Alan Humm
@alanhumm.bsky.social
Editor of the online arts journal One Hand Clapping. Novelist, poet, teacher and father but not necessarily in that order. You can find my writing here: https://www.alanhummswriting.com/
I don't know who decides the pricing but my novel is now extremely reasonable.
The Sparkler
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October 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I don't know who decides the pricing but my novel is now extremely reasonable.
I did the launch for this on Saturday. A terrific night.
My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names by Alan Humm
“So fresh, so frightening, so hauntingly familiar.” Fran Lock “Intense, intelligent and intoxicating.” Maggie Sawkins Described as a poet who "knows the ropes", Alan Humm takes us through a wide varie...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I did the launch for this on Saturday. A terrific night.
If you're thinking of coming to the launch this Saturday then could you possibly DM me? It means I can make sure that you're on the guest list. It's in the George on Wardour Street and it's from 7 til 10.30. Fran Lock will be reading too and Ian Montague and Linda Moylan will be providing the music.
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you're thinking of coming to the launch this Saturday then could you possibly DM me? It means I can make sure that you're on the guest list. It's in the George on Wardour Street and it's from 7 til 10.30. Fran Lock will be reading too and Ian Montague and Linda Moylan will be providing the music.
I am genuinely delighted to announce that Fran Lock will be reading at the launch of my new poetry book on 11th October in The George on Wardour Street. She's one of my favourite poets and she reads up a storm. So absolutely no pressure then.
September 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am genuinely delighted to announce that Fran Lock will be reading at the launch of my new poetry book on 11th October in The George on Wardour Street. She's one of my favourite poets and she reads up a storm. So absolutely no pressure then.
My new book of poems is out today. A huge thank you to all at Vine Leaves Press.
My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names by Alan Humm
“So fresh, so frightening, so hauntingly familiar.” Fran Lock “Intense, intelligent and intoxicating.” Maggie Sawkins Described as a poet who "knows the ropes", Alan Humm takes us through a wide varie...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
My new book of poems is out today. A huge thank you to all at Vine Leaves Press.
I'm reading here tonight. Only £6. And there's cheese.
Poetry evening - readings galore | The cornerHOUSE
Ably chaired by Tim Harrison and featuring the cheese ( and vegan alternatives ) buffet.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I'm reading here tonight. Only £6. And there's cheese.
Here, for those of you that haven't seen it, is my conversation with Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst about my novel, The Sparkler.
A Conversation | Alan Humm's Writing
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August 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Here, for those of you that haven't seen it, is my conversation with Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst about my novel, The Sparkler.
The link is very meat and potatoes but suffice to say that I'll be speaking at the Dickens Fellowship about my novel, The Sparkler, on Tuesday 30th September.
Alan Humm, author, speaking about his novel, The Sparkler,
A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens
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August 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The link is very meat and potatoes but suffice to say that I'll be speaking at the Dickens Fellowship about my novel, The Sparkler, on Tuesday 30th September.
Here's another poem from my new book of poetry, published by Vine Leaves Press on September 16th.
Woolwich
The river, like stroked fur,is silver in the placeswhere the wind has touched it.Tate & Lyle;Canary Wharf;the Barrier – all are diminished by the river’s breadth.The world is largerthan you think. The...
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August 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Here's another poem from my new book of poetry, published by Vine Leaves Press on September 16th.
Here, from the One Hand Clapping archive, is a lovely poem by Julia Copus.
Julia Copus: a poem
Love, Like Water Tumbling from some far-flung cloud into your bathroom alone, to sleevea toe, five toes, a metatarsal arch,it does its best to feign indifferenceto the body, but will go on creeping up ...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Here, from the One Hand Clapping archive, is a lovely poem by Julia Copus.
Here are advanced reader copies of my new book of poetry, My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names. The idea is that those who feel inclined can review it. I'd be grateful for any reviews, to be honest.
My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names by Alan Humm - Review Copy | BookSirens
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August 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Here are advanced reader copies of my new book of poetry, My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names. The idea is that those who feel inclined can review it. I'd be grateful for any reviews, to be honest.
This poem's in my new collection. I wrote it for my grandfather.
In Memoriam
For Thomas Morrow1 PegasusThe bike, the bike’s momentum and the roadare all one thing.It’s like manoeuvres:every gesturesomething that you’re swimming in.You don’t heft a gun;something within you does...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This poem's in my new collection. I wrote it for my grandfather.
