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Morley Literature Festival Commission 2013
‘Daisy Hill’, ‘Queen Street’, ‘in bloom’, and ‘cow’ all found their way into the commissioned poem below. But it wasn’t just these words and phrases that influenced its conception. Some of the other words collected by the festival team contained recurring motifs – the kindness and genuineness of the people; the beautiful historic buildings; Morley’s…
Morley Love Story
Over the last couple of months, I have fallen a little in love with Morley. It’s partly because of the beautiful industrial architecture and the indoor market, partly because the atmosphere of the place – grand, real, unpretentious – reminds me of Bradford, where I grew up. But it’s mainly because of the people I…
Morley Literature Festival Special
Morley Literature Festival Events Although I’ve delivered very few workshops over the last month, I have been busy concocting plans for the Morley Literature Festival for which I am this year’s commissioned poet. I’m delighted because I have now received confirmation from all the selected poets that we have permission to use short extracts of…
Brollies, T-shirts, Commissions, Performance Pride and Poetry on Wednesday 31st July
It’s been much hotter than expected outside and things have been hotting up for me too – I know, I know, writers are supposed to avoid cliches but I have so much news! I’ll begin with the most recent piece. On Monday I finished the third and most important draft of my novel ‘Skybound’. This…