June 6 (Saturday) 7:30 pm: Featured reader at Salisbury House, Bury Street West, Edmonton, London N9 9LA.

June 11 (Thursday) 7:00 pm: Featured reader at Angel Poetry, Waterstone's Booksellers, 11 Islington Green, London N1 2XH.

July 31 (Friday) 7:30 pm: Featured reader at The Isis Tavern, The Towing Path, Iffley Lock, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4E. Meet at Liz Taylor's house, 12 Church Way, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4DY, 7pm for a 7.30 - 7.45 pm start in the pub.

November 1 (Saturday) 7:30 pm: Poetry reading at West End Lane Books, 277 West End Lane, London NW6 1QS.

October: Winner of Merit Award for the poem ‘Quinque Lineae Amoris’ in the Nottingham Poetry Society 2008 Open Competition.

October: Commendation for the poem ‘Earth's Hum’ in the The Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Traditional Verse.

October 15 (Wednesday) 7 pm: London launch of Mourning in the Presence of a Corpse, along with a launch of This One is for You by poet Agnes Meadows. The twin launches will take place at L'Osteria 57, 57 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8PP. Food and drink will be available.

September 22 (Monday) 8 pm: Poetry reading at The Troubadour Café, 265 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington SW5 9JA.

September 11 (Thursday) 7 pm: Poetry reading at Angel Poetry, Borders Books, N1 Centre, 26 Parkfield Street, Islington, London N1 0PS.

May 30 (Friday): A high-spirited launch of Mourning in the Presence of a Corpse was held at Atelier Zawiya, Hamra, Beirut.

March: First-Prize Winner for the poem ‘Burma—1973’ in the International Poetry Contest of Prospect Burma.

November: Finalist for the book Sailing with the Pleiaddes in the Main Street Rag's Annual Chapbook Contest.

July: Third Prize Winner for the poem ‘One with Everything’ in the Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition.

Spring: Finalist for the book Sailing with the Pleiaddes in the Spire Spring Poetry Chapbook Contest.

December: Honorable Mention for the book The Empress of Certain from Poets Corner Press.