Meanwhile back in beautiful Shropshire the Much Wenlock and District U3A Creative Writing Group came together on 28th March to create a communal poem. I was delighted to help them create several, all written communally and all capturing a sense…
I’m appearing at the Wenlock Poetry Festival along with Simon Fletcher of Offa’s Press on Sunday 27th April 2014 at 11am. We’ll be at Wenlock Pottery (off Sheinton Street) reading from the recently reprinted The Poetry of Shropshire. £6…
In The Blog Tour the writer responds on their blog to three questions about their writing – then links to three other writers who do the same the following week. I was introduced to this idea by Jean Atkin. She’s an…
Haiku is not a kind of tag wrestling, as all creative writers know. It isn’t Sumo. It’s a poetic form which originated in Japan. I won’t say any more than that for fear of being set upon by Haiku experts, but…
Always liked postcards... well, I know nobody sends them these days, but they're still nice to get.
Coming next week (November 2013) is a new anthology of The Poetry of Shropshire. It will be available from bookshops and other outlets at £7.99 or direct from Offa's Press . I've had the pleasure of co-editing it with Simon Fletcher, manager at Offa's Press.
I’ll be at Wellington Literary Festival on the evening of Tuesday 8th October talking about my books, poetry and writing. This is a great free festival in Shropshire. Please do support it.
This year again I’m one of the judges for The International Rubery Book Award along with Clare Morrall and Ann Evans. It’s a growing competition for independently published and self-published books with prizes of £1000, £200 and £75.
Looks like a pleasant spring with plenty to keep me busy. I’ll be at City Voices, City Bar, Wolverhampton on Tuesday 12th February 2013 reading from the short story
Not everyone likes the idea of spending a week with complete strangers learning how to be a better poet or playwright or novelist – but I’ve always enjoyed it. The surroundings are inspiring – and the food is usually good. So when…
Delighted to be at the Copthorne Hotel in Birmingham on Tuesday 20th November as part of the showcase of six commissioned writers, who had been working
In spring I was commissioned by West Midlands Readers’ Network to visit a readers’ group, talk to them about what they did and where they operated, and to write a short story based on what they’d told me. In June…