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A collection of all my news updates, writer's notes, and other blog posts.

Some Published Poems I Forgot To Mention Which You Could Theoretically Read

February 18, 2022 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

Let it never be said that I am any good of keeping track of anything. Because I’m not, so that would be wrong. Look, over the last year I’ve had a couple of poems published that I just completely forgot to mention to anyone, for reasons ranging from “it wasn’t […]

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Why It’s A New Poem in Sheila-Na-Gig!

December 5, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

Let it be known that there is a poem and that I wrote it and that you can read it in the latest issue of Sheila-Na-Gig and that that issue is here. It’s a poem about… childhood? Maybe volcanoes as well, though. I mean I’m not sure if it’s actually […]

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New Poetry in SCRAP LINES

November 11, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements, Uncategorized

Hiya!! If you like art about trash, then I have great news for you: there’s this funky zine called Scrap Lines that launched recently, and it’s full of wonderful writing, art, and mixed-media magic on that very subject. Self-described as a collection of queer trash, Scrap Lines features work from […]

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(Another) New Poem in the MASS

September 1, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

Has this ever happened to you? You’re sat at home, or somewhere else, on your laptop or smart device, reading a blog post about how one of my poems has been published in the latest issue of the MASS. No? No. Of course this hasn’t happened to you, because this […]

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New Poem in the MASS

July 31, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

“Well, well, well, what do we have here? A poem about a bowling ball? What an unusual idea! I simply must read it immediately.” If you’ve ever wanted to say those exact words, in that order, in a context that made sense, I’ve got phenomenal news: there’s a new poem […]

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Faces Adjacent – Available Now!

July 11, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

Hiya pals! As you might already be aware, because it happened like a week and a half ago (time’s just been utterly unspooling for me recently), my debut micro-chapbook Faces Adjacent has been unleashed into the world! It’s a short sequence of poems that I’m quite proud of and you […]

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Happy St. Columba’s Day!

June 9, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

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

May 11, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

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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New(ish) Poem in The Helix

April 8, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

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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New Poetry with Ghost City Press & MMPP Lit

April 2, 2021 itsmeyourfriendalex News & Announcements

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 […]

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  • Why It’s A New Poem in Sheila-Na-Gig!
  • New Poetry in SCRAP LINES
  • (Another) New Poem in the MASS
  • New Poem in the MASS
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