Blog Posts
The Lost Art of Sinking, Naomi Booth
How is it possible to make the subject of asphyxiation for the purpose of pleasure so entertaining? In this novella Booth succeeds in bringing a light touch to an obsession that could be fatal yet without trivialising it. Lines like ‘I did well in my A-Levels. I think de-oxygenation made me especially receptive to Romantic…
An Invitation To Write And Voice
This blog is an invitation to some of the projects I’m involved with and a few other local events. I hope you will be able to attend one or more of them. Workshops It was lovely to meet new and more experienced writers at the first of the Speaking To The Shelves workshops at The…
Creating 2019
When it comes to the turning of the year, I, like many of you, tend to reflect on the trials and successes of the previous twelve months. Now I find I’d much rather look to 2019 and share with you ten elements of the work I am most passionate about engaging with this year. Finish…
All the Ps – poetry pamphlets and Poems, Prose and Pints
Blogging has had to move down my priority list over the last few months. I spent September and October immersed in stimulating literature festival events and delivering workshops to adults in the community as part of my role at the University of Leeds. Then I was struck with a nasty respiratory illness and laryngitis –…