After the Aldeburgh Eight Seminar 2015

I've been back in Wiltshire for over a week, after three days at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival and five days on a rural writing retreat at Bruisyard Hall in Suffolk, as one of this year's Aldeburgh Eight.  I had an amazing time, I'm so glad I applied for a place, and I'm still processing the whole… Continue reading After the Aldeburgh Eight Seminar 2015

My bags are packed for Aldeburgh!

So, farewell then, readers.  I'll be back after 13th November. Hope to see some of you in Aldeburgh this weekend for the Poetry Festival.  Then I'll be with my fellow Aldeburgh Eighters on our rural retreat!

A busy few weeks

If this blog was a room in your house, I'd be rushing into it, refusing your offer of a cup of tea, calling my news over my shoulder and rushing out again.  Various events have made my life busy recently, not least my teenage daughter finishing her GCSE exams, attending her Year 11 Prom (when… Continue reading A busy few weeks