Launches, celebrations, lovely poets
Three days into May and I think it’s been sunny all week – that’s about 5 or 6 days on the trot, something […]
Mimi Khalvati on form, and a few ‘banned’ words
Saturday was our penultimate workshop with Mimi Khalvati before the summer-autumn break. (By the way I realise the title of this post could […]
Two poems by Rebecca Varley-Winter
Ah, nature. We’re very lucky in Lewes to be nestled into the South Downs, with beautiful views of rolling hills round every corner. […]
George Szirtes workshop in Swindon
The sun was shining, it was a great day for a drive and even the M25 was a breeze. So my trip yesterday […]
Ty Newydd excitement & friends’ news
What’s been your experience of writers’ residential courses? I’ve heard many good things from friends who’ve done an Arvon course or similar. The […]
Submissions: this week’s yays and nays
Oh OK I might as well admit it – there are no new YAYs to report. But issue 62 of ‘Obsessed with Pipework’ […]
Exploring new territory, one poet at a time
I’m a big fan of Dan Blank, founder of We Grow Media. Dan’s mission is to help writers build their online platform, not […]
It’s been a while
I haven’t posted for over a week, mainly because we went away on holiday, although we came home early as my mother sadly […]
Judith Cair’s ‘The Ship’s Eye’ and other new reading matter
Judith Cair launched her debut pamphlet ‘The Ship’s Eye’ on Thursday evening in Brighton and the event was a sell-out, or rather a […]
A good point well made …