As trailed in my previous blog, I’ll be reading in Quebec City on Saturday 10th March, as a guest of Quebec City’s ImagiNation 2016 Literary...
READ MOREWriting, and Reading
by Matthew Henley | Mar 5, 2016
How much of the meaning a poem or piece of fiction, is provided by the writer? And how much by the reader? And does it matter whether it’s...
READ MOREPoetry & Time
by Matthew Henley | Dec 20, 2015
December 1819 was an unhappy month for the poet John Keats. His beloved younger brother, Tom, had died of tuberculosis on 1 December, while...
READ MOREPaying my respects at Verdun
by Matthew Henley | Oct 12, 2015
It’s been a while since my last blog. That’s mostly because I have been incredibly busy setting up in a new city. No matter how many times I...
READ MOREOttawa to Sarajevo…via London
by Matthew Henley | Jun 30, 2015
The last month since leaving Canada has been a whirlwind back in London. And it’s been great to be back, mid-summer, with that cool airy...
READ MOREReading in Toronto
by Matthew Henley | May 18, 2015
I’m very much looking forward to being back in Toronto on 20th May, this time for a reading. I’m reading as part of the Pivot Reading series,...
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