Evening everybody. In an attempt to not do a mammoth post on Sunday I’ve decided to do a mini update about the week so far… It’s been absolutely full of poetry, which, as you all know, is how I like…
Sunday Poem – Sasha Dugdale
Hello everyone. This is a very late blog – I have been busy all day today. This morning I was working on a workshop that I’ll be delivering tomorrow in a secondary school in Oldham – I’m doing five sessions…
Sunday Poem – Billy Letford
Evening everybody. I am writing this at the other side of a pretty full on weekend – even for my standards, it was a little hectic. My mum and dad arrived on Friday from Leicester and I immediately dragged them…
Andrew Forster – the path from First to Third Collection
A rambling interview/conversation over the last couple of weeks with Andrew Forster about the path from first to third collection – hope you all enjoy. Andrew Forster’s first collection ‘Fear of Thunder’, published by Flambard Press in 2007 was shortlisted…
Sunday Poem – Jane Routh
Evening everybody! This week has mainly been about recovering from last Sunday – the all day workshop left me completely knackered – most of Monday I spent on the sofa watching rubbish TV which was about all my brain could…
Sunday Poem – Claire Dyer
Evening folks. This is pretty late today – I’ve been at an all day brass workshop with about 70 children today. This came about because of this blog – I’d written about how sad it is to see adult brass…
Poem for Emily Davison
Here is a poem that was first published in Poetry London in Issue 71, Spring 2012. It’s a fab magazine – so if you are looking for one to subscribe to, you can’t go wrong with this one! You can…
Sunday Poem – Joshua Weiner
Evening folks! It’s almost the end of the half term week – it’s my day off tomorrow so I’m not back at work quite yet. I’ve had quite a lazy week off – I’ve been doing lots of reading. I’ve…
The nice things people say
Afternoon everybody. Today I got an email to say I hadn’t won a Northern Writers Award – which is a bit of a bummer. However two lovely things have been written about me this week online – the first is…
Poetry and a paypal party
It is eleven a.m now so I’m not going to say good morning in case it’s not morning by the time I finish. I’m currently on half term which equals sitting in my onesie for most of the day reading…