I read this poem at our lovely Dad’s funeral at St Nicholas Church, Stevenage on Friday. Thanks to everyone who…
Melbourne Virtual Writer-in-Residence
I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected as a virtual writer-in-residence for Melbourne, Australia in November 2021.…
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.
Publications update…
Raceme reviews and poem In its spring/summer edition the Bristol-based journal Raceme published a new poem ‘Across Colne Water’ along…
Connecting on National Writing Day
It’s National Writing Day today (June 23rd) so take a moment, take part and write wherever you are. Head over…
Out of Time
Delighted that my Out of Time poem has just been published on Dwelling During the Pandemic, Ohio State University’s Poetry…
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…
Dazzling poets
Over the last week I’ve been rereading You Speak in Constellations – the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Anthology…
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.