For those of you who aren’t on my facebook, this weekend has been a mix of loveliness and trauma, in that order. The loveliness came in the form of my friend Manon, who got married to Dylan. Manon looked really…
Estuary: A Confluence of Art and Poetry, Poem and A Pint, Wordsworth Trust and Residential Course
Evening All – Just a bit of information about some poetry events coming up – On the 9th of February we have the wonderful Tony Curtis coming to read at Poem and A Pint at the Coronation Hall in Ulverston,…
Sunday Poem – Jill Abram
Evening everybody. I’ve been away again! This time I’ve been staying in Hebden Bridge with my two lovely friends, David Tait and David Thom at the House of David and David. On Saturday I ran a workshop for Leeds Writers Circle…
Living the Dream – the T.S.Eliot Readings
Last weekend I had a go at Living The Dream – I decided to swan off to London to go to the T.S.Eliot readings. By splitting the train journey up, I got a return train ticket to London for 48…
Sunday Poem – Gaia Holmes
Hello everybody! Today I’ve been reading John Burnside’s ‘A Hunt in the Forest’ and sorting out all my poems, with the view to starting to work on the manuscript for my first collection. I’ve been wafting about saying ‘I’m not…
Highlights of 2012
By now, most people have already done their 2012 round ups. However, I’ve been in Leicester for the week before Christmas, and then North Wales for the week after Christmas, and I’ve finally got back to Barrow today. At first I…
Here is a great post by Abegaiil Morley. She has asked lots of poets to recommend their favourite reads of the year – I’ve already got my reading list for 2013 sorted from this. Wish I’d thought of this idea!
