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This photo is me performing at the 2015 Quiet Compere event on the eve of the Medicine Unboxed conference. Photo taken by Sarah Dixon aka the Quiet Compere!

So we did it 🙂 We got the kickstarter completely funded and now we have a book in production! Above is the front cover and the beauty of this book is just mind blowing but then I would say that I am publishing it! Or rather The WigglyPet’s Press is publishing it 🙂 For those […]

As I write this there is about 60hrs left on the Gloucester Poetry Societies Kickstarter for their first ever poetry book Poetry Without Pretension. It is a beautiful book full of not just poems but art works and write ups on the poets that have helped create it. The visuals are amazing and are part […]

The Gloucester Poetry Society are in their inaugural year – from a little seed idea it has gone from strength to strength. With a growing and inclusive members list, and it has organised the first poetry and spoken word festival that Gloucester has seen, which will be happening at the end of October 2017 🙂 […]

I will once again be running a poetry workshop with the Gloucester Poetry Society at the Fountain Inn in Gloucester tomorrow (Thursday 29th of June 2017). The workshop starts at 7 pm and is free to attend – afterwards there ware recording sessions and interviews which you can watch or take part in.

My July events plus any of the regular things I can get to in Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud. Poetry performance – Thursday 6th Come To Where I am From at the Fountain Inn tix are free Poetry performance – Crypt Slam in Gloucester Fantasy Headdresses and Accessories Upcylced Workshop and poetry performance with Food For […]

Back in 2012 to my amazement I ended up performing in Gloucester Cathedral – this was just at the point where in Russia Pussy Riot had been jailed for performing in a church. This is a video of my performance and my little speech about being lucky.

Tonight I am In The Slammer the Cheltenham Poetry Festival Slam with a host of fab poets at the Playhouse Theatre, Saturday I’ll be in the Cafe Rene Gloucester for more poetry with Food For Thoughts and Sunday I will be back over into Cheltenham for more Poetry Festival goodness in the Waterstones! Tuesday I’ll […]

Busy poetic time are coming up 🙂 Thursday 27th of April Villanells Gloucester Fountain Inn from 7-11 pm – I am running a workshop at the beginning of the evening followed by recording performances and interviews organised by The Gloucester Poetry Society Saturday 29th of April ReneGade Festival 2017 3 -1:30 pm which is opening […]

Exciting poetry things are a foot in Gloucester (UK) at the moment – one such thing is the night Villanelles at the Fountain Inn. The night includes recording poetry for the Gloucester Poetry Societies Youtube channel, an open mic and… starting with this coming event… workshops 🙂 Which a few of us will be running […]