poetry

  • Changing Diaries

    If you switch off when writers start talking about how they fill their diaries then do click off the screen now. If you’re still here – hello and happy New Year! I’m going to start by returning to 2016. With regards to writing, that year was an exciting one for me. There was the release…

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  • Bards, Idols and Liars – an exhibition at Room 700

    Since last blogging, I feel I’ve lived a whole lifetime. There is so much to say about Haunt, Wakefield Lit Fest, the young writers groups, a Forward poetry commendation, a project with women in a bail hostel, running a steering group for people with learning disabilities, a CPD session for support workers and the Love…

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  • First Reviews of Echolocation

    I’m not going to have time to post on a famous mother this week as I’m working today and going away to Tenerife first thing tomorrow for a few days.  It will be our first holiday in a year and we are very much looking forward to it. I’ve had a lot of comments on…

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  • Marie Curie – Scientist Mother

    Recently Twitter user Daurie has been highlighting the way women are written about by tweeting about famous men in terms of their familial status: Pierre Curie, married and proud father of two, found time for love and family during his short scientific career. This week’s blog is about Marie Curie, married mother of two who,…

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