Getting the Sunday poem in close to the wire today! I have no excuse really other than that I’ve been reading all the books that I bought at yesterday’s Litfest in Lancaster. The outstanding readers for me were William Letford,…
Sunday Poem: Niall Campbell
Today’s Sunday Poem is by Niall Campbell. I met Niall in 2011 at the Eric Gregory Award Night when we all went to London to the Calvary and Guards Club to collect our cheques and swan about being posh. The winners of…
September is the Cruellest Month – Deborah Parkin
A while ago I was contacted by David Ward, the Literature Officer at the Theatre by The Lake in Keswick who had seen one of my poems in “The Weekly Word” which is an email newsletter circulated by New Writing…
Gossip and part-time goodness
So since my last post, I’ve been to Bulgaria on a lovely holiday with the hubby. We had a great time, despite there being no air conditioning in our hotel room, and our room being above a kareoke bar, where…
Fermoy Continued – Tsead Bruinja Poem
I know it’s not Sunday, but I couldn’t resist putting up an extra poem by one of the poets that I met last week at the Fermoy International Poetry Festival. Tsead Bruinja is a Dutch poet who writes both in…
Women’s Poetry Festival
Last weekend I was in Grasmere for the Dorothy Wordsworth Women’s Poetry Festival. I was taking part in a panel discussion, hosted by The Poetry Society www.poetrysociety.org.uk hosted by Judith Palmer on the subject of competitions and prizes. Also taking…