Clip from the Market Rasen Mail: Really excited to be performing Crash again tomorrow, plus further readings of poetry and prose an hour later! Click on the image above to be taken to the booking page, or the button below for the event website. The WordFest website
Category: Poetry
“No Map Could Show Them”
A familiar story. Here is another collection of poems which is almost entirely single-themed (woman climbers and climbing) and which, as a result, means many of the poems blend into one another and risk losing their individual identity. Which is a shame. Especially as some of them - like the excellent "Kiss" - might be … Continue reading “No Map Could Show Them”
Starting stories, minutiae, and scratching an itch…
Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
New books out this week!
And if you go to the website you'll even find a post about kissing.... "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Words of wisdom? You decide…
Some recent posts from my Substack site: "Writing until the light goes out" "Writing until the light goes out"
Booking for Market Rasen ‘WordFest’ performances now open!
Booking is now open for events at the Market Rasen 'WordFest' literary day on Saturday 6th July. I have two limited-seating slots: a second performance of Crash, and a more casual 'pop-up' hour of readings and conversation. BOOK HERE. From the reviews of the 2023 Ripon Theatre Festival Performance: A very moving piece of performance … Continue reading Booking for Market Rasen ‘WordFest’ performances now open!
The performance is now official!
From the reviews of the 2023 Ripon Theatre Festival Performance: A very moving piece of performance poetry that captivated the audience. Beautifully executed with fabulous imagery. Thought-provoking, soul-baring, and delivered with such poignancy and realism that it left a lasting impression. Crash is impressive solo story-telling, a dramatic homage to T.S. Eliot that counts down the last minutes … Continue reading The performance is now official!
Writing – and a kind of ‘Hollywood insight’…
Links to recent posts on my Substack site. Please come and join me there! Sometimes you find things that surprise you... When your other half knows better than you... Come out, come out, wherever you are! I coulda been a contender! Writing until the light goes out
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Links to recent posts on my Substack site: Why writing is like peanut butter "Vinno" The lure of the blank page Is this what guilt feels like? "Anne" Let's talk about typos... Writing until the light goes out
“Eleanor Among the Saints”
This will be short. Apologies, but I found Rachel Mann's collection Eleanor Among the Saints obtuse and impenetrable. Untouched, unmoved, disinterested, I gave up about 40% of the way through. Reading list
Ian Gouge - Writer 