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  • 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

  • Poetry workshop ideas: #writerinschool

    Poetry workshop ideas: #writerinschool

    As you know, I was Writer in Residence at St Gregory’s School, Bath, in the academic year 2017-2018, and I’ve been using this blog as a place to record my experience, especially workshops I’ve run. This is a post about using two poems by Katherine Stansfield, ‘How to make a good crisp sandwich’ and ‘Socks… Read more

  • ‘Love in the time of hospital visits’ featured at Bookanista

    ‘Love in the time of hospital visits’ featured at Bookanista

    Huge thanks to the editors of the website Bookanista for featuring a poem from my book What Are You After? You can read ‘Love in the time of hospital visits’ a love poem for my husband, Andrew, and for the NHS, here. Read more