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There's still time to send in a poem or poem film to the National Poetry Library's Instagram Poetry Competition. Deadline is Wednesday, 21 March. The National Poetry Library is asking poets and Instagrammers alike to share their work on Instagram, by tagging the library @nationalpoetrylibrary and using the hashtag #instapoetrylib. We are also looking for short… Continue reading Enter the National Poetry Library’s Instapoetry Competition
Last year, out of the blue, I received an email from the BBC’s Rights, Legal and Business Affairs department to ask permission to repeat my radio work, a play and a short story, on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Naturally I said yes! My play The Songs that Houses Sing was broadcast on February 13 and… Continue reading My short story ‘Algebra’ 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… Continue reading The Songs that Houses Sing on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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… Continue reading Trowbridge named in up and coming places list
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… Continue reading Call for poems about the future
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… Continue reading Notes from Cardiff Poetry Festival
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,… Continue reading Poetry@Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, Saturday March 3
This week I took Alice Oswald's book Weeds and Wild Flowers in to St Gregory's Catholic College, Bath, where I'm working as Writer in Residence. I was prompted to do this by Sarah Westcott's gorgeous poem about snowdrops Fair Maids of February which was a winner in this year's Cafe Writers Competition judged by Liz… Continue reading Writing poems about flowers #writerinschool
Please let me know if you would like to buy one of the remaining copies of my poetry pamphlet The Misplaced House published by tall-lighthouse in November 2014. If you send an email to josephinecorcoran13@gmail.com, I will send you a PayPal invoice by return. The price is £5 which includes P&P (UK only).
I brought in some crime flash fiction to St Gregory's School where I work one day a week as writer in residence and the students loved reading, talking about, and writing their own very short crime stories. These were Year 8 and Year 9 students, aged 12 - 14, with a variety of different literacy… Continue reading Very short crime stories: #writerinschool
Josephine Corcoran 
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