Coffee time, Genoa

The University of Bliss ( Sagging Meniscus Press ) launched! Thanks to the lovely audience and my co reader Zarina Rafiq !

The London Launch , university of Bliss , 49 Great Ormond Street ; Tuesday 17th June ; drinks at six followed by readings ! All welcome !

A bumpy old week here, so very much looking forward to getting stuck into this over the weekend. A treat from the ever reliable @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social . A slim volume, but I’m not fooled by that.

Do join Zarina and myself at 49 Great Ormond Street on Tuesday 17 June ; drinks at six followed by launches ! All welcome !

Pleased to announce I will be reading with the poet Zarina Rafiq at 49 Great Ormond Street , London on June 17th ; drinks at six followed by readings : all welcome !

launching , launching ! All welcome

With Lara Pawson and Phil Hancock at launch ; 49 Great Ormond Street !

Available now: Frederick Mark Kramer's THEY SHALL NOT PASS: A novel of Madrid and Manhattan. If you've never read a Kramer novel, you should — it's a deeply moving and memorable experience unlike any other, a theater of the page. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/they_shall_not_pass/

London Launch 17 June, 6 pm ,all welcome !

Launching the university of bliss at 49 Great Ormond Street (London) on Tuesday 17th June ; drinks at six followed by readings : all welcome ! @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social

Recommended by and in stock at @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk, "an extremely funny skewering of the absurdities and venalities of the current UK university system": @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social's THE UNIVERSITY OF BLISS. Happy to be on your shelves! www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-un...

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Excellent launch this evening of Julian Stannard's New and Selected Poems www.saltpublishing.com/products/new... with Julian, Lara Pawson, Philip Hancock and an engaged and receptive audience. Wonderful readings, including 'East Finchley' a brief and touching tribute to the late Fleur Adcock.

thanks to those who came to book launch 49 Great Ormond Street , with Lara Pawson and Phil Hancock !

With Lara Pawson and Phil Hancock at launch ; 49 Great Ormond Street !

launching , launching ! All welcome

Launching New and Selected Wednesday 26 March, 49 Great Ormond Street at 6 for pre reading drinks ! All welcome

May I attend? Wednesday?

I've been before. Quite enjoyed it. Bloomsbury in Spring. Nothing better.

Wednesday 26 March, in a beautiful old house opposite Great Ormond Street hospital, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social is launching his @saltpublishing.com poetry collection. He's invited Phil Hancock & me to read from our work, too. Kick off is at 1830/1900. Drop me a line if you fancy joining us!

I’m delighted to be reading with the terrific Lara Pawson and Phil Hancock at 49 Great Ormond Street ; March 26 : 6 pm ; come for a drink : all welcome ! I’m launching my New and Selected!

launch of New and Selected at 49 Great Ormond Street , at 6 pm , March 26 , all welcome !

launch day ; October books , 6 pm @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social all welcome !

launch of bliss ; Wednesday March 12 th ,6 pm ; October books @octoberbooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social

Launch March 12, October Books ,Southampton at 6 pm !

March 12 th , October Books, Southampton @octoberbooks 6 pm, launch of university of bliss , all welcome!

I’m launching my novel the university of bliss at October Books , Southampton, March 12 at 6 pm ; Donald Trump does jail time in my novel ; come and see ; all welcome ! @octoberbooks.bsky.social

Podcast No.2 - Recording on Sunday. Spectral Flaneurs. Singing Posties. Sorting Office Playlists White - Tailed Eagles. 20th Century Roundheads. Astral Projection. Martin Amis's teeth found in Patagonia. Books....and more books.

Thanks to October Books : Southampton ; launching The University of Bliss on March 12 ; all welcome ; kicks off at 6 pm !

In @thetls.bsky.social, @wjdavies.bsky.social on @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social's "scathing satire of British higher education" THE UNIVERSITY OF BLISS: "a ferociously funny condemnation of university commercialization". www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...

@kkwiltshire.bsky.social on @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social's THE UNIVERSITY OF BLISS: "It is for anyone who values education, who values culture, who considers the world their children or grandchildren are going to inherit" everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/02/revi...

Available from Salt !

Available from Salt !

my New and SelectedPoems is now available from Salt ! happy new year !

Out soon !

On the way !

Thanks to Sagging Meniscus Press , coming to a university near you , December 3 !

Thanks to Sagging Meniscus Press , coming to a university near you , December 3 !

Happy hump day, let’s smile magnificently and do a nope on absolutely everything… Trolley Man, by @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social

On the way !

It’s a wrap! All our 2024 books are available now! Every book you buy invests in new writing! www.saltpublishing.com/collections/...

Sagging Meniscus Press bringing out my campus novel on December 3 ; it’s called The University of Bliss ; thanks Sagging Meniscus Press !

Sagging Meniscus Press bringing out my campus novel on December 3 ; it’s called The University of Bliss ; thanks Sagging Meniscus Press !