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This morning I worked with seven Year 9 students (aged 13 and 14) from The Clarendon College, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, who are writing poems to commemorate the visit of the Olympic Torch Relay to their school. The poems will be included in the Wiltshire 2012 Festival of Celebration at Hudsons Field, Salisbury on 11th July and… Continue reading Writing Poetry to Commemorate the Olympic Torch Relay
Much as I love it, our kitchen will never be featured in the Style supplement of any glossy magazine. Nor will our fridge ever slink down any runway in any fashion shoot. Purely functional, a handy place to store the milk, and a useful display point for shopping lists, reminders, photos and the occasional postcard.… Continue reading This time it’s my certificate stuck on the fridge!
Had a brilliant time recently at Carrie Etter's Introduction to Prose Poetry Seminar at the Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate, Swindon. What a fabulous setting for a writing event; atmospheric and quirky, with plenty of outside space to loiter in with a cup of tea and a notebook. I'm really looking forward to attending more of… Continue reading Introduction to Prose Poetry Seminar with Carrie Etter
I took part in a Poetry Event at Stafford Library on Tuesday evening so I thought I'd share my experience and thoughts about giving a poetry reading. I was given one of three 20 minute slots and the evening included the Prize Giving of the 2012 Stafford Poetry Competition, run by Staffordshire Libraries and supported by… Continue reading Giving a Poetry Reading
This post outlines all the writing prompts and exercises used in my two-hour writing workshop. You might find it useful if you run writing workshops yourself (I have included all credits, where possible, so please acknowledge this blog if appropriate). You might like to use the exercises as writing prompts for your own writing or,… Continue reading Writing Flash-Fiction Workshop at Trowbridge Museum, 16th May, 2012
In our age of sound-bites, pop-up shops, instant on-line publishing and short attention spans, it is entirely fitting that Calum Kerr has launched a national day to celebrate the art of the short, short-story, National Flash-Fiction Day, taking place on Wednesday, 16th May, 2012. From my first furry-tongued breath on New Year's Day, and daily… Continue reading ‘Jawbreakers’: Small and scrumptious sips of fiction
Delighted to have a 200 word story on 1000words today. 1000words is a National Flash-Fiction day project managed by writer Natalie Bowers. It features stories of 1000 words and under, inspired by Pinterest images. My story, 'Friday', is deeply autobiographical and entirely fictional. If you look closely at the Pinterest image which inspired my story,… Continue reading Thanks to 1000words for publishing my flash-fiction, ‘Friday’
"Flash-fictions are short, short stories, small but perfectly formed, packing a huge punch in a small number of words. On 16th May, all over the UK, events will be being held to celebrate these tiny gems." National Flash-Fiction Day Trowbridge, a town with a population of about 28,000 people, in West Wiltshire, doesn't have a cinema (yet… Continue reading Trowbridge, West Wiltshire, is on the map for National Flash-Fiction Day on May 16th, 2012
My brother and I lived with an older sister when we were young. One day my teenage brother carried home a battered cardboard box from an East London building site he was working on as an apprentice. Inside was a scrawny kitten with matted, marmalade-coloured fur. Someone had brought the kitten to the site. If… Continue reading In memory of Marmalade, a rescued street cat with attitude, who inspired a tiny story
Reading Teresa Stenson's recent blog post on The Bridport Prize has come as a timely reminder to polish my own entry for this year's Bridport, and it also reminded me of 2010 when my poem, 'Honeymoon', was a runner-up in the Poetry Category. At the awards ceremony in the Bridport Arts Centre, one of the topics… Continue reading My thoughts on being a finalist in The Bridport Prize 2010
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