As the title of this post suggests, I’ve been a busy woman lately. Which isn't unusual for me at this time of year – historically my best and most productive periods of writing have tended to be in winter. But this year has been … different. Turns out that winning awards makes stuff happen! First, …
tumble – a reading and a playlist
Hooray, tonight is the beginning of reading from MY NEW COLLECTION!!! Ahem. Excuse the caps. I may be just a tiny bit excited. No, make that: thrilled, relieved, happy, hopeful, and grateful. I’ve spent the last week or so going through everything aloud and working out timings, and trying to decide which poems to read. …
CPC 2021 – one week to go!
To CPC or not CPC? (CPC. Definitely CPC)
Yes, it’s that time of year again – the sap is flowing, the garden is rioting, the blackbirds are going bonkers, and the Canterbury Poets’ Collective annual Poetry in Performance readings series is just around the corner. Once again, Covid and the general Bosheit of the universe ( it sounds funkier in German) has meant …
CPC 2020 – It lives!
Yes, we finally have a lineup that is as settled as Covid19 and the general mischievousness of the universe will permit. As I type this, we still aren’t entirely sure what level of pandemic protocol we will be trying to go forward under – so just in case some late breaking events throw a spanner …
A Dark Feathered Art 