For anyone travelling in #Derbyshire this week!

✨ BIG NEWS ✨

You may have already heard from the grapevine but I officially wanted to share that on the 16th September (which is my Birthday 🎂 😍) I’ll be beginning my masters in writing poetry with the Poetry School in London. It’s part time…

I’m over the moon to be at Belper Book Fair on Sunday 10th August with my dear friend Tom Mead as well as the wonderful Bob Moulder and Moy McCrory. Thank you for having us Dormouse Books 🙏🏻❤️ We’ll be running a book stall from 11-4 and I’ll also be reading some poems at 11:30 at Number 28 Belper…

Over the moon to be back at The Bolsover Festival of the Arts on 1st June, performing some poems 😍 Hosted by the wonderful Rotten Poetry Emporium and the super talented Tyler Turner🙌🏻

There’s a cracking line up of poets and musicians as well as well as dance, storytelling…

I’ll be heading over to the wonderful Point Six Coffee House on 12th June to run a poetry workshop! Come and join us for an evening of coffee and creativity ☕️ 🖋️ Open to all writing levels and is a chance to explore form and language.

Book via Eventbrite:

www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-and...

Sylvia Plath used art work to create pieces of writing, an example being The Disquieting Muses by De Chirico. This is often known as ekphrasis. In next Wednesday’s online workshop, we’ll be using ekphrasis with Sylvia’s illustrations to explore the senses in poetry.…

So excited to be running a poetry workshop at the wonderful POINT SIX Coffee House on 12th June! Coffee and poetry, what more do you need…

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-and...

Poetry Praise Sandwich
23rd April at 7pm
The lovely Camille can’t be with us this month and will be very missed but I’m honoured to be asked to guest host the next Poetry Praise Sandwich with the fabulous Sonia Burns 🥰

Start your day by drinking from cake 🍰

And what a dream to perform with these two. ☁️ So many gorgeous, poignant poems! ❤️

Lovely to see some familiar faces there last night too ☺️

Thanks to everyone who joined us! 🥰

…everything set up for the event. You’re absolute heroes! And to @princessfothergill for helping me co-host, make drinks, tidy. Thank you! You’re the best ❤️

It was so wonderful to host my dear, talented friend Ken and the incredible Adrian Buckner who is my former creative writing lecturer!…

(we bumped into Jocelyn at the bus station when we were all waiting for the same bus to leave and found out she was going to the same event, got chatting and travelled together!) ✨

I want to say a huge thank you to my colleagues Gareth and Kerry who when I called about the situation got…

After a chaotic journey due to bus delays, me,Tom Mead and @jochargrave.bsky.social finally made it to @scarthinbooks.bsky.social for the poetry book launch of Ken Evan’s’ A Full-On Basso Profundo! 🙏🏻

Had a gorgeous Sunday with gorgeous people at a poetry writing workshop at @dubrekstudios.bsky.social facilitated by Shareefa Energy and hosted by Word Wises So Sparham 🖋️ Thank you all! ❤️🙏🏻 Feeling inspired! 🌞 Also, when you don’t coordinate but turn up matching 🐸

Dearest friends!!

Please join us for the Sheffield book launch of Ken Evan’s A Full-On Basso Profundo ✨

The wonderful Ken Evan’s will be sharing poems from his forthcoming collection at The Lescar, Sheffield on 3rd April, with features from the incredible Alex Corrin-Tachibana and myself.