Forthcoming readings/events





2026

30th March: Stornoway at The Royal Albert Hall: Guest reader. Click here for details/bookings.

8th May: Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny; 7pm: Poetry reading. Pre-book seats via events@melvillecentre.org.uk then pay £5 entrance fee on the door.

18th August: Llanina Church, Cei Newydd; 7pm: 'An Evening of Poetry and Music', with Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch and musicians Ceri Owen Jones, Elsa Davies and Louise Bugeja.

9th - 14th November: Garsdale Retreat, Yorkshire Dales: 'Writing Poetry' course. Guest reader: Ilse Pedler. Click here for details/bookings.


2025

16th October: Talgarth Mill, Powys - 7pm. Poetry reading - co-reader: Hanan Issa. Click here or here for details/bookings.

May/June: 'The Gift' film-poem for Sunderland, with Howell Media.

2nd - 7th June: Garsdale Retreat, Yorkshire Dales: 'Writing Poetry' course. Guest reader: Maura Dooley. Click here for details/bookings.


2024

14th - 19th October: Garsdale Retreat, Yorkshire Dales: 'Writing Poetry' course. Guest reader: Stephen Knight. Click here for details/bookings.

2nd - 7th September Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre, Gwynedd: Summer Poetry Masterclass. Co-tutor: Gillian Clarke. Guest reader: Imtiaz Dharker.

23rd August: Between the Trees Festival - Niche Stage: Merthyr Mawr: Performance of 'The Glass Aisle' with Brian Briggs. Click here for details/bookings.


From 'The Glass Aisle' – a short film by Nick Fallowfield- Cooper.
From 'The Glass Aisle' – a short film by Nick Fallowfield - Cooper.


Previous News Items

The Slate Sea - this eclectic book of poems and photographs, edited by Paul Henry and Zed Nelson, has been published by The Camden Trust.

Henry's The Black Guitar, has been published for readers in India.

'Il corridoio di vetro' a translation of 'The Glass Aisle' by Chiara De Luca, has been published for Italian readers by Edizioni Kolibris. Click here for more details.

'Ragazzo di corsa' a parallel-text translation, by Chiara De Luca, of 'Boy Running', is published in Italy this year, by Edizioni Kolibris. Click here for more details.

The Slate Sea, Paul Henry
The Slate Sea
The Black Guitar, Paul Henry
The Black Guitar

Il corridoio di vetro
Il corridoio di vetro
Ragazzo di corsa
Ragazzo di corsa
malayalam-magazine
Madhyamam journal.

Madhyamam journal: cover-story for പറക്കും വാക്ക്  ('The Flying Word') a regular column, with interview and translations, by Malayalam poet and translator Anitha Thampi.



Radio

The Death of the Spiv - BBC Radio 4 'Archive Hour': writer & presenter 22/2/14; BBC Radio 4 Extra 14/1/17
producer: Sarah Langan
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vthkv

Do Not Expect Applause - The Life and Poetry of W.S. Graham 1/8/11
BBC Radio 3: writer & presenter, Sunday Feature
producer: Terry Lewis.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w5qv2

Excusing Private Godfrey - BBC Radio 4: writer & presenter 6/7/12
a portrait of Arnold Ridley - the actor, playwright and Somme survivor behind the loveable Dad's Army character.
producer: Terry Lewis
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kblth

Poetry Please - BBC Radio 4: 15/9/12; 9/9/12
featured poet (with Gillian Clarke and Menna Elfyn). Poems: Studio Flat; Sold; The Visitors; The Breath of Sleeping Boys; Daylight Robbery.
presenter: Roger McGough; producer: Beth O'Dea
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mhtf7

They Are Gone, But They are not Silent: BBC Radio Wales: Armistice Day poem, 'As if to Sing', to accompany the voices of Welsh First World War veterans. shortlisted in the 2019 AIB Awards.
producer: Terry Lewis
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001483

Inspired - BBC Radio Wales: (three series)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007w75v/episodes/guide