Trafalgar Square Early morning start, long walkto catch first train to the ‘smoke’,steam locomotive at the head,join the throngs from Aldermaston. Boys in blue, keeping pace with human tide,Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids ya kill today.Home-made banners, proclaim, protest,Ban…
Great line-ups from Nick Toczek: “The Square Chapel asked me to programme and run a series of poetry gigs for them. They’re paying all the poets! Here are the first three amazing gigs I’ve booked. Please help by sharing the…
Great day at the Ridings Shopping centre in Wakefield yesterday! Big thank you to those people who pre-ordered a copy of The Owl and The Mole #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfTwitter #booklovers Also brilliant to get together with so many other authors
The best of Yorkshire Authors will be at The Ridings Shopping Centre , with the best of their books just in time for summer! Saturday, 22nd July, from 10am to 4.30pm
Thank you all who came and read! Runcible Spoon Open Mic Event by Kathleen Strafford Tim Brookes , Steve O’Connor , Clare Wigzell , Jane Sharp , Peter Kay , Trevor Wainwright. A huge thank you to Jimmy Andrex who wowed…
After the fabulous Poetry on the Moor 2023. Last night I was at the Boar and Fable for the monthly Talking in Tongues spoken word night. Tonight I will be at Runcible Spoon at The Carriers Arms in Morley for…
On Sunday (25th June) Nicky J Rae and I will be hosting Poetry on the Moor 2023. A brilliant array of 20 spoken word performers/musicians are lined up to entertain from 1.30pm till 4pm at the natural stage of the…
Delighted to announce that my monologue in the voice of my ‘Uncle Ted’ has been chosen as one of the winning entries, to feature in Perspectives 2, an evening event designed to showcase the winning entries, along with pie and…
My Poem: Dominism, an erasure poem taken from the transcript of a Laura Kuensberg interview was published today within the International Times. Men of experience will have different styles,whilst citizens think of everything together.Culture saves some ability to expecthigh standards.…
Next Saturday afternoon, 22nd April, will see me at The Book Dragon Bookshop in Stockton -on -Tees, discussing my books and signing copies of both Show Me The Way To Santiago and A Very Alternative Coast to Coast. If you…
I will be attending the upcoming Promoting Yorkshire Authors (PYA) Book fair at the Laurence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield on Saturday 1st April and will have copies of Show me the Way to Santiago, A Very Alternative Coast to Coast…
I have sold a second copy of AVAC2C via READ independent bookstore in Holmfirth. Great thank you to them. Last month also saw sales of both AVAC2C and SMTWTS via Amazon. Current book sales stand at: SMTWTS (169) with £920…
I have been very fortunate to be part of a poetry workshop over the past two years, facilitated by the very wonderful Gill Connors (Lambert). This has seen me write many poems and for the quality of those poems to…
I have written the first 25% of my historical crime novel, Missing in Harecroft. I am currently undertaking further research and have a four day writing block set aside for later this month, when I hope to focus on taking…