Morley Literature Festival
Renovations and Transformations – Writing and The Tetley
One of the things I find most encouraging in all the ups and downs of being a writer is when people approach me or email me to say they are enjoying my blogs. This month I’ve had some lovely feedback on my work and wanted to start by sharing some of it. About the Morley…
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…