| Foraging/ WITH PAPER FOR FEET launch |
2 excellent poets, 2 different styles, and evening of magical words. Long live poems and their publishers! |
Fairly succinct really |
| Foraging/ WITH PAPER FOR FEET launch |
Narrative weave of Jennifer McGowan’s poems, succinct beauty in the smallness of Joy Howard’s |
Life-swept poet therapist |
| Foraging/ WITH PAPER FOR FEET launch |
I delighted in Jennifer’s spirited and evocative readings of her work. She brings new life to words. I’d never heard Chinese spoken while reading the phonetic version before. |
Middle-aged stressed editor |
| Foraging/ WITH PAPER FOR FEET launch |
Stories as poetry, poetry as stories, in a spiritual home of poets (Keats House Library) |
Necessarily evil author |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed burley F |
The informality was initially relaxing, followed by a well-rehearsed & performed reading. Very personal and enjoyable way to spend the evening – like being in a living room full of engaging and inspirational minds |
Under-worked London writer |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed burley F |
Beautifully dark and comedic frivolity |
Undervalued London actor |
| HAPPY ENDING NOT GUARANTEED Greenwich |
Very interesting evening writer/actor great and well-spoken you should continue your good work of bringing up and coming authors together and giving them a voice |
Maybe upcoming writer |
| HAPPY ENDING NOT GUARANTEED Greenwich |
Good variety of style in the stories, actor interpretation was excellent, dynamic energetic author reading |
Fascinated fiction fan |
| HAPPY ENDING NOT GUARANTEED Greenwich |
Makes me think when passing statues in the streets … what if …? |
Energetic, creative, idealistic |
| HAPPY ENDING NOT GUARANTEED launch |
Very well organised enjoyable program with diversified activities. I really appreciated all the marketing material |
New horizon explorer |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed launch |
It’s events like these that make me think that maybe there IS a point to North London |
Hairy bee enthusiast |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed launch |
Nothing’s sacred, great venue, great writer, great narrative |
Travelled, gypsy, overheated |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed Lewisham |
Enjoyably hanging darkly in a cloud of suspense |
Overthinking underpaid scientist |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed Lewisham |
Made me tingly, a bit like the Dr Who theme did when I was a kid. Hide behind my hands, but can’t wait for more |
Dreaming London lady |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed Lewisham |
Not heard of Arachne Press before, but will look out for them from now on. A fascinating assortment of short stories brimming with otherworldliness and simmering spasms of evil blessed with reliving streaks of humour. Full of weird and wonderful reverberations as it should be. |
Bebop jazz poet |
| Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed Oxford |
Intimate, salon-like. As if I’d stumbled into an invitation only séance peopled by the spirits of Victorian huckster and exotic beasts |
earnest, quotidian, boring
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| Liberty Greenstead |
The ay the storytellers involved us, brought us into the atmosphere of their narration |
Quietly persistent |
| Liberty Greenstead |
A joyous evening to delight
the listeners on this Burns’ night
with ne’er a haggis no’ dram in sight
a joyous evening to enthrall all right. |
pernickety political poet |
| Liberty Greenstead |
Exciting expedition into previously uncharted area of poetry and short story reading ‘poetry to the ears!’ |
retired bored housefrau |
| Liberty Housmans |
1st time experiencing, so didn’t know what to expect, but enjoyed the live experience of an author reading their own work |
Lover of Ares |
| night write |
such a new and beautiful experience, who would have thought that writing in darkness revealed such gifts |
Restless London photographer |
| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Bath |
Live, loud & varied, an eclectic mix of poems & prose that veered from tragic to whimsical. |
Bath writer in need of sleep |
| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Bath |
Bookish whirlwind of tales & poems that provide thought-provoking insight into the writers minds |
Intensely formidable critic |
| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Bath |
Entertaining varied & imaginative programme ranged from contemporary issues to timeless stories and poems vividly performed, Evoked a warm response from the audience |
M&M |
| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Bath |
Completely gripping, never thought such a mix could be entertaining. The very high quality of the writing made it so |
Barmy Bath Bivalve |
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| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Bath |
An excellent evening with an inspiring mix of poems & Stories. Poignant, witty, intelligent work supported by the incomparable Cherry Potts who does such crucial work in supporting and developing opportunities for writers. A big shout out for Arachne Press!! |
Enthusiastic Bathite |
| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Lewisham |
beautiful eclectic mixture of styles completely inspiring if slightly unsettling at times, in a good way |
Londoner by choice |
| SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT Lewisham |
A thrilling eclectic mix of humour dark reality and myth |
Arbitrator/writer |
| Solstice Shorts Festival |
Excellent evening of song & Storytelling. Intriguing short stories that made you wonder laugh & Cry Definitely an experience to savour and repeat. Next Summer Maybe? |
Hopeful mother of twins |
| Solstice Shorts Festival |
Huge variety of work, great introduction to an international set of writers. Loved the music and actors great work. Wassailing was such a wonderful touch! |
Poetry loving librarian |
| Solstice Shorts Festival |
Wonderful variety of writing and composition suitably short to match the daylight today. Always a joy to hear new writing performed |
Broken armed poet |
| With Paper for Feet Lewisham |
Quality and humour of stories and poems, engaging performance, erudite, clever, lighthearted, accessible fun, quirky. Thank you! |
Frantically busy fan |
| With Paper for Feet Lewisham |
Witchy, feisty, a brilliant way to celebrate International Women’s Day |
Inspired every time! |
| WITH PAPER FOR FEET Oxford |
Compelling narratives from a poet who gives her work and her audience the respect and pleasure of a lively direct performance. |
Poetry reading regular |
| WITH PAPER FOR FEET Oxford |
Fine writing well-read and artistically presented |
Reader engineer listener |
| WITH PAPER FOR FEET Oxford |
The poet is not only a fantastic poet, but a first class performer of her work. Very worth going out on a rainy night |
P.S. |
| WITH PAPER FOR FEET Oxford |
Visual, curious, mythical, resonant |
Poetical psychologist |
| Story Sessions |
A place to hear good fiction and more, practice with other writers, It’s always good to perform your work to an audience I encourage you to go along and listen, or perform |
Ever learning writer |
| Story Sessions |
Relaxing entertaining and intense in the best way |
Fox loving optimist |
We are crowdfunding! We want to take Jeremy Dixon’s fabulous award winning poetry book A Voice Coming From Then on the road – we have dates booked, and need some money to pay for travel and accommodation. Sales will never cover this, but it’s an important book and winning the Wales Book of the Year Poetry category means that bookshops are taking some notice. If you’d like to help, you’ll be even more our friends for ever than you are now. If you share the link and persuade people we don’t already know to help, you will be elevated to ‘absolute star’ (or possibly, as Jeremy describes it in his pamphlet, In Retail, ‘Unicorn’ status.)
