I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected as a virtual writer-in-residence for Melbourne, Australia in November 2021. … More
Category: poetry writing
Poetry Place exhibition open
The Poetry Place exhibition is now open for viewing in Mansfield Central Library until 31st October 2021 and then on tour around Nottinghamshire libraries until 2023.
Poetry Place and Inspire Poetry Festival
Poetry Place exhibition opens 18th Sept at Mansfield Central Library. Poetry Place workshops 25th Sept and 9th October at Edwinstowe Library.
Out of Time
Delighted that my Out of Time poem has just been published on Dwelling During the Pandemic, Ohio State University’s Poetry … More
Tinkering with Words, Playing with Language…
Just gearing up for my open lecture for the Japanese Society of Teaching Japanese Spring Conference next weekend. The session … More
Dazzling poets
Over the last week I’ve been rereading You Speak in Constellations – the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Anthology … More
New Writing in New Writing
Our paper focuses on issues of permission and the space for creative writing practice. he paper began as a reflective piece on space and face-to-face poetry workshop practices but, because of the way the pandemic is potentially changing so much about how writers of all ages are able to work, we thought it was important to begin to explore some of the new challenges and opportunities for creative writing post-COVID.
Free Miner2Major poetry workshops using archive images
The programme of workshops is now well underway and it is great that some poems have already been submitted for … More
Poetry Place free poetry writing workshops: new dates added
Poetry Place free writing workshops on Miner2Major Sherwood Forest Region. New dates added: https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/whats-on/events/poetry-place-writing-archive-photography-sherwood-forest-area-online-workshop-2/
Spring Learning
This poem was written last spring as streets fell silent and we peered out warily. It was one of very … More