Write On! Young Writers go live!
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!
Older voices on BBC Shropshire Radio
So delightful this morning to have the chance to share poems made with residents of Highwell House Nursing Home on BBC Radio Shropshire with the wonderfully enthusiastic Jim Hawkins. The link is here: and the clip is at 1hr: 39 (or listen to the show from 1h for more on poetry in Shropshire, including Jonathan Day‘s new work ‘Lyric’). Here’s one of the poems I read. It was … Continue reading Older voices on BBC Shropshire Radio
JEAN ATKIN 