Author: Jean Atkin

I'm a poet and educator, work on community projects and collaborations.
Poet in School, Poetry in the Community

A project revisited: ‘Viewpoint Voices’ gets published

Just over a year ago I completed a long project in Dumfries and Galloway called ‘Viewpoint Voices’, in association with the National Scenic Areas (NSAs) of the Solway Firth.  I worked with NSA officer Anna Johnson to locate many different groups of people, of all ages and backgrounds.  Then we took them out to the six NSA viewpoints along this gloriously beautiful coast. The youngest … Continue reading A project revisited: ‘Viewpoint Voices’ gets published

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My bit on The Blogging Tour

My friend Andrew Forster asked me if I’d like to take part in ‘The Blogging Tour’ which involves answering a series of questions and then linking readers onwards to other writers.  Andrew is the Literature Officer at the Wordsworth Trust at Dove Cottage in Grasmere.  You can still read his contribution here. So here we go… 1. What am I working on?  I’m working on a … Continue reading My bit on The Blogging Tour

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