Proper Poets
Hard to believe it’s a whopping 37 years since I wrote my first “proper” poem. I was 15 and on holiday in Northern Ireland. “The Troubles” were ongoing so the…
Morpeth Book Festival
This time next week I’ll be limbering up and enjoying my usual clothes faff ahead of an afternoon gig in Morpeth. I’m delighted to be part of the Morpeth Book…
Clockwork Magpies
Way back in November 2017 Emma Whitehall read from her work in progress at Pure Fiction, a regularish evening event dedicated to fiction I’d started the previous year. November 2017’s…
Blyth Events
I host regular events at Blyth Library, including Going Places, a monthly travel writing book club on the fourth Monday of every month and Rhyme and Reason, a fortnightly Wednesday…
Sending Messages
The New Year’s only just begun and so far I have found two messages. I see them as New Year gifts to a curious soul. What do they mean? I…
Loose Threads in the news
Loose Threads and Sacred Spaces gets a mention in Will Mackie of New Writing North’s winter round-up of recent poetry publications. Will mentions my “lovely, elegantly crafted poems” and that…
Comes Howling
Last Friday the North East coast of Britain experienced the raw power of nature and felt the effects of the climate emergency. Storm Arwen put rampant consumerism in its place…