Kettle Tales come to the boil again + Havant + Fareham
June 8, 2026Kettle Tales come to the boil again Following our hugely constructive Greenhouse Writing Retreats this weekend, a reminder that Kettle Tales boils again, 1-3pm 8 June. It’s a monthly writing group at Cosham Community Kettle, 62 High Street, Cosham PO6 2PS. Free: no ticket required. Relaxed · Encouraging · Open to… Read more
Writing in & Around Portsmouth June
June 1, 2026Writing in & Around Portsmouth I was mightily impressed with Slamageddon, Pompey Poetry Party’s all-star Wedgewood Rooms event last week. A dynamic way to present an amazing range of poets, shouting far and wide about the burgeoning Portsmouth writing scene. Well done to all involved. Exciting that we’re meeting Portsmouth… Read more
Edward Lear travels anxiously
May 25, 2026I hope to return to my talk about Edward Lear given at the launch of Tom Sykes’ The Years of Travelling Anxiously. I worked for a while on a screenplay about his extraordinary life, in the mode of biopics such as Frida, Iris, the Turner film, the Tove Jansson film: this… Read more
Travelling Anxiously
May 15, 2026Enormously enjoyed Tom Sykes’ book launch for The Years of Travelling Anxiously, in such erudite and entertaining company. As well as his own distinguished publishing history, Tom attended my Write Your Novel course in Portsmouth Bookfest 2020. Delighted to see him pushing the boundaries of creative non-fiction and psychogeography here.… Read more
#InOurWords Feedback
May 8, 2026Writing Workshop Feedback Blogs to celebrate the writers of Portsmouth, as we found and developed them through the #InOurWords year of literary celebration @PortsmouthCreates. Every time I’ve attended online or in-person, I come away with a burst of energy and positivity. You make me feel that I can do this!… Read more
May Writing in & Around Portsmouth
April 29, 2026We’ve got a writing calendar. (This was one of my wish-list hopes for last month. Thanks especially to Helen and Suzanne and Emily for help.) View it on my website, or even add it to your own Google calendar. If there are events that should be on it, let me… Read more
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