It Won’t Always Be Like This
Yesterday marked a whopping 38 years since I wrote my first “proper” poem. You might think “why and how does she remember?” Thing is, I’m great at remembering birthday and…
Tynemouth Station Book Fairs 2023
I’m standing at all four Sunday Tynemouth Station Book Fairs this year: 23rd April, 25th June, 20th August and 15th October. Join us at the slightly revised times of 9.30am…
Christmas gig
It’s the Christmas Talk of the Town. Join us! Limited tickets so buy now!
Drifting as Clouds
My next gig is on Thursday 3rd November at 7pm at Whitley Bay Library. I’m performing alongside longtime friend and creative collaborator Sandy Chadwin and my dear cousin Ross Punton….
Caroline Burrows
So I got to meet and then see and hear Cycle Poet Caroline Burrows on Thursday evening. I hadn’t heard about her or her work until an ol’ school pal…
YouTube poem
I’m tickled pink that my poem Low Tide, Garlieston features in The Poetry Archive Now! 2022 line-up. The poem was inspired by a return visit to Dumfries and Galloway in…
@VerseCycle
I’m reading The Wind in my Wheels by Josie Dew at the moment. It was recommended to me by someone who has cycled all over the place. I’d say the…
Book Sale!
I’ll be having a sale at the final Tynemouth Station Book Fair of 2022 on Sunday 16th October. All books will be selling for 50p each or three for a…
Small Beauties
I’m pleased to write that The Poem with No Name from my pamphlet Loose Threads and Sacred Spaces is August’s Diamond Twig Poem of the Month. Poet and novelist Ellen…