Poetry Carousel 7th-10th December 2018 Tutors: Sean O’Brien, Fiona Sampson, Andrew McMillan and Kim Moore, Abbot Hall Hotel, Kents Bank, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria £390 to include breakfast, lunch and three-course evening meal. Please contact hotel to book 015395 32896 The Poetry…
Sunday Poem: Naomi Jaffa
Sunday Poem by Naomi Jaffa
Goodbye 2017 Hello 2018
I’m a little late for the 2017 roundup, but when have I ever let that stop me? This is what my 2017 looked like: The pink is poetry workshops and teaching – a mix of Dove Cottage Young Poets sessions,…
16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence #Day10
Day 10 Much of the information for this poem comes from https://medicalnewstoday.com and www.lenstore.co.uk When I was writing this poem, I googled ‘black eye’ and ‘what causes a black eye’ and ‘facts about eyes’. I knew what caused a black…
Guest Poets for the 2017 Poetry Carousel
Another brief interruption of the ’16 Days of Action’ posts. With less than a week to go before the 2017 Poetry Carousel, I thought I’d reveal the mystery guest poets for this year’s course, and the dates and guest tutors…
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
A quick interruption of the 16 Days of Activism posts I’ve been doing for some happier news. My book The Art of Falling was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize yesterday. The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is awarded to a…
16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence – Day 3
16 Days of Action – day 3 A few years ago – I think maybe the summer of 2014, I booked onto a residential poetry course with Ian Duhig and Ruth Padel at Ty Newydd. It was a great week…
16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence
I wanted to take part in this last year – but by the time I realised it was happening, half of the 16 days had gone. It seemed important to start at the beginning, to take part all the way…
The Garsdale Retreat – Residential Poetry Course
I’m really excited to be running a residential poetry course on behalf of The Garsdale Retreat, a creative writing centre ‘set in the heart of the remote and beautiful setting of the Yorkshire Dales’. The focus of the course is…
Sunday Poem – Kate Fox
It has been a strange week for me – the #metoo hashtag on social media has made me sad and angry and hopeful in an exhausting cycle.. Amongst all of this, I’ve had to get on with doing…