As well as a great write up from @ELAdvertiser I was touched to receive the following review this morning for The Poetry Joe Show. This is a show that started as an little idea and labour of love for John O'leary and myself with us pooling...
Another review added to the list for Werewolf Club Rules- I'll be signing books at Polka Theatre on 4th April...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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,...