The book launch event was fantastic and incredibly well attended. The pace of poetry was relentless (40 readers in 2 hours!) and my own performance went well I'm told (I have not yet felt brave enough to watch the video pushkin666 oh so thoughtfully took...). I was so happy to have friends there to enjoy the evening with me, so heartfelt thanks to pushkin666, moth2fic, fledge and trialia ( Read more... )

I'm delighted to announce that ain't no love in here, girl was recently accepted to the Best of Manchester Poets, Vol 2 *throws epic victory arms*


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I've had an emotionally draining day but this made me smile tonight: Review of the Poetry and Knitting event from last week by Large Manchester website. Click on the link below to read the full review...

"To be honest when I first heard about the event my initial thoughts were ‘this sounds a little weird’ - knitting and reading poems? But how ( Read more... )

Firstly: how amazing is this icon? VERY. Unfortunately, I have no idea who made it or where the cat haikus are from. Still: AMAZING AND TRUE.

However, I actually logged on to talk about the Poetica Poetry and Knitting event I attended tonight. It was better and had larger audience than I expected (yes, I am a 'glass half empty' kind of person). It ( Read more... )

Should you be in Manchester and interested (or know someone who would be!) you are very welcome to:


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Right, upcoming submissions and readings... This is mainly so I can keep track of the dates and selections myself. More than likely I may end up sending something completely new to at least some of these, but I'd like to have some options ready in case I don't manage to write anything new over the next couple of weeks.

So, tentative selections... ( Read more... )