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  • Three popular poets on And Other Poems

    Three popular poets on And Other Poems

        In 2013 And Other Poems received over 40,000 views from 120 countries. Most visitors came from the UK, with the US and Ireland not far behind.   In no particular order, posts featuring poems by the following poets received the most views on And Other Poems in 2013: Alvin Pang   David Morley Read more

  • Skip to the good bits

    Skip to the good bits

    In no particular order, here’s some online and offline stuff I’ve enjoyed in 2013. Two great blogposts I love following Isabel Rogers on twitter and this year I got to meet her at The Live Canon Poetry Competition Prize Giving.  Here’s her fantastic blogpost about that event. In fact, 2013 was a bumper year for Read more

  • Slaving over a good book

    Slaving over a good book

    This week, in my new role as project worker for The Reader Organisation (TRO), I’ve been working hard to get ready for the shared reading groups that I’ll be facilitating, very soon, in Wiltshire.  This work has involved lots of reading.  Yes, I’ve been slaving over some good books. My first session for people with Read more

  • 2013 Live Canon Poetry Competition Prize Giving Show

    2013 Live Canon Poetry Competition Prize Giving Show

    I was extremely happy to be a part of this entertaining event at Greenwich Theatre, London SE10 on Sunday, 24th November.  The Live Canon Poetry Competition is different to most other poetry comps because not only are all shortlisted poems published in a handsomely produced anthology, they are also performed on stage by members of the Read more

  • Work/Life/Writing Balance and a Book at Breakfast

    Work/Life/Writing Balance and a Book at Breakfast

    It’s been ten days of highs and lows since I took a new, part-time job with The Reader Organisation.  Probably the lowest hours were the five and a half spent travelling up to Liverpool on three, packed, over-heated trains, last Sunday afternoon and early evening.  The purpose of the journey was so I could spend Read more

  • The Reader Organisation

    I wrote the post below when I first started working for The Reader Organisation: There might be a slight change in focus on my blog over the next 18 months as I settle into a new part-time job as a Project Worker for The Reader Organisation.  Part-time because I’m still very much part of my Read more