• My old friend Alexis Byter has just launched a prose and photography blog called, appropriately enough, Words & Vision. It is only just starting to carry content but if you are interested in prose poetry and 'street photography' check it out – or even better bookmark it. www.wordsandvision.com

• Next up, regular IS&T contributor P A Levy says he has "been working hard on getting a new web site up and running – the clueless collective’s magazine of poetica is a spoof of some of the more, shall we say arty and pretentious, literary magazines.  I have to confess that it’s all me; I’m the guilty one.  I wrote all the rubbish.  Anyway, if you get the time please pop by and have a browse at www.cluelesscollective.co.uk and I shall try and entertain you." I've checked it out – it definitely does entertain – Dick & Tom's guide to poetry should be included in every creative writing course.

• Finally, long-time stalwart of the UK haiku and haibun scene Stanley Pelter has a new collection of haibun out. Called insideoutside (published by George Mann Publications, ISBN 9780955241574) and featuring an introduction by Diana Noel, this really should be called something like The Dangerous Book of Haibun for Boys (and Girls) as the contents, aided and abetted by Stanley's pen & ink illustrations, push the form into a far more edgy zone than you normally see with haibun. I liked this collection (tho I can imagine some people being frightened by) not least because it makes you think, whereas all to often haibun just lull you off to sleep. You can order insideout direct from Stanley for £8.00 + £1.50 p&p (contact him direct for euro & US dollar rates) by emailing spelter23@aol.com