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It's taken a few years (more like a decade); a lot of poetry submissions, acceptances and rejections; emails, phone calls, meetings; cartridge ink and printer paper; eyestrain, caffeine and the odd glass of wine, swear word, and grey hair (many of these) - but my debut full poetry collection What Are You After? is now… Continue reading Publication Day for my book
I'm very pleased to be featured on Lizzy Turner's 'a poem a week' podcast reading my poem 'History Lesson' from my new book What Are You After? You can hear me reading here. This poem was inspired by the many events staged to mark the centenary of the start of World War I and was… Continue reading a poem a week podcast
A super-quick post to say that I'm enjoying this course, How To Make A Poem, provided by the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University via FutureLearn. Helen Mort, Michael Symmons Roberts and Martin Kratz are the main educators - they feature in videos and in written materials. Here is some blurb from the site about what… Continue reading How to Make a Poem: free online course
My poetry book is being published this year, did I mention that? (of course I'm joking - I know I've mentioned it here, here, and here - and possibly a few more places as well). I don't tend to think of myself as a last minute kind of person but I am still tinkering with… Continue reading One month until my book is published
I had a splendidly happy day at The Greenwich Theatre in London last Saturday for the Live Canon Children's Poetry Competition Prize Giving Show. I went up on the train from Wiltshire with one of my great-nieces, Hannah. When we arrived, the theatre foyer was awash with Haiku Balloons, cartons of fruit juice, a poetry… Continue reading St Gregory’s Students successful in Live Canon Poetry Competition
My book What Are You After? is now available to buy direct from Nine Arches Press. I am very happy to have received wonderful endorsements from two poets whose work I admire enormously. Rebecca Goss says of my collection: Josephine Corcoran’s fine debut reflects upon the personal and political with imaginative flair. A poet who… Continue reading My book is available to pre-order from Nine Arches Press
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
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).
Josephine Corcoran 
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