It’s always a cause for celebration when one of our poet’s work is accepted for publication and this month sees the launch of long-standing member, Adrian Green’s latest collection, New Blues and Other Poems (Littoral Press, 2023).

This new collection by Southend poet, Adrian Green, is his third. Like his previous collections, Chorus and Coda and All that Jazz and Other Poems, it reflects his interest in jazz and a wide sensibility for the nuances of place and people. With degrees in psychology and social science, he takes a wry look at the world around him, his passing of time, and the politics of restriction during the pandemic of 202. The poems draw the reader into a vision of life and art which transcends the ordinary.

Adrian Green lives in Southend-on-Sea. A former small press editor, his poems and reviews have appeared in magazines and anthologies in England and abroad as well as two pamphlet collections and earlier full collections, Chorus and Coda and All That Jazz and Other Poems, both from the Littoral Press. He co-edited an anthology, From the City to the Saltings: Poems from Essex for the Essex Poetry Festival. He is a trustee of The Jazz Centre (UK) and has had a long association with the Essex Poetry Festival, the Southend Poetry Group and with Open University Poets.

New Blues and Other Poems (ISBN 978-1-912412-52-5, £9 inc P&P) is shortly to be published by the Littoral Press and will be available from the poet directly, from the usual outlets, and from Gardners Books Ltd.

Congratulations, Adrian!