Just heard from Ness Owen, author of Mamiaith, and co-editor of A470, that her Penrhos poem is featured in United Kingdoms on Radio 4 Monday 31st January at 2.15. There’s not much info on their website yet, but set your alarms or catch it later on Sounds!
Watch out for Arachne Press poets being featured on LitWorld2 over the next few weeks, Tuesdays and Fridays. And I don’t know who! So I will be glued to the web, like a spider’s midday snack…
Thanks to Sarah James for hosting!
P is for poetry!
If you are interested in the publishing side of getting a book out where you can get your hands on it, you might be interested in reading the blogs I’ve been doing for Inpress on The Bookseller Marketing Conference that took place last week – only last week? – on a very hot day on the South Bank.
Inua Elams has dropped out,
Math Jones is definitely reading.
Keats Festival info is now up on their website.
They are charging £10 for the writing workshop and £5 for the readings. You do need to book! Contact Keats House on 020 7332 3868, or email them at keatshouse@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Arachne Authors are a busy bunch so here’s little snippets of news from Rob Walton and Clare Sandling:
Rob has a short play on in Newcastle – Alphabetti Spaghetti Theatre June 6th -14th as part of a three play event.
The Bumps by Rob Walton – it’s just hours before their big break, their first television debut but it’s now that all the truths start coming out…
Clare Sandling’s debut children’s novel has been long listed for the Macmillan Children’s book Write Now prize.
The Game, by Clare Sandling – a group of school kids are sent into a virtual computer game in which they must play to survive .
What a talented lot they are.
If you are coming along to the Ealing Library Panel for Cityread you can pre book via the library or just turn up, but tickets are £2. Or if you let me know you are coming, I can let the library know your name – however you still have to pay!
Still not much information on the Keats festival, but this information has come to light
Keep an eye on the Keats festival event page for precise detail of whether you need to book for either of our events on 25th May, morning writing workshop and afternoon readings but basic info seems to be
An email from Caroline Hardman this morning amused me, so I’m sharing it!
On the subject of Stations, I was at a ‘reading aloud’ workshop where we all read a short extract and gave feedback on presentation, techniques etc. – I read the first few pages of Bloody Marys from a print-out, and one of the women there said “Wait, I know this story! Isn’t it from a collection? Something to do with trains?” It made my night!
So there you go, complete strangers have read and recognised Caroline’s work. Result!
