Jeff Phelps

Jeff Phelps

Communal Poem

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…

Wenlock Poetry Festival

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…

Spring in the air

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

Residential writing courses

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…

Readers’ Group stories

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…