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Paragram’s ‘Slants of Light’ reading event will be on Valentine’s Night
We are excited to announce that the reading event you have been waiting for – the chance to read your winning poems to the world will be held on Valentine’s Night at the Poetry Place in Betterton Street, Covent Garden. Once again we … Continue reading
Posted in Betterton Street, Book selling, book signing event, Connections poetry anthology, Paragram, performance poetry, performing your writing, poet, poetry, poetry collections, Poetry Society, poets, Toe in the Water
Tagged Anthology, Covent Garden, London, Paragram, poetry, Poetry readings, Poetry Society, Slant of Light, The Poetry Place
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Launch of 3rd Loose Muse anthology.
Good things go in threes and that is certainly true of the Loose Muse anthologies. I was part of the editing group and so nothing that went in should have been a surprise and yet the magic of performance rendered … Continue reading
New Year – new adventure
Any regular readers of this blog may remember that just over a year ago, together with Jill, a friend who is also a writer and painter, I embarked on a career as a crafter at the local Country Market with the aim … Continue reading
Posted in Art Gallery, artist, artists, blogs, Book selling, Country Market, natural world, Paragram, performance poetry, performing your writing, poet, poetry, Poetry workshops, poets, Surrey, Uncategorized, Woking, word painting, Words in the landscape, writer, writing
Tagged Arts, Book, book sales, Chobham, heath in Surrey, Jill, Literature, online sales, Online Writing, poet, poetry, poetry. writer, Postcard, Self publishing, Small press, Surrey, Village life, writer, Writers Resources
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Old folks tea party…
On Tuesday I was invited to speak at our local Old Folks Club which meets fortnightly for afternoon tea. Specifically I was asked to talk about how I became a poet, but also about my adventures as an Olympic Storyteller. … Continue reading
Posted in Book selling, book signing event, Chobham, Chobham village activities, Chobham's Olympic Links collection, entertaining talks, London 2012, memories, Olympics, performing your writing, poet, poetry, poetry collections, public speaking, Uncategorized, writer, writing
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, BT Olympic Storyteller 2012, Chobham, Chobham. Surrey, entertaining talks, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, poet, poetry, poetry. writer, public speaking, Tea, village activities, writer, Writers Resources
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Three new collections
The copies are in the post to the British Library and the books are registered with Nielsen and the books are available on-line at Amazon, W H Smiths et al so I can safely say these three books are now … Continue reading
Posted in Book selling, BT Olympic Storyteller, Chobham, Chobham Literary Lunch, Chobham's Olympic Links collection, Deployed - a collection, Diamond Jubilee collection, Family, Four Point Press, London 2012, military, Olympics, poet, poetry, poetry collections, Publications from Four Point Press, security forces, Surrey, Uncategorized, war, writer, writing
Tagged 'Deployed', 2012 Summer Olympics, afghanistan, armed conflict, Book, British Library, BT Olympic Storyteller 2012, Chobham, Chobham celebrates, Chobham's Olympic Links, family, Four Point Press, Jill Taylor, Literature, London, Olympic Games, Online Writing, Photographic collections, poet, poetry, poetry. writer, Surrey village life, UK military forces, war, War poet, writer
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The First ChobLit Lunch
Chobham has held an annual Music Festival for the last 19 years. It has gone from strength to strength and attracts prestigious musicians of many genres. This year for the first time they had a Literary Lunch as well. In … Continue reading
Posted in Book selling, book signing event, BT Olympic Storyteller, Chobham, Chobham Literary Lunch, Country Market, London 2012, memories, Olympic Torch Relay, Olympics, Parish magazine, poet, poetry, Waterstones, Wheelchair Basketball, writer, writing
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, Arts, Chobham, Chobham Literary Lunch, Chobham's Olympic Links, Chobham. Surrey, Literature, Lunch, Music festival, poet, Waterstones
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Christmas is here…twice in the next week!
The joys of running a Country Market stall include many and various ‘Christmas Specials’. On Saturday we have been invited to decorate our stall ( which may amount to a whole ‘half’ table top) with appropriate material as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Book selling, Christmas, Country Market, poetry, poets, Toe in the Water, writing
Tagged christmas market, Country Market, late night shopping., poet, poetry. writer, writer, writing
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Country Marketeer
Such an early start – we had strict instructions to be at the village hall by 8.30 in order to set up our stall. Well, that was about the only instruction we successfully followed. They were very patient with us, … Continue reading
Posted in Book selling, Country Market, poet, poetry, poets, Toe in the Water, Uncategorized, writer, writing
Tagged Art, Country Market, Craft, Literature, poet, poetry, poetry books, poetry. writer, Selling books, Village hall, Water colour, writer, Writers Resources, writing
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