Breaking News: 2020 Nov 26th My poem 'Grimsey Island, May 2017' will appear in 'Channel' magazine. I will also be reading it at the online launch, Nov 26th on Zoom at 8 p.m. Nov 3rd I will read my poem 'Platform 17, Grunewald, Berlin' as part of Dove Tales' 'Day of the Dead' event to be recorded on Zoom, and then available on You Tube. Oct 24th I will be taking part in an online reading 'The Alternative Poetry on the Lake', the Festival which is usually held in Orta San Giulio, N. Italy. Oct 2nd, Fri 7-8.30pm GMT Delighted to be a Featured Poet along with Hugh Mcmillan reading as part of Milla van der Have's Poetry Lit. Online c/o Eventbrite. Sept, 22nd 7 p.m. I will read my poem, 'A Prayer for Peace, (Aug was 75th anniversary of Hiroshima) as part of a Dove Tales event online. See Dove Tales webpage. Sept 4th 7.00pm-8.30pm GMT I have an Open Mic slot at an online poetry reading in Utrecht, hosted by Milla van der Have. Sept on I am reading online as part of a podcast of the Seamus Heaney Poetry Summer School participants available c/o Queens University, Belfast web page. Aug 'Desire Paths' appears in Bill Herbert and Andy Jackson's 'New Boots and Pantisocracies', pestilence poems. (Online blog). July My poem responding to the photograph of a polar bear by the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Fridtjof Nansen has been accepted in a project organised by StAnza and the St Andrews Museum. Poems will be published in an ebook anthology and include feedback from Juana Adcock. You can read more about Nansen at this link:
Fri 6th-Sun 8th March Delighted that 'Berlin Umbrella', (which launched in Berlin in 2018) has been confirmed as appearing at StAnza, Scotland's poetry festival in St Andrews. This is an aural walk, a poetry/sound collaboration between myself as poet and Sonja Heyer, as sound artist. Participants listen to recordings within special umbrellas and go on a self- directed walk. The three of us will also take part in a Meet the Artist event on Sat 11.30-12.15 to talk about the genesis and process of the 3-way More on Sonja Heyer . Valerie Coffin Price, the artist, has also responded to the poems with art-work entitled 'Berlin Water'. This will be exhibited at the Byre Theatre, level 4 during the festival. Meet the Artist event on Sat 11.30-12.15 We will talk about the genesis and process of the 3-way collaboration. . 2019 Nov 12th, Tues 'Hanmer's Agate' (first published in Magma) will be published in Dove Tales' latest Anthology 'Walls or Bridges'. I will be reading it at the launch at Lighthouse Bookshop, West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. 7p.m. Sept. 'Crimson' will be published in New Writing Scotland, 37 (ASLS) and there will be launch readings in Edinburgh and Glasgow.TBC. July 18th, Thurs Delighted I will be reading at the West Cork Literary Festival Fringe in Bantry, S/W Ireland at the Organico cafe, at 4.30pm. June 2nd, Sunday Reading at the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens as part of the Dean Poets: Vicki Feaver, Anna Crowe, Jane McKie, Paula Jennings and Patricia Ace ; Venue: the Botanical Cottage, 3-5pm. £12 (£10 members) includes tea and scones. A fund-raising for the Botanical Gardens. |