Cor what a scorcher! Time to bask in the company of Will Harris. You will delight in his fresh and distinct style, with cuttlefish-fast leaps of metaphor and imagery as we explore his two Granta volum...

Viagra from Vancouver I find myself perplexed by Gwen’s email: Pete, wouldn’t you like a giant penis? I stay skeptical, of course—for despite her solemn promise to haunt me non-stop, I’ve had no word in thirty years. But this? Fretting about my membrum virile? I’d expect Nan to leer in my mirror, tongue out, a joke-shop dagger through her head.

Never mind the baubles... Here's the magic from Niall Campbell, who shares spellbinding poems from his Bloodaxe collection The Island in the Sound, which blend unique elements from his South Uist upbr...

Join your podcast pals at a table at the Beachy Head pub. Enjoying a view of  sloping fields down to the Belle Tout Lighthouse and the sea beyond and take a moment to reflect on another season of...

It's a tag team episode! With Robin and Peter meeting poet Charles G Lauder, Jr  and publisher poet Jo Colley of Blueprint Poetry Press - who have published his 2025 pamphlet Year of the Rat, a p...

What was that? A bat or swallow? Something flitted past, but we can't agree on what we've just seen ... Erica McAlpine reads from Small Pointed Things (just published by Carcanet) that makes that unce...

Still life? Not as we know it. Trembling with tension and beauty, and roses that cup darkness and secret trauma... Hear Richard Scott share from his extraordinary new collection That Broke into Shinin...

Chaos? We love it! Time to meet Isabelle Baafi and hear about her-hotly anticipated first full collection Chaotic Good just published by Faber. Among other things, it grapples with what it means ...

A gleam of love in hard times. Our guest Ellen Cranitch shares poems from her Bloodaxe collection  Crystal, a subtle, multifaceted work arising from the discovery that her partner was addicted to...

Psssssssssst!  We've invited Ruth Padel to share work from her recent Chatto Poetry collection Girl. She talks about the power of girls, the mythologies woven around them and the responsibilities...

What's that knocking? It's the multi-talented Tishani Doshi, sharing her Bloodaxe collection A God at the Door. You'll hear supple, powerful poems fuelled by a controlled rage at the continuing oppres...

A revisit of Robin's interview with Caleb Parkin back in May 2022. Read a description and  listen to the full episode here.

Poet, academic, other writings. Young and easy under the apple boughs. How to Think Like a Poet (Bloomsbury Continuum), out now