Blog Posts
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On the publication of my first poetry collection and why I’m too stubborn to pick one form or genre and stick to it
A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just begins to live that day. – Emily Dickinson Come November 2016 my poems will live, not just in small gatherings at spoken word gigs or in anthologies, magazines and websites but en masse within a real paper and print…
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Paisley Quilt Film
To close the year, here is Paisley Quilt, the first of my poems filmed in the summer by Pru Fowler and edited by Ben Edwards. Please be aware that the poem deals with sexual violence so may be triggering for some people.
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Haunts of a Writer – Past, Present and Future
This is where I was on Wednesday, performing at The Golden Ball in York. The Golden Ball is a community co-operative pub and I’d never been until Dai Parsons invited me to perform at Spokes, one of the spoken word nights they hold there. It’s cosy and friendly and I suspect the ale is very…
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Umbrellas Commission
The commission was for me to produce texts to be displayed on umbrellas which were to be hung in Grassington Market Square for the duration of the festival. The idea was conceived by Bryony Pritchard, Visual Arts Director of Grassington Festival. Bryony interviews me about the process of making the umbrellas Bryony: 10 brollies. 10…