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  • The Songs that Houses Sing on BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Songs that Houses Sing on BBC Radio 4 Extra

    My radio play The Songs that Houses Sing has been repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra and is available on iPlayer for two more days. The play, first broadcast in 2000, stars Mia Soteriou as Alice,  Allison Pettitt as Iris, Paul Copley as Gus, Sarah Rice as Phillippa, and Joshua Towb as John. The play is Read more

  • Trowbridge named in up and coming places list

    Trowbridge named in up and coming places list

    I’ve sometimes mentioned Trowbridge, the town that has been my home for the past 15 years, and a place which is sometimes maligned by thoughtless people.  It’s true that Trowbridge is a work in progress with huge room for improvement, but it’s also a place with huge potential, with affordable housing, good state schools, and Read more

  • Wordplay: A Poetry Broadcast from Visual Radio Arts, Frome

    Wordplay: A Poetry Broadcast from Visual Radio Arts, Frome

    On Saturday I was one of four poets invited to read some poems to camera at Visual Radio Arts in Frome, Somerset.  Our reading was streamed to Facebook and is available to watch below.  The four poets are Dawn Gorman, Jennie Gilling, Louise Green and me, and the broadcast was hosted by Crysse Morrison. Visual Read more

  • Call for poems about the future

    Call for poems about the future

    You might like to know about this submissions opportunity with The Emma Press for poems about ‘the future’ which I’ve reblogged from Suzannah Evans’ site.  Suzannah is co-editing this anthology of poems with fellow poet, Tom Sastry.  If you’re not familiar with The Emma Press, they are an award-winning small press publishing beautiful books.  You Read more

  • Notes from Cardiff Poetry Festival

    Notes from Cardiff Poetry Festival

    I was in Cardiff all weekend at the first poetry festival there (according to publicity but this seems astonishing, if true!) organised by Seren Books.  I posted pictures over at my Instagram  and here are a few snippets from my notebook.  I enjoyed most of the festival, some readings more than others, inevitably.  I was Read more

  • Poetry@Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, Saturday March 3

    Poetry@Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, Saturday March 3

      Come to hear two fabulous poets read in Trowbridge on Saturday, March 3rd, 2pm- 4pm.  Open-mic contributions welcome.  Drawing Projects UK is in Bridge House, Stallard Street, Trowbridge, next to Trowbridge train station. Dawn Gorman is a poet and editor who devises and runs community arts events, including the reading series Words & Ears, Read more