Another trip to the Cramlington Writers’ Group this morning. What an amazing group of writers! They push themselves individually and collectively. I like the way they work. Thanks to them…
So why create a book about Tynemouth Station? Why write about the building, the wildlife inhabitants and the weekend market? I’ve spent the past three years helping Ylana First run…
My latest book, Souvenir of Tynemouth is getting positive feedback from readers. The book is my fourth biblio collaboration with the artist and printmaker Anne Proctor. Souvenir of Tynemouth is…
I help organise poetry appreciation groups with a difference in North Shields and Whitley Bay. The Poetry with Friends groups are run by Happy Planet Creative Arts CIC based in…
Poetry with Friends at Whitley Bay Library on Thursday just gone, April 2nd. Classic session. Regulars plus one newcomer contributed to amazing conversation and shared A grade poems. Leisure by…
I’m looking forward to supporting Kevin P Gilday at the Cumberland Arms on Friday with his The Man Who Loved Beer show. Described as “part spoken word performance, part drunken…
The Counsel of Trees is a fantastic poem by Vicky Arthurs. I shared it at Poetry with Friends at The Mission tonight. I’d set tonight’s theme at our last session….
Anne Proctor and I’s latest book, Souvenir of Tynemouth is now on sale. Buy it from our stalls at Tynemouth’s weekend market. Here’s a shot of the first print run!…
Sinead O’Connor, Bjork and Sir David Attenborough popped up in conversation at yesterday’s Poetry with Friends at Whitley Bay Library. We had lively debate encrusted with fantastic poems delivered…
The theme for tonight’s Poetry with Friends at The Mission was “Numbers”, suggested last time by The Legendary Ken Creen. I had forgotten this but that didn’t matter. Most of…
