Hi friends! As I’m sure you were already aware, today is St. Columba’s annual feast day, a time to remember and commemorate the life, the legend, of one of Scotland’s formative historical figures. As I’m even more sure you were already aware, I’ve been working with Historic Environment Scotland over […]
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Online Poetry Workshops with HES Starting Next Week
Hi friends! As you might’ve seen me mention on twitter the other day, I’m going to be leading a series of online writing workshops over the next couple of months, as part of my stint as Historic Environment Scotland’s writer-in-residence. These workshops are completely free (although you will need to […]
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Hi folks! To demonstrate how well I’ve been doing at keeping on top of things recently, I just today realised that I never posted about a poem of mine that got published back in February. It’s called Universal, it got published in The Helix, and you can read it online […]
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You seem weary, traveller. Come, rest awhile beside my fire (it’s a figurative fire) while I tell you my tales. There’s all sorts of big happenings underway in the World of Alex, don’t you know. For example: Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit recently published one of my poems, ‘Swarming’, over […]
Keep readingNew Poem Published in SAND Journal
Scuttling in right at the end of the month, it’s me, your friend Alex, sharing some fun news. That’s right, it’s a poem! Specifically a poem of mine called ‘Internet History’, which appears in the latest issue of SAND Journal. You can pick up a copy of the issue over […]
Keep readingWriter’s Notes: Creative Goals for 2021
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Keep readingNew Poem in the Cumberland River Review
It’s one of those updates informing you that there’s a new poem of mine out in the world! It’s called ‘Globster’, and you can find it in the latest issue (10.1) of the Cumberland River Review. It’s a poem touching on a lot of common subjects from my work: water, […]
Keep readingPoetry Annotated: Six More New Poems
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Keep readingNew Poem in Vagabonds
I’m starting to get déjà vu from writing these ‘new poem’ posts – not that I’m complaining. I’m very lucky to have work appearing in so many different journals. But it is weird how the publications always show up all at once, right? Right, never mind that. I have a […]
Keep readingNew Poem in the Good Works Review
As the end of the year approaches, a whole bunch of literary journals are releasing their annual editions – including the Good Works Review, whose fourth issue is now available to buy. Amongst great poems and stories from other writers, you’ll find my poem ‘Clone’. I once read this piece […]
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