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,
FROM PUNK TO INTERFAITH MINISTER – THE GREENSPIRIT OF STEPHEN WOLLASTON Part 1
I interviewed Stephen Wollaston, aka Santoshan, a OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation minister, who holds a BA degree in religious studies and is trained in psychosynthesis counselling.
SUE CURD AND THE MAKING OF ALICE PAINTS GREENHAM
I interviewed Quaker and author Sue Curd about her years as an Open University tutor, her creative writing studies and her innovative debut novel, ‘Alice
GEMMA MATTHEWS, THE SEWING SONGBIRD – EMBROIDERING WHOLE WORLDS ON UPCYCLED DENIM
I interviewed Gemma Matthews, The Sewing Songbird. Gemma is a prolific artist who started her creative experiments with embroidery in 2018. She says: “I create
STUART JONES – WORKING IN NEW ARTISTIC WAYS
I interviewed artist Stuart Jones, who says about his work, “My paintings consist of layers of oil paint glazes, staining and pouring, spray paint applied
THE BEAUTIFUL OPEN SKY OF HANNAH LINDEN’S POEMS Part Two
In the second part of my interview with poet Hannah Linden, winner of the Café Writers Poetry Competition, I asked her about her compositional methods,
THE BEAUTIFUL OPEN SKY OF HANNAH LINDEN’S POETRY Part One
I interviewed Hannah Linden, winner of the Café Writers Poetry Competition and shortlisted for the Saboteur Awards. Hannah says about her powerful poetry pamphlet The