Good Things for Monday
The Poetry Project brightens my Mondays – and let’s face it the days could certainly do with brightening given the snow and icy winds that have wound themselves around us. So, what is it? ‘A poem for a...
View ArticleRoot – New Stories from North East Writers – IRON Press
Looking forward very much to meeting everyone at, Forum Books,Tea and Tipple cafe tomorrow evening in Corbridge, when I’ll be reading along with Beda Higgins, from the new Iron Press anthology Root....
View ArticleRoot – from Corbridge to Bishop Auckland
I had a great time on Wednesday evening in Corbridge (see previous post). For one thing it’s just so good to meet readers and for another the enthusiastic response they gave to the extract from my...
View ArticleBack in the B.A.T.H.
Tomorrow evening I’ll be reading, once again, from the Iron Press anthology Root, this time alongside writer John Price. For me reading at B.A.T.H. – Bishop Auckland Town Hall - is like coming home....
View ArticleSmall Press – Big Celebration – Iron Press and 40 Years of Good Books
They came in their droves, not deterred by the journey, the rain and the floods – they came to the small seaside fishing village of Cullercoats on the North East coast to celebrate 40 years of Iron...
View ArticleGardens, Writing and Wisdom from William Trevor
Its taken me a while to come down from the Iron Press weekend. There has also been sun!! which has meant I’ve been out in the garden and not blogging or writing (well not as much as usual) I love my...
View ArticleMillie and Bird, Tales of Paradise ~ My First Copy
A package arrived in the post yesterday – my first two copies of Millie and Bird, Tales of Paradise. A rush of thoughts and emotions followed as I opened it: how lucky I am, how beautiful the book is...
View ArticleEclectic Iron
Yes, it’s this year’s Iron festival and at at 7.30 on Friday evening in the RNLI building in Cullercoats I will be reading from my short story collection Millie and Bird - really looking forward to...
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