Yes! It’s that time of year again – the Wantage Literary Festival is bringing you another glorious Sunday afternoon and evening of Poetry (with a capital P). Jenny Lewis, Fiona Sampson, Peter Wyton and Robin Gilbert will all be reading…
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POETRY SPECTACULAR IN WANTAGE SUNDAY OCTOBER 20th
Tagged with: ancient Mesopotamia, Fiona Sampson, jenny lewis, Mesopotamia, Peter Wyton, poetry, Robin Gilbert
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Don Paterson
ANYONE who can should come and see Don Paterson reading his poetry on May 22 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The indefatigable team at Woodstock Bookshop have just arranged for this leading contemporary poet to come to Woodstock and give a reading…
Me, Andrew Philip and a fish
ONE of the reasons I haven’t been updating this blog very much is that I have been taking online poetry classes at the London Poetry School. In our hyperbolic age, I find it hard to characterise the course that I’m…
sLINKY SUNDAY – not safe for work
These are the links I’ve enjoyed this week. Thanks to Laura Dron, Amanda Jennings, everyone on facebook and Sarah Watkinson. Laura Dron’s pictures hilarious but very rude blog about cooking why you should support gay marriage – also not safe…
Tagged with: cooking, gay marriage, mushrooms, paintings, poetry
Posted in creativity, film, friendship, links, Writing
Posted in creativity, film, friendship, links, Writing
What not to do in (online) poetry class; making the link
I can’t decide if online poetry courses are harder than real-life poetry courses. The one I’ve just finished was definitely illuminating and great fun. In real-life poetry courses you have to read in front of your classmates, usually, and that’s…
Tagged with: jorie graham, poetry, william carlos williams
Posted in literature, Poetry, reading, Writing
Posted in literature, Poetry, reading, Writing
Taking chances
I am quite a cautious person. I like rules. I like to research the rules and then implement them. Teachers love me. But recently I’ve got bored with that and I’ve done a couple of things on instinct. I’ve enjoyed…
Tagged with: literature, Paul Kessling, poetry, private view, reading, time-lapse film, Wantage (not just) Betjeman Literary Festival, writing
Posted in characters, creativity, criticism, feedback, film, friendship, Poetry, reading
Posted in characters, creativity, criticism, feedback, film, friendship, Poetry, reading
