Bryony Pritchard
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…
Morley Literature Festival Special
Morley Literature Festival Events Although I’ve delivered very few workshops over the last month, I have been busy concocting plans for the Morley Literature Festival for which I am this year’s commissioned poet. I’m delighted because I have now received confirmation from all the selected poets that we have permission to use short extracts of…
Brollies, T-shirts, Commissions, Performance Pride and Poetry on Wednesday 31st July
It’s been much hotter than expected outside and things have been hotting up for me too – I know, I know, writers are supposed to avoid cliches but I have so much news! I’ll begin with the most recent piece. On Monday I finished the third and most important draft of my novel ‘Skybound’. This…