Performance Poetry
I was unexpectedly impressed at a recent poetry reading. No, really, and I’m going to tell you all about it. Earlier this month, manager James at Whitley Bay’s indie bookshop…
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…
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…
@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…
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…
Bonny & Read
Today, Thursday 4th August 2022, is publication day for Julie Walker. Hodder and Stoughton are publishing her debut novel, Bonny & Read. I type with a grin on my face…
Big Tastes
In my last blog, Alcoholiday, I wrote about recalibrating my 40 year relationship with booze. I was helped by following Annie Grace’s challenge in The Alcohol Experiment: 30 Days to…
Alcoholiday
How healthy is your relationship with booze? For many of us, this is a difficult question to answer truthfully. We lie to ourselves and others. I decided to recalibrate my…
OK Computer
Is it possible and/or appropriate to wish “Happy Birthday” to an album? If so then this blog is my attempt to mark 25 years this weekend of OK Computer, Radiohead’s…