Xing the Line has been established as probably the most consistent, and in its unobtrusiveness, probably the most important reading series in London for as long as I've been active on the scene. I was pleased to be accompanied by Tim Atkins, who I admire so much, and to read to both friends and fellow poets, and people I have not brought my work to previously. I was launching three books on the night too, and I was so deliriously tired from working and studying that I was able to relax. This is perhaps a future note to myself, to approach readings without too much sleep, they are more enjoyable to give when the words seem a surprise to me as and when I encounter them.