Blog Posts
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Creating 2019
When it comes to the turning of the year, I, like many of you, tend to reflect on the trials and successes of the previous twelve months. Now I find I’d much rather look to 2019 and share with you ten elements of the work I am most passionate about engaging with this year. Finish…
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All the Ps – poetry pamphlets and Poems, Prose and Pints
Blogging has had to move down my priority list over the last few months. I spent September and October immersed in stimulating literature festival events and delivering workshops to adults in the community as part of my role at the University of Leeds. Then I was struck with a nasty respiratory illness and laryngitis –…
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Open workshops, performances with music, talks and publications
It is probably tautological to say that the life of a writer is punctuated by joys and disappointments. This summer there have been plenty of both – as you will judge from the length of this blog. There have been more rejections by publishers and a project I’ve poured a lot of love and passion…