Radical poetry publisher Andy Croft to close Smokestack Books
The radical poetry publisher Smokestack Books is closing at the end of the year, its editor, Andy Croft, has revealed, in a letter to the poetry magazine PN Review, in which he criticises the “uncomradely, uncongenial and frankly embarrassing world of contemporary British poetry”. In his letter Croft says: “The backlist will still be available to order, but Smokestack will no longer be publishing ...
28th September 2024
Restoring wildlife habitats to honour John Clare
A group of volunteers aims to honour the 19th century nature poet John Clare with a project to reclaim habitats and open up corridors of land to encourage wildlife. Clare grew up in Helpston, Cambridgeshire, which at the time was part of Northamptonshire, and wrote about the loss of the scenery he l...
19th September 2024
