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

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 LÕOsteria 57, 57 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8PP. Food and drink will be available.

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

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

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

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