January Writing Hours 2025 1st -31st January Online: £70 for the month – or £25 per week Concessions: £0 and pay-what-you-feel BOOK TICKETS HERE Imagine January… It’s a New Year but the mornings are dark, the evenings are cold and the best…
Late Night Writing Hours in July
Hi all Dropping in to give a very quick plug for my Late Night Writing Hours! They will be running for one week only, from the 8th-12th July, from 9pm-10pm. These are perfect for anyone who has always wanted to…
A New Substack!
Hi all I used to write a blog called the Sunday Poem. Unsurprisingly, it appeared every Sunday. I would talk about my week and then post a poem that I’d read that I’d enjoyed. A long time ago, my old…
The Commissioned Poem: A Leap of Faith
A Poem to Celebrate 100 Years of BBC Radio Woman’s Hour Soundscape – A Commissioned Poem I was recently commissioned to write a poem for Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. to celebrate 100 years of BBC Radio. The poem…
Recent News
Best Collection 2022 Shortlist I’m really excited that All the Men I Never Married has made it onto the Forward Prizes for Poetry Best Collection shortlist. Shortlisted alongside me are Kaveh Akhbar, Anthony Joseph, Shane McCrae and Helen Mort. I’m massively grateful,…
Kendal Poetry Festival is Almost Here
Kendal Poetry Festival 23rd-26th June One of the reasons why this blog has been particularly quiet (ok, silent) since the New Year is that I am a co-director of Kendal Poetry Festival (along with Clare Shaw) and we found out…
END OF YEAR BLOG
REVIEW OF 2021 I have begun and started this post so many times in the last week. Usually I really look forward to writing the end of year blog, to look back at the good things that have happened. But…
Poetry Carousel 2022
with Kim Moore, Jacqueline Saphra, Roy McFarlane and John McCullough 1st-4th February 2022 To book, please ring Rydal Hall on 015394 32050 £420 single room Includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch, three-course evening meal and all workshops and readings During the Poetry…
Poetry Readings and Book Launches
Join me for the book launch of All the Men I Never Married Hi all – I’m really looking forward to the book launch of All the Men I Never Married on Friday 15th October at 7.30pm. I’ll be reading…
Podcast Radio Hour – presented by Laura Grimshaw and Salena Godden
Poetry and Flugel Horns A few months ago I sent a recording of myself reading one of my All The Men I Never Married poems to one of my best friends in the world, trumpet player and professional musician Dave Boraston. …
