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Blog/ 24/06/2019

New reading: Magma 74 and the Laureate’s Choice Anthology

The new edition of Magma, edited by Benedict Newbery and Pauline Sewards, is dedicated to ‘work’, a subject close to my heart. It’s always […]

Blog/ 19/05/2019

I’m not sure where the month has gone – somewhere out the door together with the gardening, the yoga and the Spring days […]

Blog/ 16/12/2017

I was recently asked to select some readings to go in between the movements of a choral piece. The piece is Bob Chilcott’s […]

Blog/ 27/07/2015

Things have gone a tad pear-shaped these last 2 weeks and I’ve managed to read only 3 books –but I have various excuses, […]

Emerging from the fug of the common cold, what should greet me but a ‘no thanks’ notification from Ambit. It seemed like an […]

At Ty Newydd recently I was fortunate enough to be working alongside some wonderful poets, and with their permission I’ll be featuring some […]

Here’s the longer post I promised about my week at Ty Newydd. First of all, some of the advice and sayings I captured […]

We’re halfway through the Ty Newydd poetry ‘masterclass’ with Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, I’m writing this at 5am because my mind […]

There seems to be plenty happening at the moment, so here’s a quick round-up of some things I’m going to / involved with […]

… for Criccieth. I’m all set for the residential course at Ty Newydd in October with Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke. So […]