Please click on the link below for an alternative view of the reading with George Szirtes! http://headingleylitfest.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/george-szirtes-and-kim-moore-in-heart.html
Another School Poetry Workshop and other stuff….
Evening everybody. For those of you waiting with bated breath for the Sunday poem, I’ve decided to post it up this Sunday, so you’ll just have to wait. But it will be worth it, I promise. Because if I posted…
South Cumbria Music Festival
For anyone that’s interested – Barrow Shipyard Junior Band won the Junior Band section – 1st out of 6 bands! This also means we get a £100 bursary as well as a shield. And ‘Brasstastic’ my new group made of…
Reading at Headingley Lit Fest
The last time I read at the Heart Cafe in Leeds was the 25th May 2012. I know this date without having to look in my diary because it was the day before the official launch of my pamphlet in…
Sunday Poem – Amanda Dalton
Evening everybody. I have been quiet again this week but this time it was just because I was busy. On Monday I drove up to Keswick to the launch of the Fire Crane, produced by the unstoppable Mick North of…
Sunday Poet – Rachel Davies
Evening everybody. I’ve been VERY quiet on facebook, twitter and this blog this week. I don’t really know why, except to say that I’ve been in a bit of a bad mood all week. On Monday, I went to a…
Sunday Poem – Rachel McGladdery
Evening everybody. I’ve had an eventful weekend so far – on Saturday morning I received a red letter from a debt collection agency saying that they I owed £2,500 to NPower Northern. As I have a card meter in my…
Poetry Reading, Maulds Meaburn Village Institute
Hi everyone. I’ve just finished teaching for the day – a long long day – six schools and then I helped out a friend with his school band after school – and then three more pupils at home. I’m so…
Planting Poems
On Monday I did a poetry workshop at a primary school. I had no restrictions for the workshop – the head just wanted the children to do some ‘poetry techniques’. The only time I had to plan the workshop was…
Sunday Poem – Mark Carson
To get to the Sunday poem today, you will, unfortunately have to read through my half-term holiday round up as well. I’ve been on holiday all week and although this sounds relaxing, it has been filled – or maybe a…