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!
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!
We are crowdfunding on Kickstarter to pay our Midsummer Night performers, if you felt like helping there are some very nice rewards available HERE.
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.
That was quick!
We have our first backer, so Alex Smith‘s book and exploding flower have GONE! If you’ve had a chance to look yet and were mulling on the rarer items, you might need to be brisk!
thank you, first backer!!
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