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

    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… Read more

  • On Being Elsewhere

    On Being Elsewhere

    I haven’t blogged here for a while. It’s partly because WordPress isn’t such a great platform to blog on anymore – forgive the *moan* but it’s nowhere near as easy to use as it used to be – and it’s partly because I’ve been busy elsewhere doing lovely things. Last year, I published two poetry pamphlets with… Read more

  • Guilt and Empathy

    Guilt and Empathy

    It’s been one month since members of Hamas broke through the Gaza-Israel barrier and killed 1400 Israelis, as well as taking over 200 people hostage, including children. Since then, Israel has continually bombed Gaza, resulting in over 10,000 Palestinian deaths, including over 4,000 children. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict didn’t begin on October 7, of course, although… Read more

  • October Notes

    October Notes

    Unfortunately, I’m a bit ill at the moment. I had to miss a scheduled reading in Brighton on Thursday which I’m very sad about. I hope to be able to read there another time. I’ve written a post on Substack with links to poems that have kept me going in the last two weeks, and… Read more

  • Turning Up to the Page

    Turning Up to the Page

    I’m running a small group, Saturday afternoon, in-person workshop at The Make Space in Bradford-on-Avon for anyone who would like to read, talk about, learn from and write more poetry. In a group of no more than eight people, you will have the opportunity to explore different techniques and poetry forms used by a selection… Read more

  • Writing the Earth

    Writing the Earth

    I’m running an in-person, small group workshop on 14 November at The Make Space in Bradford-on-Avon. This workshop is for anyone interested in finding out more about and reading nature and eco poetry, and a chance to write and share your own poems that engage with the natural world. In a group of no more… Read more