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,
CAROLINE McPHERSON – THE DEEP, WILD, LOVING ART OF CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL TRUTH Part Two
In Part 2 of my interview with artist and environmentalist Caroline McPherson, I asked her about what lies behind the urgency of her art, how
CAROLINE McPHERSON – THE DEEP, WILD, LOVING ART OF CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL TRUTH Part One
I interviewed Caroline McPherson, whose art focuses on the Anthropocene, using nature as an expressive vehicle to make powerful statements about climate and ecological breakdown.
CHRIS EMERY, CO-DIRECTOR OF ‘SALT’, AND THE POETICS OF RUNNING A PUBLISHING HOUSE
I interviewed Chris Emery, poet and co-director of Salt Publishing, a highly-successful independent publishing house who have introduced many gifted writers to their readers. “We
WEAR RED FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Interview with Eva Melissa Roshan red-headed writer, poet and author of her first published book, ‘Wearing Red-One Woman’s Journey to Sanity.’ Eva’s life-affirming story reveals
LIVE AND GREEN IN BERKHAMSTED FOR GREAT BIG GREEN WEEK!
Berkhamsted Live Goes Green, is our Great Big Green Week eco-show featuring inspiring songs, voices & music by: Four-piece, indie/folk group Hanging Bandits BURP (Berkhamsted
COUNTERCULTURE BARD & DJ
I interviewed poet and musician Kerry Priest about her innovative poetry collection The Bone Staircase and her experimental work at Guildhall School of Music &