poetry
On the publication of my first poetry collection and why I’m too stubborn to pick one form or genre and stick to it
A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just begins to live that day. – Emily Dickinson Come November 2016 my poems will live, not just in small gatherings at spoken word gigs or in anthologies, magazines and websites but en masse within a real paper and print…
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…
New course at The Tetley, Same But Different Festival, Mslexia publication, word-webs and building sites
Novels I appear to be writing another novel. I didn’t intend to start so soon but things in my personal life shifted quite abruptly so, instead of wallowing, I started a third novel. As you do. It is true that writers are lucky in this – everything is an opportunity, especially new regular wakings at…
Blog Tour
Although a lot of exciting things have been happening over the last month, I’ll save those for another time. This is a blog on request. Poet Steve Ely, a fellow graduate of the Yorkshire Art Circus Writer Development Programme, asked me to be part of a relay of writers contributing to a blog tour in…