Blog Posts

  • Haunts of a Writer – Past, Present and Future

    This is where I was on Wednesday, performing at The Golden Ball in York.  The Golden Ball is a community co-operative pub and I’d never been until  Dai Parsons invited me to perform at Spokes, one of the spoken word nights they hold there.  It’s cosy and friendly and I suspect the ale is very…

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  • Umbrellas Commission

    The commission was for me to produce texts to be displayed on umbrellas which were to be hung in Grassington Market Square for the duration of the festival.   The idea was conceived by Bryony Pritchard, Visual Arts Director of Grassington Festival. Bryony interviews me about the process of making the umbrellas Bryony: 10 brollies. 10…

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  • Being Mentored & A New Creative Writing Course at The Tetley

    News July saw me performing poetry in front of the camera.  I was filmed in domestic scenes, at Flamborough Head with the lighthouse looming over me and during a performance at Belgrave.  Having seen the works in progress of these videos, I can say that the camera crew led by Pru Fowler and editor Ben…

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  • Franz West inspired workshop at The Hepworth Wakefield, upcoming performances and news

    July Diary of Open Workshops and Performances   Monday 7th July 6.30-8.30 Word Blend, Ilkley Young Writers perform at Ilkley’s Costa Coffee. IYW are very talented writers and performers aged between 11 and 19 who have a range of competition wins and publications between them.  Michelle Scally Clarke and I have been working with the…

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