One Thing by Xanthi Barker
deeply affecting, affectingly deep
Tag: Open Pen
Never Seen The Sea by Holly Watson
i experience the plot of keep the aspidistra flying while reading and in retrospect for my childhood
I, Nerd by Max Sydney Smith
another nice book review descends into dissociated left-wing raving
You Ruin It When You Talk by Sarah Manvel
very funny novelette from hipstertopia’s Open Pen
The Passengers by Will Ashon
an excellent book
POETRY MONTH: reviews of scott manley hadley
you been doing all this dope [blogging] / You ain’t had a chance to show ’em what time it is
Bad Boy Poet: LIVE IN DALSTON
Scott Manley Hadley launches Bad Boy Poet.
Bad Boy Poet: LIVE TONIGHT IN DALSTON
BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT NOVEMBER 14TH 2018
Bad Boy Poet by Scott Manley Hadley
Reviewed by Karina Bush
Bad Boy Poet: Intimate & Al Fresco
reading some poems in the Spanish desert…
Bad Boy Poet by Scott Manley Hadley
Review by L. Tumbleweed Parker. CW: ableist language
Feast of Sapphires by Matt Nagin
find out what poetry i like and why i write about poopoo
Birthday Post: 30 Things I’ve Done, 30 Things I Haven’t
it’s my 30th birthday
Scott Manley Hadley Reads Some Poems
listen and or watch me read some poems (or do neither)
Scott In A Podcast on His Poetry
hear my voice, reacquaint yourselves with my fallibility
#TotNTV: Setting Up A Literary Magazine
Sean Preston chats Open Pen.
#TotNTV: Men & Emotions
in which I ask loadsa men about crying
Dreaming In Starlight by Philip Elliott
I review an eBook for another website.
Street Epistles by Faruk Šehić
Great poems from an EU Prize winner; the peripatetic blogger continues to splinter
Triumph of the Now TV
home of the lo-fi magazine web series
In Love With HS2 & Awards Excitement
new article & award attention elsewhere
Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed by Liam Hogan
My latest review over at Open Pen discusses the point of fiction…
Forbidden Line by Paul Stanbridge
a review of a difficult book
On translation and Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić
Gorgeous Bosnian novel and my thoughts on the role of translators
Love Notes to Men Who Don’t Read by North Morgan
Absolutely knock out novel about the gay bro scene.
I Write Self-Involved Book Review For Another Site
I read and discuss a book about dickhead hipster bartenders, just weeks after stopping being one.
I Write Book Review Elsewhere Shocker
Have a look at this link: http://www.openpen.co.uk/review_arrival_of_missives/ I’ll be publishing new reviews every month or so for Open Pen. Kewl!
The Open Pen Anthology (edited by Sean Preston)
Open Pen is a free literary magazine that publishes new writing. It is distributed in various bookshops both within (andContinue Reading
On The Stage
I had not been in front of an audience, on a stage, for several years until this week. Then, fromContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 