Poetry, Pimm’s and Punch at Trowbridge Museum Friday 17 May, 5.30pm – 6.45pm

I’m thrilled to have been asked to take part in this year’s West of England Festival of Textiles (WEFT) which is held biannually at Trowbridge Museum. I’ll be talking about and reading poems from my pamphlet One Deliberate Red Dress Time I Shone at Trowbridge Museum on Friday, 17 May, 5.30pm – 6.45pm. Tickets for Poetry, Pimm’s and Punch are available here. My pamphlet was a winner in last year’s Coast to Coast to Coast Writing Prize and was made into a beautiful, limited edition handstitched journal by writer and artist Maria Isakova Bennett. All of the poems in this mini-collection are to do with fabric, clothes and making, and include seen-while-walking poems, odes, poems after art, and self-portraits.

As well as reading some poems, I’ll talk and answer questions about what inspired the poems and how I went about writing them. Tickets are £7 which includes a glass of Pimm’s or non-alcoholic punch and some nibbles. Additional drinks can be purchased as well and I’ll bring the last few copies of my pamphlet in case anyone would like to buy one of those. I hope to see you there!

There is a whole programme of events and workshops at the Museum. Find out more here.