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News on 'Belonging Street'

This little poetry collection took some big steps in the last few weeks.... it was chosen as one of the Sunday Times' Poetry Books of the...

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First review for the new Children's collection, 'Belonging Street' (otterbarrybooks.com)

Red Reading Hub, Jill R Bennet It’s always exciting to receive new poetry books and these two from Otter-Barry Books are smashers. Belong...

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Looking for the light and the tree that walks

Just had a medical interlude, and back home from hospital nursing a few stitches, a friend kindly gave me a house plant. It is Oxalis Tri...

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Recording a poetry reading for YouTube

Some of the many things I've learned making a video recording for YouTube... look at the lens not the screen... smile, breathe, and blink...

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The Writers in Schools Course with Writing on the Wall

This Thursday is the first day of the six-week writers in schools course that I've designed with Writing on the Wall. Yesterday, Alice Bu...

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Belonging Street arrives...

Happy days! The new children's collection, 'Belonging Street' finally rattled through the letter box and it looks just great. many thanks...

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Counting down to 'Belonging Street'.

Has it gone to the printer yet? I can almost smell the ink! My new collection of poetry for children, 'Belonging Street' is due out any d...

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Calling all writers interested in working with schools...

I've just finished designing course material for a six week 'Schools Training Programme' with Liverpool's, Writing on the Wall. This cour...

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A World of Poetry

People may not be able to travel due to Covid 19, but poems can. I was just re-reading the excellent site, 'Write Where We are Now', crea...

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June Thunderstorms

I always watch for the moon to rise over the chimney-pots of our terraced streets, it made me think of this lovely new book from Otter-Ba...

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