Current Reading
Please click on the book or magazine to get your own copy from the publisher's site (unless stated)
These are the books and magazines I am currently reading:
Current book:
''Dragons!
Nick Toczek
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This link you to worldofbooks.com
Next book:
"An Arbitrary Light Bulb"
Ian Duhig
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Leeds Stanza choice
August 2025
Collection:
"Poems 2016-2024"
J.H. Prynne
Plus the usual regular subscriptions:
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Acumen
Poetry Book Society
Magma Poetry
Poetry London
the North
The Poetry Review
Pennine Platform
The Rialto
And the other current poetry reads:
To help me focus, and get started with my poetry reading I like to start with a couple of daily read books.
The Daily Read:
"Shakespeare For Every Day of the Year" Edited by Allie Esiri
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This link you to worldofbooks.com
The Anthology Read:
"Poets of the English Language Vol. 1 Langland to Spenser"
Ed. W. H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson.
Links to Abe Books
The Book About Poetry/Poets
Read:
"Life Saving. Why We Need Poetry"
Josephine Hart
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Borrowed from Leeds Library
The Shakespeare Read:
''1599 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare'
James Shapiro
These are the last dozen poetry books I have most recently completed:
"Me and My Poems"
Nick Toczek
''No Coward Soul Is Mine"
Emily Brontë
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Leeds Stanza choice
July 2025
"All the Good Things You Deserve"
Elaine Feeney
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Audio eBook read by the author
borrowed from Leeds Library
"Zonal Don Paterson
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Leeds Stanza Choice
May 2025
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Re-read
''The Carrying'
Ada Limón
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Leeds Stanza choice
June 2025
"The Owl and the Nightingale"
Simon Armitage
(Re-read)
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Audio eBook read by the author
borrowed from Leeds Library
"egg/shell"
Victoria Kennefick
"Midden Witch"
Fiona Benson
"The Wickedest"
Caleb Femi​
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Leeds Stanza choice
April 2025
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'Love is Stronger than Death: Mary Magdalene and the Insurrection of Jesus'
Fran Lock​
"Hansel & Gretel"
Simon Armitage
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And the last dozen pamphlets / chapbooks:
(Well eight so far)
"Computer Dreams"
Anna Cathenka
"Ariadne"
Poetry by Fiona Benson
Illustrated by Judith Eyal
"Takeaway"
Georgie Woodhead'
"Heartwood"
Mary Thomson
"Bad Sermons"
Luke Kennard
"Ten Poems from Scotland"
Selected by Don Paterson
"Forever Alive"
Fran Lock
"Ten Poems from the Countryside"
Selected by and introduced by
Seán Hewitt
Last complete update 7 August 2025