Published Reviews and Critical Works

Below is a list of my reviews of contemporary poetry collections and novels that have been published to date or are forthcoming.


Reviews of Mark Waldron's The Brand New Dark and John F. Deane's A Little Book of Hours, Times Literary Supplement (forthcoming)

Review of Ros Barber's Material (PN Review, forthcoming)

Review of Glyn Maxwell’s Hide Now (Stand, forthcoming)

Review of Alison Brackenbury's Singing in the Dark, Claire Crowther's The Clockwork Gift, and Matthew Welton's 'We needed coffee but...', Magma, Issue 45, November 2009

Reviews of Emma Jones's The Striped World and Kevin Hart's Young Rain, Times Literary Supplement, No 5559, 16 October 2009

Review of Jacob Polley's Talk of the Town, Times Literary Supplement, No 5541, 12 June 2009

Review of Mark Doty's Theories and Apparitions, John Agard's Clever Backbone, and Rob A Mackenzie's The Opposite of Cabbage, Magma, Issue 44, June 2009

Review of Colette Bryce’s Self-Portrait in the Dark, Stand, Vol 9 (1), June 2009

‘Glistening as it vanishes’, review of Maura Dooley’s Life Under Water, Times Literary Supplement, No 5529, 20 March 2009

‘A Desire to Share’, review of Christopher Middleton’s Collected Poems, Poetry Review, Vol. 98 No.4, December 2008

‘New Trainers’, review of Moniza Alvi’s Split World: Poems 1990-2005 and Europa, Times Literary Supplement, No.5505, 3 October 2008

‘In Brief’ review of Stephanie Norgate’s Hidden River, Times Literary Supplement, No.5504, 26 September 2008

Review of Paul Abbott’s Flood, Tower Poetry, June 2008

Review of Jean Sprackland’s Tilt, Tower Poetry, January 2008

Review of Nick Laird's On Purpose, The Stinging Fly, Issue 8 Vol. 2, Winter 2007/08

Review of Tim Turnbull's Stranded in Sub-Atomica (Eyewear)

Review of Jacob Polley's Little Gods (The Poem)



I also regularly write critical perspectives of poets for the British Council's Contemporary Writers website database. Below is a list of authors whose critical perspectives I have completed to date, with appropriate links.


John Agard

Simon Armitage

David Constantine

Julia Copus

Robert Crawford

Leontia Flynn

Michael Hofmann

Mick Imlah

Nick Laird

Patrick McGuinness

Daljit Nagra

Don Paterson

Tom Paulin

Maurice Riordan

Carol Rumens

Penelope Shuttle

Zoe Skoulding

Hugo Williams

Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch