Thursday I headed off to Bristol with the lovely Nick Short, the aim – to read poetry at the Art House. We had a little bit of trouble finding it, the Art House is a lovely little cafe with a cellar/entertainment area. There are arty pictures on the walls and yummy foods to be had. […]
I am very excited to have been asked to judge the regional part of a national schools poetry competition this year in March. This was a lovely event last year and the children where amazing. I will also once more be running the World Poetry Writing Month challenge in February. This is a month of […]
I’ve decided that this year I will put the poems out as I am working on them – I’ve not done that for a while and it will be interesting to see what feedback I get on them. Also as I am struggling to write at the moment, putting the poems up for people to […]
January is the Month of Poetry and as always I plan to take part. I normally make my own theme or aim up for the month but in truth I’ve been struggling to write any poetry recently so feel I just need to get back into the flow of things. I am off course doing […]
Christmas is a time of meeting and greeting and visiting and food but for me it is also a time you can hide in the little nest of home and just be. For us that means watching films, playing games, reading and writing! Sometimes we invite other writers over to write with us and put […]
Last year I had a great time at the first Poetry Slam to be held in Cirencester. It was organised by the fab Marcus Moore and Sara-Jane Arbury and was lots of fun. Of course I did not score very high but that is not why I go to them – this was my third […]
Sunday was the village Christmas Craft Fayre in Cranham and I shared a stall with Jeany. She’s been making candles out of old candle ends – this is the second time she has sold the candles like this – the first time she used the profits to by colours and some more moulds (she was […]
Yesterday I received through the post the little button badges of one of my illustrations – it is the Mummy Eating Cherry Pie. I am so pleased with them! I gave the girls their badges as soon as they came home from school. There are a hundred of these and they are for the launch […]
Just a quick note to say that I am performing/reading at the Waterstones in Cheltenham on this Saturday (7th of September 2013) at around 1 o’clock in the afternoon – before me are a lovely bunch of poets reading. The even lasts from 11 till 2 and there is a Costa coffee in the shop […]
I found this post and pictures on my personal blog it was the 3rd Tech Adventure in Bristol at the Trinity Centre. I think back in 2009. I thought I’d share it here as there is poetry and robots!:) This one I got up at 6 am for and me and Al were wending our […]