Andrew Taylor Poetry

Nottingham based poet and writer. Editor of M58. Co-founder of erbacce and erbacce-press. New poetry collection, 'European Hymns' published by Shearsman Books. @dradny

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Collaboration with Sarah Dawson at the European Poetry Festival in Liverpool, 6th July.

Great to have performed a new collaborative poem with Sarah Dawson at the EPL in Liverpool. A fantastic afternoon at the Open Eye Gallery and brilliant to see old poetry friends Alec Newman, Tom Jenks, Robert Sheppard, Steven Fowler, Tim Allen, Chris McCabe and David Spittle and to meet new people too. To see my perfomance with Sarah, follow the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfIYEqk-kY

Check out the other performances too.

Photo: Steven Fowler.

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Some reviews of 'There's Everything to Play For.'

Desmond Clifford in Nation Cymru https://nation.cymru/culture/book-review-theres-everything-to-play-for-the-poetry-of-peter-finch-by-andrew-taylor/

Rupert Loydell in International Times https://internationaltimes.it/everything-everywhere/

Mab Jones in Buzz Mag https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/theres-everything-play-for-poetry-peter-finch-andrew-taylor-book-review/#google_vignette

Bob Mee in Poetry and More https://bobmeepoetryandmore.wordpress.com/blog-2/

Rupert Loydell in Tears in the Fence https://tearsinthefence.com/2025/04/29/theres-everything-to-play-for-the-poetry-of-peter-finch-by-andrew-taylor-seren-books/

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My book about Peter Finch and his poetry is out now from Seren Books. For more details, see https://www.serenbooks.com/book/theres-everything-to-play-for/

Thanks to Seren, Peter and the kindly Notts folks who helped along the way.

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Music of 2024

Bill Ryder-Jones ‘Iechyed Da’

Oisin Leech ‘Cold Sea’

Epic45 ‘You’ll only See Us When The Light Has Gone’

Humming Amps ‘Sideways/Ultraviolet/Pulsing’

Kelly Moran - ‘Moves in the field’

The Balloonist - ‘A Quiet Day’

Micheal Head and the Red Elastic Band - ‘Loophole’

Beth Gibbons - ‘Lives Outgrown’

E.L. Heath - ‘Cambrian’

Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - ‘The Dream We Carry’

McKowski & Nick Power ‘Throat’

Birds in the Brickwork - ‘Lost Months’

Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements - ‘Rain on the Road’

Bell Monks -‘Watching the Snow Fall’

James Blackshaw - ‘Unraveling in Your Hands’

Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band -‘Loophole’

Julian Cope - ‘Avila in Albicella’

Rebelski - ‘Monochrome’

Bill Orcutt - ‘How to Rescue Things’

Fennesz - ‘Mosaic’

Cassandra Jenkins - ‘My Light, My Destroyer’

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New book of poems published by Shearsman Books out now! Thanks as ever, to Tony Frazer at Shearsman for his belief in the poems.

For further details see: https://www.shearsman.com/store/Andrew-Taylor-European-Hymns-p654905007

Andrew Taylor - European Hymns

Published September 2024. Paperback, 106pp, 8.5 x 5.5ins, £12.95 / $20 ISBN 9781848619494 [Download a sample PDF from this book here .] Euro

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new poems published in 'International Times'

Thanks, as ever, to Rupert Loydell for publishing two poems in International Times. 'Bureau' was published in August and is here and 'Satellites' is here.

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New pamphlet! The third pamphlet in a trilogy, published by Red Ceilings Press is out. Details here: https://www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page/voie-andrew-taylor

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New poems published

Thanks to Rupert Loydell over at International Times for publishing a new poem, 'Grandes Routes' https://internationaltimes.it/grandes-routes/ and to Mark Young at Otoliths for publishing 6 new ones. https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2023/03/andrew-taylor.html

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New review of 'Northangerland' in Long Poem Magazine.

My thanks to Ian Brinton for his thoughtful and considered review of Northangerland in Long Poem Magazine. You can read the review here.

