Mother’s Milk

  • Haunt Shortlist, Altofts Lit Fest In A Day, Panel Discussion and Performance

    I have some big news. Haunt has been shortlisted for the saboteurawards.org  and the site is open to votes now. My poetry pamphlet Echolocation, Karen Dennison’s Blueshift and both my poetry publishers Mother’s Milk and Cinnamon Press were also longlisted.  Huge thanks to any of you who nominated any of the wonderful projects I’ve been involved with. You…

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  • Mary Woolstonecraft – Mother of Feminism

    In anticipation of the launch of my first, motherhood-themed, pamphlet Echolocation, I have decided to honour mothers by blogging about an inspiring mother each week.  Some will be birth mothers, others adoptive, some infamous, others celebrated.  As a personal challenge, I’m going to try to link each mother to an extract from my pamphlet. I…

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  • Pamphlet To Be Published

    So, I’m back and just about to head off on a writing residential with young writers and Michelle Scally Clarke at Lineham Farm for the Ilkley Literature Festival. During my recovery, I have enjoyed indulging in reading magical realism and speculative fiction and have recently begun approaching agents again with regards to my novel Skybound.   I’m now…

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  • Being Mentored & A New Creative Writing Course at The Tetley

    News July saw me performing poetry in front of the camera.  I was filmed in domestic scenes, at Flamborough Head with the lighthouse looming over me and during a performance at Belgrave.  Having seen the works in progress of these videos, I can say that the camera crew led by Pru Fowler and editor Ben…

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