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  • Ten Years of Notebooks

    Ten Years of Notebooks

    It’s been ten years since I started writing again, after a long spell of not writing. I suppose I stopped writing because I became too busy with life events – marriage, children, moving house, working to pay the bills.  I was never properly SAD about not writing but it was wonderful when the desire and Read more

  • Belatedly, Happy New Year

    Belatedly, Happy New Year

    Happy New Year to you all.  A very low-key New Year’s Eve for me, a tiny amount of alcohol drunk, some good food, perfect company in the form of my husband, A., and – for him – a lot of taxi driving for our two young adult children who he ferried around through the night Read more

  • Where I am

    Where I am

    Earlier this year, or possibly last year, I cannot remember exactly, as a way of being less distracted by social media, I tried to come off Facebook but rather than deleting my account I just switched off all notifications and deleted the app from my phone.  Facebook is still a useful place to share information Read more

  • A quick round up of recent events

    A quick round up of recent events

    A busy November has given way to a quiet December but my growing collection of new poems is demanding attention so the blog is being neglected.  I’ve written about 20 new poems that I’m reasonably pleased with. Many more will likely never see in the New Year.  My editing knives have been sharpened. November began Read more

  • ‘What Are You After?’ reviewed at Poetry Wales

    ‘What Are You After?’ reviewed at Poetry Wales

    A quick note to say that my poetry book What Are You After? has received a gorgeous review by Jonathan Edwards at Poetry Wales.  You can read the whole review here. Stowaway (Seren, 2018) by Richard Gwyn and Feral (Bloodaxe, 2018) by Kate Potts are also reviewed by Jonathan Edwards. It’s fair to say that, Read more

  • Trowbridge Stanza: December Guest Readers Anthony Wilson and Dawn Gorman

    Trowbridge Stanza: December Guest Readers Anthony Wilson and Dawn Gorman

    Trowbridge Stanza is looking forward to welcoming poets Anthony Wilson and Dawn Gorman to read at Drawing Projects UK, Bridge House, Trowbridge, on Saturday, 7 December 2-4pm.  Everyone is welcome to attend and audience members are invited to bring one or two of their own poems to read at the open-mic.  Tickets are £5 on Read more