Talking Nonsense
My earliest poetic loves are what I now know to be comic and so-called nonsense verse. Examples include Edward Lear, Spike Milligan, most nursery rhymes plus Pam Ayres, Stevie Smith…
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Poetic messages
Today is the 22nd National Poetry Day and I marked it by running a poetry appreciation in a North Tyneside park. Northumberland Park, nestled between North Shields and Tynemouth, is…
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Dreamy Theme
I woke up this morning cursing Sir Cliff Richard. Again. It’s the fifth morning in a row I’ve woken up with his 1961 song Theme for a Dream in my…
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Sylvia Plath @ York Racecourse
Just back from The 2016 York National Book Fair which was held at the city’s racecourse. It’s the largest out of print and antiquarian book fair in the UK with…
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Newcastle Photography Festival
A friend sent me an email recently with the line “are you running out of fingers yet?!” My chum was referring to all the creative projects I’m involved in. I…
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Creative inspiration
When inspiration comes knocking…open the door! Sounds like obvious advice but how many times have you walked away from creative inspiration? I couldn’t ignore New Zealand poet Janis Freegard when…
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Mentoring & workshop info
Summer’s here but I’ve been busy putting the final touches to my autumn/winter 2016 programme of workshops and one to one creative writing mentoring sessions. It’s a bit complicated in…
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Pure Creativity
Pure Fiction, my latest creative “child” will (with any luck) start walking in front of an audience tomorrow afternoon. The afternoon will feature writers Kitty Fitzgerald, Sandy Chadwin and Jennifer…
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Pure Fiction – Pure excitement!
Here is Jennifer C Wilson revving up for our inaugural Pure Fiction event this Saturday!
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Pure Fiction next Saturday 30th Jul
One week today I’ll be hosting a brand new literary venture, Pure Fiction in Whitley Bay’s library. Pure Fiction is dedicated to fiction writers and their work. Experienced authors will…