The Density of Compact Bone has been awarded an Honor Prize in the international Naji Naaman Literary Prizes 2022. These prizes have been running annually since 2002, and are awarded every year to authors of literary works of all genres, aiming to revive and develop human values.
This year’s prize had 3,322 participants, from eighty two countries, writing in several languages and dialects (with new entries of Hausa, Igbo, Quechua and Sambalic). 68 winners were chosen in all, and for complete works (the Honor prize or Prix d’honneur), 20 winners were selected. Winners are granted the honorary title of life member of Maison Naaman pour la Culture.
I’m thrilled to be performing with the amazing musician 
My poem “News from the Old World” has been published in Poetry Super Highways 24th Annual Yom HaShoah Remembrance Day Poetry issue. 
Yom HaShoah (Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah) runs from Wed, 27 Apr 2022 – Thu, 28 Apr 2022 this year and commemorates the the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust along with the heroism of survivors and rescuers. This is a moving issue and can be read in full here: 
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I’m delighted to be included in Mark Ulyseas’ beautiful magazine Live Encounters once again. The issue is visually lovely, free to read online or download, and full of some of the most exquisite poetry. The contributor’s page is linked as well so if you’re looking to read a particular poet you can just click on their name. In the words of Justin Lowe’s marvellous guest editorial, “here is an emporium of colour and vibrant intellect that is so vital for the development of the good life and the good global citizen”. You can check it all out here: 
This Wednesday the 16th of Feb, I will be reading from my new book The Density of Compact Bone with poetry icon