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visual-poetics: Getting it Out There
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Wednesday, 18 February 2015. Getting it Out There. There are two things that really helped motivate me with this - one was being coached by a friend who was training as a writing coach - kind of like a life coach but for writers. She asked me lots of questions about my writing life that made me think about what I do and why - you can read more about that here. The second thing was reading a blog post by Canal Laureate Jo Bell, which you can read here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Books Read in 2016.
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visual-poetics: April 2015
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Thursday, 23 April 2015. So those of you who have read my posts on putting together a collection and sending out work might be pleased to know that all the hard work has finally paid off. My collection Bird Sisters will be published by Nine Arches Press. If you happen to be at Wenlock Poetry Festival this weekend Nine Arches are the publisher in residence. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Books Read in 2016. 105) Little Usherette - Michael Scott (poetry). 104) Say Something Back - Denise Riley (poetry). 85) G...
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visual-poetics: Books Read in 2014
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Tuesday, 6 January 2015. Books Read in 2014. 93 In the Bee Latitudes - ‘Annah Sobelman (poetry). 92) The Legend of Colton H. Bryant - Alexandra Fuller (non-fiction). 91) Maggie and Me - Damaien Barr (non-fiction). 90) The Gypsy and the Poet - David Morley (poetry). 89) Every Day is for the Thief - Teju Cole (fiction). 88) Notes From the Balcony - Lynn Woollacott (poetry). 87) Like Rabbits - Lynne Bryan (fiction). 86) Diary Of an Unsmug Married - Polly James (fiction). 79) Place - Jorie Graham (poetry).
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visual-poetics: December 2014
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Thursday, 18 December 2014. NoNoWriMo and Writing Coaches. Editing. sequence. collection. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Books Read in 2016. 105) Little Usherette - Michael Scott (poetry). 104) Say Something Back - Denise Riley (poetry). 103) The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You - Paul Farley (poetry, re-read). 102) The Tortilla Curtain - T.C. Boyle (fiction). 101) Falling Awake - Alice Oswald (poetry). 100) The Treekeeper's Tale - Pascale Petit (poetry). 98) Doors Opening - Sally Festing (poetry).
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visual-poetics: January 2015
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Tuesday, 6 January 2015. Books Read in 2014. 93 In the Bee Latitudes - ‘Annah Sobelman (poetry). 92) The Legend of Colton H. Bryant - Alexandra Fuller (non-fiction). 91) Maggie and Me - Damaien Barr (non-fiction). 90) The Gypsy and the Poet - David Morley (poetry). 89) Every Day is for the Thief - Teju Cole (fiction). 88) Notes From the Balcony - Lynn Woollacott (poetry). 87) Like Rabbits - Lynne Bryan (fiction). 86) Diary Of an Unsmug Married - Polly James (fiction). 79) Place - Jorie Graham (poetry).
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visual-poetics: April 2014
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Monday, 21 April 2014. The Writing Process Blog Tour. I was nominated to take part in the blog tour by Heidi-Jo Swain. What am I working on? I have recently finished putting together my first poetry collection with the help of my rather marvellous mentor Pascale Petit. I was lucky enough to get some funding for this from. Right now I am working on a sequence of poems based around numbers. The poems were sparked off by a prompt on Jo Bell's 52 blog. How does my work differ from others in its genre? That's...
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visual-poetics: Some thoughts on Re-reading Books
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Saturday, 14 March 2015. Some thoughts on Re-reading Books. When I re-read The Rainbow I had thought I might discover, like a flower pressed between the pages, the dried remains of my younger self preserved within it.' (Geoff Dyer - Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D.H. Lawrence). Of course that doesn't mean that we shouldn't re-read books or that we won't enjoy re-visiting novels that we have already read. Often a re-reading of a book can be enjoyable in a different way to the first reading, it c...
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visual-poetics: November 2014
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Saturday, 8 November 2014. NaNoWriMo and all that. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Books Read in 2016. 105) Little Usherette - Michael Scott (poetry). 104) Say Something Back - Denise Riley (poetry). 103) The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You - Paul Farley (poetry, re-read). 102) The Tortilla Curtain - T.C. Boyle (fiction). 101) Falling Awake - Alice Oswald (poetry). 100) The Treekeeper's Tale - Pascale Petit (poetry). 99) We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler (fiction). 79) Hometow...
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visual-poetics: July 2015
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Sunday, 5 July 2015. Language and the weight of knowledge. I found myself wondering what would it be like to not bring this burden (if it is a burden) of knowledge to the reading of a poem or text? Would it make the words seem fresher, newer? Would we glean a deeper or greater meaning from the text? Does our store of language, meaning, images and understanding weigh the writing down and skew the intended meaning? So maybe it is a blessing after all – and this post is meaningless…. Books Read in 2016.