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Pleased to announce my first reading of the year, with Martin Stannard at Five Leaves in Nottingham. I'll be largely reading poems from Northangerland my re-versions of the poetry of Branwell Bronte. Booking details are here - http://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/martin-stannard-andrew-taylor/

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My thanks to those who’ve purchased and said nice things about ‘Northangerland’. Special thanks to Alan Baker at Leafe Press for his initial encouragement for the project of re-versioning Branwell Brontë’s poetry, and of course, publishing the book. Thanks also to Robert Sheppard for his words on the rear cover. More information about the book is here:

NORTHANGERLAND - (re)versions of the poetry of Branwell Brontë

NORTHANGERLAND Andrew Taylor 72 pages In Northangerland Andrew Taylor has taken the black sheep of the Brontë family and pushed him centre

It was a real highlight to be asked to appear on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb in December, to talk about ‘Northangerland’. Thanks to presenter and host extraordinaire, Ian McMillan, fellow guests Clare Shaw, David Constantine and Denise Riley. Thanks to the producer Cecile Wright and to Julie Downing. You can stream and download the show here, and via Spotify and Apple Music.

BBC Radio 3 - The Verb, Ghost Writers

Ian McMillan explores ghostly presences in writing.

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Music of 2022

(In no order)

Birds in the Brickwork ‘Recovery’

Roedelius & Story ‘4 Hands’

Trentemoller’Memoria’

Modern Nature ‘Island of Noise’

Raum ‘Daughter’

The Toy Library ‘Vignettes for May’

Mary Lattimore ‘The Last Roses’

Arnold Kasar ‘Palindrom’

Eydis Evensen ‘Numb’

Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band ‘Dear Scott’

Roger Eno ‘The Turning Year’

Bob Stanley ‘76 in the Shade’

By the Sea ‘Heaven Knows Magnolia’

Nick Power ‘Caravan’

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Pleased to announce my latest collection! I’ve re-versioned the poetry of Branwell Brontë. Thanks to Alan Baker at Leafe Press for publishing and instigating the project. More details here:

NORTHANGERLAND - (re)versions of the poetry of Branwell Brontë

NORTHANGERLAND Andrew Taylor 72 pages In Northangerland Andrew Taylor has taken the black sheep of the Brontë family and pushed him centre

Thanks to all who came to the launch at The Organ Grinder in Nottingham.

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Some news! I'm reading poems from my latest Shearsman Books collection, Not There-Here and other new poems in Nottingham on Tuesday 4th October. Also reading is the fantastic Gregory Woods. Free entry and an open mic!

In other news, a poem was published in the festschrift for poet Martin Stannard's 70th birthday. I'm in stellar company, including amongst plenty, the aforementioned Greg Woods. The tribute was organised by Alan Baker of Leafe Press, David Belbin and Sue Dymoke. My thanks to them. The festschrift is here.

Two new poems, 'Swift Visit' and 'Such a Colossal Carrier' have been published in International Times. Thanks, as ever, to Rupert Loydell. 'Swift Visit' is here and 'Such Colossal Carrier' is here.

Three poems have been published in the ever excellent Noon: Journal of the Short poem, Issues 21/2. My thanks to Philip Rowland. Great to see poets such as Cliff Yates and Sanjeev Sethi in the issue too. The journal is here.

Finally, I have a new collection due this autumn. My re-versioning of the poems of Branwell Bronte, Northangerland will be published by the excellent Nottingham press, Leafe Press. More details to follow.

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Peter Finch’s Collected Poems 

As editor of the two volume Collected Poems of Peter Finch, I had the pleasure of hosting the launch event in Cardiff on May 17th. There is a link here, to a recording of the event and details are here, of how to order the books.

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New poems published.

Thanks to the editors of Morii Zine, Otoliths  and Anthropocene who have published recent poems. Links here:

Morii Zine Otoliths  Anthropocene 

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I’ve been re-working, remixing or sampling (probably a mixture of all 3) Branwell Brontë’s poems. Alan Baker at Litter magazine, has kindly published 3. The poems can be read here.