I have neglected my website for a while, but with new projects now on the go, I am updating the site and also adding new material.
I am currently writing a chapter for a Cambridge University Press release in the New Directions series. This is on ‘Plath and Place’, surveying recent work and my own research on the poetic places that were so important to Sylvia Plath. Publication will probably be in 2027, as the editor is keen we reference the new collection of Plath’s poetry which will be published in April 2026.
Work continues on my non-fiction book, Our Place, where I am exploring the piece of land just outside Cambridge city centre, which Ted Hughes wrote about as the place of his courtship with Plath. I am grateful to Dr David Cooper who has been invaluable in moving forward the direction of my writing this book. David is a senior lecturer and the founding Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing (with Rachel Lichtenstein) at Manchester Metropolitan University (https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties/arts-humanities/research/groups/centre-place-writing).
I have also been working with Pembroke College’s, Elemental Poetry Cambridge (https://elementalpoetrycambridge.org). The engaging workshops have encouraged me to return to my own poetry writing, of which I hope to share more here in the future.
Have a great summer and do contact me if you are interested in any of the work on the site.