Bad Blood

Welcome to 2013. For the first time in years I spent NYE in Tadcaster, drinking cheap wine and Sambuca on the banks of The Wharfe. The party was named ‘House Continue reading →

Dark Corners Out This Week

So finally, after two years of banging my head against the wall, trying to get this collection written, Dark Corners of the Land has arrived. Geraint has done a cracking Continue reading →

Book Launch at HMI

I’m having a book launch event in Leeds on October 17th with Ian Duhig, Michael Stewart, Steve Ely & Dai Parsons. Please come along & spread the word: Dark Corners Continue reading →

Daytripper

One of my new poems, Daytripper, from my forthcoming collection Dark Corners of the Land, has appeared on Caught By The River today. Caught By The River is a great Continue reading →

Ducklung

I apologise for the lack of blogs as of late. The past two months have been a strange trip indeed. My Dad, probably one of greatest living Yorkshiremen, has been Continue reading →

Fear and Loathing in Suicide Central

SHED YOUR TEARS AND WALK AWAY Jez Lewis’  documentary on the drinkers and addicts of Hebden Bridge, Shed Your Tears And Walk Away is about to get its first northern screening at Continue reading →