BOOKS AS SPORT, ARTWORKS, WORDSEARCH, CARD TRICKS?
A piece about how the writer’s imagination works, using examples from my recently published novel, Love’s Register. My thoughts about writing Love’s Register begin with the image of the novel as a house of cards. What I see is an
TRACY RHYS, AUTISM AND TEACHING A BIRD TO SING
I interviewed poet Tracey Rhys, whose first collection told the inside story of raising an autistic son. Tracey won the Poetry Archive’s competition with the video of her poem Panopticon. She works in close collaboration with the Cardiff theatre company,
FROSTED FIRE, WILDFIRE WORDS & CHELTENHAM POETRY FESTIVAL WITH MARILYN AND HOWARD TIMMS
I interviewed Marilyn and Howard Timms who run the innovative poetry organisations Frosted Fire & Wildfire Words and are life patrons and active supporters of
MARTINS DEEP, POET OF CHILDHOOD AND THE DEEP AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
I interviewed Martins Deep (he/him), an Urhobo poet based in Zaria, Nigeria. He is a photographer, digital artist, & currently an undergraduate student of Ahmadu
TALKING TO SUZY A KELLY, NEUROSPICY CRIME WRITER AND DISABLED, NON-BINARY, ATHEIST INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST Part Two
In part two of their interview neurospicy crime writer Suzy A Kelly talks about their physical conditions, gender ambivalence and creative processes. Suzy’s writing has
TALKING TO SUZY A KELLY, NEUROSPICY CRIME WRITER AND DISABLED, NON-BINARY, ATHEIST INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST Part One
I interviewed neurospicy crime writer Suzy A Kelly who describes themselves as “a sweary, queer, disabled, non-binary, atheist, and intersectional feminist who was diagnosed with
NATURE-BASED, HAND-DYED WEAVING WITH REZIA WAHID
I interviewed Rezia Wahid who weaves using nature-based, hand-dyed materials. Rezia has exhibited in London and international galleries, and was the winner of the Alhambra
MARK STATMAN – HECHIZO AND THE SPELL OF LIVING AND WRITING IN MEXICO
I interviewed international poet and translator Mark Statman about Hechizo his 11th published collection. Mark, who has won national arts awards, is Emeritus Professor of Literary