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  • Mid-week catch up

    Mid-week catch up

    I thought I’d write a quick blog about what I’ve been up to recently.  I’ve been fairly busy since my book came out in late June, travelling around doing readings, organising Trowbridge Stanza, attending a few poetry readings, reading poems for And Other Poems, writing new poems, entering a few poetry competitions, researching and writing Read more

  • The Circus of the Marvellously Menopausal Woman

    The Circus of the Marvellously Menopausal Woman

    A new poem of mine has been longlisted in Live Canon’s International Poetry Competition. Naturally, I’m sad that it didn’t make it to the shortlist and so won’t be performed by the amazing Live Canon Ensemble at the Prizewinners’ Show (which is always a gorgeous afternoon of poetry and camaraderie and really worth attending – Read more

  • Reading, writing, planning, etc.

    Reading, writing, planning, etc.

    I haven’t written much about my everyday life recently so I thought I’d do an update. My once a week job in a school ended in July and very quickly after that I was awarded a small bursary to write new poems about the heritage, history and landscape of the area in and around Amesbury.  Read more

  • Local Artist Bursary from Ginkgo Projects / Bloor Homes

    Local Artist Bursary from Ginkgo Projects / Bloor Homes

    I’m pleased to say that I’ve been awarded a Local Artists Bursary by Ginkgo Projects, funded by Bloor Homes for the Kings Gate Public Art Programme, which I am using to write some new poems in response to the landscape and heritage of the area in and around Amesbury, Wiltshire. I live in the west Read more

  • My poetry book What Are You After? reviewed at Never Imitate book blog

    My poetry book What Are You After? reviewed at Never Imitate book blog

    I am extremely grateful to writer and book blogger Jackie Law for writing about my poetry book, What Are You After? (Nine Arches Press)  on her excellent blog. Jackie Law reviews a wide variety of books on her site and is Top 500 Reviewer on Amazon and a Top 1% Reviewer on Goodreads.  In recognition of Read more

  • Thoughts on how to set up a residency #writerinschool

    Thoughts on how to set up a residency #writerinschool

    My weekly visits to St Gregory’s Catholic College, Bath, have come to an end now that the school year has finished.  I’m grateful to Headteacher, Ann Cusack, for inviting me to be Writer in Residence for a year, and to all students and staff who welcomed me to the school community and ensured that I Read more