26 Mar Signings and reviews
Another review added to the list for Werewolf Club Rules- I'll be signing books at Polka Theatre on 4th April...
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18 Mar Parents and Poetry in School
Beautiful day at two schools on Canvey Island that have been using my poems over the last couple of weeks as part of their poetry unit. Parents were present at both sessions. It was lovely to hear a Dad after the last session waiting in line...
13 Mar Poetry in the classroom made easy
Tried out a new poetry exercise with year two who have been learning about healthy food. They had to re-write my Yucky School Dinner poem (#WCR) and turn it into something edible! Poems were written in pairs- the Yum! Poem in the picture was taken from...
23 Jan Writing in the zone and greenhouses!
It's been a reflective couple of days moving a greenhouse from one plot on our allotment to another. Reflective because the act of de-glazing and re-glazing a flimsy aluminium structure require concentration. I had never before deconstructed and reformed a greenhouse and the task seemed...
21 Jan Points and poems
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http://youtu.be/S_txb_C2PlU "Oh my god! I got 122000 points" The year four boy shrieked to a friend on a competing table with the same excitement normally reserved for scoring a goal. We're not outside and there is not a ball in sight. I'm in a school in...
20 Jan Come and say hi on Goodreads
Over the moon to now have an official author page on Goodreads, come and say hi - For the teachers out there you can access all my poems for schools right from my Goodreads page… oooh oohh ohhh and I' m offering free Skype sessions...
25 Oct “Your words filled my soul with contentment” – little audience member.
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[gallery type="circle" ids="888,887,884,885,886"] It's been a wonderful journey creating The Paint Peerers Tales for @V_and_A. We had our first three shows today. I'm exhausted but hugely pleased with the audience response. Parents and children were hugely active during the show creating horse sound scapes and adding...
16 Oct A review, a library and a question…
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Received another review for Werewolf Club Rules from the wonderful PoetryZone where students can upload their poems! "The joy of this collection is the author’s ability to paint pictures with words…" http://poetryzone.co.uk/tuc-reviews/ This follows hot on the heels of two other reviews here...
14 Oct Kids have a natural propensity for poetry
A day of poetry at The Jerwood. Students hunted out individual elements in collages and colllections in works of art, drew them, labelled them and turned them into poems that they performed in the gallery (open to the public). Students came up with lines that used personification,...
10 Oct Journey of a writer
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Photo: courtesy of The Poetry Society I'm currently doing a book signing tour for Werewolf Club Rules i was most recently at The Times and The Sundays Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and Banbury Literature Live and was asked both times about my journey as a...