I promise a decent length post quite soon, but I wanted to make sure I put this up. On Sunday night, I took part in an online poetry reading, hosted by International Page and Stage – an organisation set up in Northern Ireland to “bring together poets, writers and spoken word artists locally to make …
Falling in love (still/more/again) with teaching Shakespeare’s Sonnets
I’ve just finished teaching a five week course based (heavily) on Don Paterson’s Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets: a new commentary (and the amazing iPad app that goes with it – god I love that thing!). I’ve written about it before, and how much I enjoy his style of commentary – intelligent, engaged, but definitely a bit …
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Holy [insert preferred rhyme], we (by which I mean you) actually did it!
Let me just start with the thing that matters most: Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank …
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Back to front (a good cause) – support our Boosted campaign!
Well it’s been quite a while more than I’d planned to be away from this blog. I mean, I know I said I was taking a wee break over winter … two years ago … I promise I will be posting a bit more regularly, because it’s been quite a turbulent two years, with lots …
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CPC Poetry in Performance – Autumn 2023 edition
For More information, visit https://canterburypoets.org.nz/tickets/
