Reflection on Saturday 2nd December
A very cold day at The Ridings Shopping Centre in Wakefield where 30 or so brave PYA Authors braved the elements to promote and sell our books. I think I sold 5 or 6. A great day, even if it…
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Author talk with Peter Kay (All about his new book, meet & greet & where to buy)
Author talk with Peter Kay (All about his new book, meet & greet & where to buy) – An interview with Author Peter Kay about his new book, a meet & greet this Saturday & where to buy his books.…
CHRISTMAS – Best of Yorkshire Authors at The Ridings Shopping Centre Sat 2nd from 10am to 4.30pm
(Give the gift of a book this Christmas) The best of Yorkshire Authors will be at Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield, WF1 1DS, with the best of their books just in time for Christmas! Saturday, 2nd December, MEET THE AUTHORS –…
The Owl & The Mole – Update
So the book it with the publishers – Just waiting for a date to be released soon! I’ll be back at the Ridings Shopping Centre in Wakefield on Saturday 2nd December! You can find me there with a collection of…
Cauldron: Double Trouble – A Poem for Halloween by Peter Kay
Double trouble, soil and rubble, in the pan no squeak or bubble. But in the dark her eyes glow green, though through the day she stays unseen, conjures creatures, bats and worms, snake in the toilet, how he squirms. Never…
BRADFORD WRITES at Bradford City Library
Great night at Bradford City Library. So pleased to be a part of it.. #BradfordWrites
Black Sun by Peter Kay
Black Sun
There is a black sun rising in the east,
a swirling, shape-shifting schizemic shift.
Twitchers throng, to embrace overhead feast,
each single element of airborne lift
combines to darken crimson blooded sky.
Freewheeling murmuration holds our gaze,
black sun fills binoculars held to try
to capture magic moments, as the day
slips into darkness the throng disperses,
thousands of sturnidae, forever lost.
Hooded crow signals eternal curses
as moon takes centre stage to count the cost.
Gingerlicious Halloween
Fabulous Gingerlicious Halloween open mic this Tuesday. With the fabulous host, David Driver: “Great night last night. Here are a few photos. Thanks Laura Strickland, Roz Ottery, Peter Kay Faye Roseanna, Ros Driver, Corinne Pollard, Robert Sandie, Louise Hofman.” Two…
Winter Tales: Saturday 2nd December at 2pm
Winter Tales: Saturday 2nd December at 2pm at @BingleyTheatre Bingley Writers will be reading their winter inspired creative writing including poetry, ghost stories, and Xmas cheer. Free entry. Links to book will be available soon. Please share and spread the…
Review By Nicky J Rae
“Happiness is meant to be shared” to quote a guy on a documentary about taking on the pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago… …does happiness have to be shared? Is it not enough to have that warm feeling inside of…
National Bookshop Day in the UK!
Tomorrow is National Bookshop Day in the UK! So I am going to use this opportunity to promote both Book Dragon shop and two of my books available at The Book Dragon shop and from their website that ships internationally …
IT`S BACK!!! The open mic makes a welcome return; 23rd October ’23
IT`S BACK!!! The open mic makes a welcome return. Halloween headliner is the gorgeous, Laura Strickland All welcome. Poets, storytellers and all creatives welcome. What`s in store? Free supper Free cakes The world famous Gin Raffle Brilliant performances from a…
BRADFORD WRITES
Really looking forward to being a part of this: Bradford has a wealth of writers in every genre, who either self-publish their work or are published by small Indie presses. There will be writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry for…
DAY 5 – The final leg of my journey from the South to the North – through Spain.
Final day selfie… Well today is our last day of walking to Finisterre. Rain has dried up and we are promised a fine morning before rains return this afternoon. 2 kilometres to go… Well we have arrived. What’s more the…
DAY 4 – The final leg of my journey from the South to the North – through Spain.
Pizza last night for a change and an interesting little diversion to visit a secret pool and be entertained by a red squirrel… Brilliant morning walk, now only 3km from Cee and 21km from Finisterre The parting of the ways……
DAY 3 – The final leg of my journey from the South to the North – through Spain.
Early start to queue for breakfast……We decided to head out for an early start and have breakfast at the halfway point of our route to Finisterre! Early bovine (bovina) greetings.. Heading down to Lago…… Just stopped for coffee and breakfast…
DAY 2 – The final leg of my journey from the South to the North – through Spain.
By the River Tambre on the start of our second day.. Touch of rain in the air… Rain covers in place! Spits and spots, but the promised deluge hasn‘t arrived… as yet! Quite a climb for the first 9 kilometres,…
DAY 1 – The final leg of my journey from the South to the North – through Spain.
Arrived in Santiago, yesterday temperature 25. However, thunderstorms expected today. We freshened up with showers before John and I took Simon to see some of the highlights of this beautiful Galician city. The walking starts as we journey to Finisterre..…
Glorious afternoon at Saltaire Festival
Had a great time at Saltaire Festival open gardens yesterday plucking poems from the Poet Tree. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed, everyone who picked one of mine of any of the poems available. – The fabulous pop up…
Final Leg to Finisterre…
I’m off to Santiago on Friday to complete the final leg of my journey from the South to the North through Spain. Just a short 77K walk to Finisterre, with two good friends for company. I will be taking my…