventbrite.com/e/the-whale-re…

📚Trip to Cumbria next month! I’ll be reading poems about lighthouses in a lighthouse! I’m helping David ⁦david gaffney⁩ launch his new book “Whale” – out soon with the wonderful ⁦Osmosis Press –⁩ on Saturday 13 April at 4pm so we can see the sea! 🐳 eventbrite.com/e/the-whale-re…

I just thought of a funny political joke but I worried if I posted it here it could be taken the wrong way - so if anyone wants to read this joke please DM me and I will provide it to you for your private entertainment.

How come Elvis Costello won the Rochdale by election?