My new book of poems is called My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names and it's out on September 16th. I've nicked and adapted a Wallace Stevens title for a sequence called Thirteen Ways of Looking at David Bowie. Here's one of the poems.
Blackstar
Yes, something happened on the day he died.Something was let out of the world, like airfrom a balloon. We cried, mostly, for us:for all those times the world was just an echo,dully reverberant, and he...
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August 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
My new book of poems is called My Father is Calling the Neighbours Names and it's out on September 16th. I've nicked and adapted a Wallace Stevens title for a sequence called Thirteen Ways of Looking at David Bowie. Here's one of the poems.
New writer's diary:
Diary | Alan Humm's Writing
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August 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New writer's diary:
Here, from the One Hand Clapping archive, is a great poem by June Wentland.
June Wentland: a poem
The Playwright's House To achieve déjà vu in a dream you should sleep in an unfamiliar room – the pungency of mint on fingertips, a smear of herbs on the lips. It should be in a house besieged by tree...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Here, from the One Hand Clapping archive, is a great poem by June Wentland.
I have a question for all of my friends who are also writers. Goodreads? BookBub? I understand that they can prove beneficial when it comes to selling books but I've never felt like I've learned how to use them properly. Any tips would be much appreciated.
July 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I have a question for all of my friends who are also writers. Goodreads? BookBub? I understand that they can prove beneficial when it comes to selling books but I've never felt like I've learned how to use them properly. Any tips would be much appreciated.
My book appears to be on special offer. A prize to the first person who reads it on the beach.
The Sparkler
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July 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My book appears to be on special offer. A prize to the first person who reads it on the beach.
Here's a lovely poem by Pascal Petit. It's in an early edition of One Hand Clapping.
Pascale Petit: a poem
Photograph by Brian FraserGreen Bee-eater More precious than allthe gems of Jaipur – the green bee-eater. If you see one singing tree-tree-tree with his space-black billand rufous cap, his robesall ...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Here's a lovely poem by Pascal Petit. It's in an early edition of One Hand Clapping.
The moment when you hold your own book in your hand for the first time… Thanks, as always, to the excellent Vine Leaves Press.
July 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The moment when you hold your own book in your hand for the first time… Thanks, as always, to the excellent Vine Leaves Press.
Here, from the One Hand Clapping archive, is a poem by Paul Muldoon. (It was unpublished at the time.)
Paul Muldoon: Le Jongleur
Some days it looks as if I might be limbering upfor my role as a human cannonballcomplete with an athletic cup.When it comes to protecting my thingamajigI take my cue from the Good Thief and stay clos...
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July 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Here, from the One Hand Clapping archive, is a poem by Paul Muldoon. (It was unpublished at the time.)
Here, in our archives, is a great poem by Ilya Kaminsky.
Ilya Kaminsky: a poem
That Map of Bone and Opened ValvesI watched a sergeant aim, the deaf boy take iron and fire in his mouth –his face on the asphalt,that map of bone and opened valves.It's the air. Something in the air ...
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June 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Here, in our archives, is a great poem by Ilya Kaminsky.
I'd like to reacquaint you with some of the best writing (and other stuff) from One Hand Clapping. Here, in the first issue, is a terrific poem by Fran lock.
Fran Lock: a poem
On incantation An off-white hotel bedroom in the pokey heat of summer: here is our oldcalamitous melancholy, come to cull my love like a captured flag. I standnear-naked in the cock-a-doodle moonlight...
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June 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I'd like to reacquaint you with some of the best writing (and other stuff) from One Hand Clapping. Here, in the first issue, is a terrific poem by Fran lock.
We're warming up for another One Hand Clapping event. Something bigger this time; a festival. In the meantime, I'd like to repost the work of some of our contributors.
Ali Smith: a story
True short storyThere were two men in the café at the table next to mine. One was younger, one was older. They could have been father and son, but there was none of that practised diffidence, none of ...
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June 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We're warming up for another One Hand Clapping event. Something bigger this time; a festival. In the meantime, I'd like to repost the work of some of our contributors.
Vine Leaves Press will be publishing my second novel, Rough Music, in 2026. Here’s the first chapter.
Rough Music (Chapter One)
We are standing, Pete and I, next to the closed façade of Aldwych station. There, in the distance, is Trafalgar Square, the crowds already massing around the fountains and beneath the column. I turn a...
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February 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vine Leaves Press will be publishing my second novel, Rough Music, in 2026. Here’s the first chapter.