Welcome to the website and blog of

Trevor Locke

A writer of novels, poetry and articles.

Here’s the latest stuff for 2019…

Imperial Prince

Now that I have been given new information by writer Angela Bavidge, I have updated my article about the wreck of the trawler off the Black Dog beach in 1923.

National Poetry Day 2019

Thursday 30th October.

To celebrate the UK’s National Poetry Day, I have revised my latest poem – The Guitarist – and published it on this blog. This replaces the earlier version that previously appeared on that page.

Later today, I plan to publish some of my pieces from 1964. I have spent recent days transcribing and editing Volume One of my collected anthologies.

15th September 2019

For the rest of this year, I need to finish what I have started. I am beginning to plan my work for 2020. Most of next year’s work will be completing major projects, such as my book about The History of Music in Leicester. I have two novels that are still to be completed and two more that are still at the envisioning stage. I also want to finish my anthology of poems from the earliest time to the present day. It will be a busy year. But then, all years are busy, these days.

Today marked the launch of the book An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Leicester, edited by Jon Wilks. This contains a piece written by me about the history of live music in Leicester.

Cover of An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Leicester, Edited by John Wilks, 2019.

23rd August

Does writing have a future?

I look at the future of written language.

24th July

Work in progress. Today I am writing about climate change. Being a writer, that is the one thing I can do to respond to what the future looks like. Earlier this year, I made a commitment to write about global warming and now I am doing just that.

8th July