It rained on Welshpool Poetry Festival, but didn’t dampen this great little celebration of words in Mid Wales. I read with Gillian Clarke on the final evening, and am now wallowing in the delights of her new Picador Selected Poems. But before that I ran a workshop for children. Here’s a few pics and some very promising lines from a group of focused and inventive … Continue reading ‘Around the Crow the weather’
On Saturday we had our penultimate meeting for this year. That’s me, Kidderminster Young Writers and our assistant writer Nicholas Tulloch. Everyone arrived with a bagful of papers, more or less fully constructed into a zine. The tables vanished under card, paper, tracing paper, staplers, glue, glitter, ribbons and inspiration. Chocolate brownies were ingested, for stamina. “I’ve decided to do creative risk”, said John. The … Continue reading Write On! Young Writers go live!
JEAN ATKIN 