poetry
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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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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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Franz West inspired workshop at The Hepworth Wakefield, upcoming performances and news
July Diary of Open Workshops and Performances Monday 7th July 6.30-8.30 Word Blend, Ilkley Young Writers perform at Ilkley’s Costa Coffee. IYW are very talented writers and performers aged between 11 and 19 who have a range of competition wins and publications between them. Michelle Scally Clarke and I have been working with the…
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New course at The Tetley, Same But Different Festival, Mslexia publication, word-webs and building sites
Novels I appear to be writing another novel. I didn’t intend to start so soon but things in my personal life shifted quite abruptly so, instead of wallowing, I started a third novel. As you do. It is true that writers are lucky in this – everything is an opportunity, especially new regular wakings at…