Upcoming:

– Drafting Table featured poet, October 2025, Oxford Poetry Library

– In conversation with Charlie-Lee Potter, poet-in-residence – Wytham Woods, Oxford. 8 November

 Past:

– Stories that Shape Us – children’s book group conference at the Story Museum, Oxford. 11 October

– Bogs and Broads – reading with Maarja Pärtna, with music from The Happy Couple. National Centre for Writing, Norwich, 23rd September

– Thursday 24 July, 11am at Headington Library, Oxford: Adventure Storytime

– REPLAYING THE TAPE – Miłosz Festival, Kraków, Poland – July 3rd, 8.30pm. I’ll be presenting my new collaborative work about chance and evolution, with music by composer Dr Jane Boxall and palaeontology consultation from Dr Frankie Dunn (University of Oxford). The conversation will be hosted by literary scholar Agata Hołubut, who has translated the poems from ‘Replaying the Tape’ into Polish.

– Launch of Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread. 28th February, Heffers Cambridge

– All about Fakes and Forgeries, workshop to tie in with Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread. 20th February, Caper Books, Oxford

– True North, Poetry School Studio (online)

– Between the Lines, University of York Centre for Lifelong Learning (online)

–  ‘Decomposing Poems’, 9th November, Hullunud Tartu/Crazy Tartu 2024, Estonia

–  ‘Decomposing Poems’, 25th October, Wytham Woods, Oxford – launch of exhibition of new poems during my 2023/4 residency, and conversation with 2024/5 writer-in-residence, Charlie Lee-Potter. Click the link for a podcast interview about the project.

– ‘Replaying the Tape’, 21st September, The Phoenix, Vermont

–  Cabins of Culture poetry reading on the Nordlandsruta, Bodø European Capital of Culture, Norway, 15th August. 

–  ‘Replaying the Tape’ live performances: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Thursday 20th June; Literary Tuesday, 11th June. Tartu, Estonia. With Jane Boxall.

–  Manchester Festival of Libraries, 14th-15th June. The Embassy of Utopia.

–  Bird Jam, Tartu, Estonia, 8th June, with Jane Boxall

–  Launch of THE CURIOSITIES, published by New Walk Editions. Online, 9th June, 7pm British Summer Time. 

–  ‘Replaying the Tape’ reading (with Dr Frankie Dunn), 22nd May, 5.15pm, T S Eliot lecture theatre, Merton College, Oxford

–  Prima Vista: Bring Your Own Utopia, Tartu, Estonia, 7th May. Presentation of ‘Siin oli soo’, a soundscape and installation about bogland, with Maarja Pärtna and Liis Ring

–  Prima Vista: Literature in a More-than-Human World, Tartu, Estonia, 9th May

–  Wytham Woods workshops (throughout the year)

–  Tales from the Wetlands, Poetry School Studio (online)

2023:

– 9th/10th December. ‘The Christmas Story’. Composer Gabriel Jackson’s new piece, including settings of new work by Mary Anne Clark and Penny Boxall. World premiere. Choir of Merton College / Choristers of Merton College / Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia / Benjamin Nicholas conductor. 

–  Poetry Surgery, Poetry School, London, 23rd November

–  MATA Presents: ‘Replaying the Tape’, with percussionist Jane Boxall and palaeontologist Frankie Dunn, 9th November (Adirondack Writers’ Center); 11th November, Greenwich House Music School, NYC

–  ‘Everything is Connected’ panel event, 22nd October, 3-4.30pm (Linbury Building, Worcester College)

–  National Poetry Day Workshop: Norwich School, 2nd October

–  Workshop: Eccentric Poetics, University of York, 24th June

–  13th May, reading at Prima Vista festival, Tartu, Estonia

–  9th March, panel discussion on Visiting Research Fellowship in the Creative Arts, Merton College, Oxford  

– March, reading as part of Future Karaoke event, Anglia Ruskin University

2022:

–    16th August, reading as part of UNESCO Cities of Literature residency, Tartu, Estonia

–    October, reading as part of Future Karaoke event, Anglia Ruskin University and St John’s College, Cambridge

2021:

–     22nd May, workshop on the couplet for University of York’s Lifelong Learning programme

–     30th June, with Chris Bridge and Robert Powell, at the Yorkshire Arboretum

–     6th March, workshop on editing for University of York’s Lifelong Learning programme

2020:

–      2nd December, online, with Bhanu Kapil and Vahni Capildeo for Writers at York

2019:

–      11th December, Common Ground Cafe, Oxford, with Jenny Wong and Nina Mingya Powles

–      14th September, Ted Hughes Poetry Festival, Mexborough, with Valley Press poets Antony Dunn, Robert Powell and Wendy Pratt

–      5th August, Arts Barge, York, with Robert Powell and guests

–      27th June, York Explore Library, with Anthony Costello and Joe Williams

–      18th March, York Literature Festival, with Valley Press poets Antony Dunn, Wendy Pratt and Charlotte Eichler

2018:

–      30th October, Jacob’s Well, York, 7.30pm, with fellow Valley Press poets Charlotte Eichler, Antony Dunn and Wendy Pratt

–       28th September, Syracuse YMCA, New York

–       9th September, Gladfest, Gladstone’s Library: Double launch for Who Goes There? and Ship of the Line

–       15th June, Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland

2017:

–       15th May, The Troubadour, London

2016:

–       Bridlington Poetry Festival (with James Giddings)

–       Woodstock Poetry Festival (with Jane Draycott & Carrie Etter)

–       The Troubadour, London

–       Edinburgh International Book Festival

–       CB1, Cambridge

–       The Poet’s Quest for God launch at The London Review Bookshop, London

2015:

–       Dorothy Wordsworth Canada Day conference, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere

–       People’s Festival, Guildford 

2014:

–       Jane Martin Prize reading at Girton College, Cambridge

–       Ship of the Line launch at Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford

–       Ship of the Line launch at The London Review Bookshop, London

–       Solo reading for York University Poetry Society

–       Norwich School, Norwich – poetry workshops and readings

2013:

–       Aldeburgh Poetry Festival – Masterclass

–       Magdalen College School, Oxford – visiting poet

–       Free Verse: the Poetry Book Fair (representing Eyewear Publishing)

–       Camden/Lumen poetry reading, London (Eyewear showcase)

–       Oxonian Prize Reading, Albion Beatnik Bookshop, Oxford

–       Ashmolean Museum, Oxford – workshop and reading

2012:

–       Poetry-Next-the-Sea, Wells-Next-the-Sea