Like many parents, my husband and I have always read with our children. When they were babies, we read fairy stories and nursery rhymes to them and gave them board books to chew and dribble over. Touch-and-feel books were popular, as were lift-the-flap books (usually reinforced with triple layer sellotape to cater for even the most boisterous of… Continue reading On continuing to read with your kids
Author: Josephine Corcoran
Josephine Corcoran is a writer, originally from the north west of England and now based in the south west. Her professional credits include three poetry pamphlets and one full collection, a stage play, and two BBC Radio 4 credits (for a short story and afternoon play). She founded and edited the online poetry site And Other Poems until 2023.
Three years of ‘And Other Poems’.
My poetry site And Other Poems turned three years old in August. What started as an uncluttered place for my own poems has grown into an online anthology of over 350 poems by more than 250 poets, archived at The British Library, and viewed more than 125,000 times. In September 2015, my post 'Three poems by Tania Hershman' was… Continue reading Three years of ‘And Other Poems’.
Not quite here, not quite anywhere.
I've been absent, absent-minded, not quite here, out of sorts, not myself. I've been a bit poorly, had some kind of bug, haven't been sleeping well and, to make matters worse, because I lost my only pair of decent reading glasses, I'm wearing an old pair which are scratched, not the right prescription and giving… Continue reading Not quite here, not quite anywhere.
Strategies for staying off the internet
Here are two houses: our holiday rental in Portugal and our home in the UK: Q. Apart from the weather, what else was different about my holiday in Portugal earlier this year? A. There was no wifi at the house. In the end, I decided that I like the internet and I felt cut off… Continue reading Strategies for staying off the internet
The Day before GCSE Results Day
Twenty-four hours before my oldest child receives her GCSE results, it’s hard not to relive the day the game was up for me. One thing I've learned about being a parent is that it's impossible not to revisit my own past as my children grow older. Until my ‘O’ Level (as these exams were called… Continue reading The Day before GCSE Results Day
Postcard from Camhina and Porto, Portugal
Here are a few photos from our holiday in Portugal a short while ago. I'd really recommend the house we rented and the general area. We flew from Bristol to Porto, rented a car at the airport and drove about 45 minutes north, to Camhina. The house was lovely - spacious, comfortable and well-equipped, and… Continue reading Postcard from Camhina and Porto, Portugal
Why bother with Creative Writing courses and workshops?
Hello from my Summer Holidays! Hope you're all well. I'm taking a leaf out of Anthony Wilson's blog and re-blogging a few of my older posts while I'm in the land of intermittent wifi. The days seem longer here and I appear to be getting more done. That aside, I thought this short article I… Continue reading Why bother with Creative Writing courses and workshops?
What are your writing plans for the summer?
What are your plans for the summer? Are things staying the same or do you have a project in mind? Maybe it isn't summer where you are but what are your plans, anyway? Here in the UK, I've been away from a regular, paid job since 1st May. This is intentional, I'm trying to use… Continue reading What are your writing plans for the summer?
Speaking French
Yes, I have mixed up my avoirs and my êtres and confused La Gare for La Guerre and, once, having forgotten my glasses, I explained "Je ne suis pas mes lunettes" rather than "Je n'ai pas....." Nevertheless, when in France, I always have a go at speaking French even though it's meant I've been laughed… Continue reading Speaking French
Dashing in and out of this blog
I'm typing at speed today because I'm leaving for London soon with my 16 year old daughter, Kitty, to drop her off at a friend's flat where she'll be staying next week while she's doing work experience. I'll miss her! On Friday, I wrote and sent off a job application for a writer-in-residence post. I doubt I'll… Continue reading Dashing in and out of this blog
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