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Welcome
Here you will find news about my various publications and activities – and examples of my writing.
My work rises out of my intense interest in the natural world, art, mythology and history.
As an experienced teacher and workshop leader, I am able to deliver creative activities to all ages, and help everyone to feel that they have tapped into their potential as a writer.
Past courses have taken place in museums, galleries and libraries, focussing on using historic collections to inspire powerful work.
My writing is particularly suited to residencies, as I enjoy working collaboratively and in response to particular objects or buildings.
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The Errant Hours. My first novel, The Errant Hours, was published in 2015, and has been named one of the 100 Must-Read Medieval Novels by Book Riot.
Flocks of Words. Including poems from over twenty five years of writing, ‘Flocks of Words’ , published in March 2017, is my first collection.
All the Winding World continues the story begun in The Errant Hours. It is set ten years later, during the disastrous Anglo-French War of 1294-6, one of Edward I’s rare military defeats.
soft folds of spawning streams
wisps of bees
the hollows made by muscular hills
and the downy skin of mown grass
News and Events:
All the Winding World new reviews
“This is such a gripping tale that I read it almost in one sitting, and yet the story is well grounded in the realities of medieval life. All the Winding World is a great achievement, and I am already looking forward to the third in the series.” Dr Henrietta Leyser – Oxford University Medievalist
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Poetry:
The poetry collection Flocks of Words was recently shortlisted for the International Rubery Award . This is what the judges said about it:
“An impressive collection of poems that often exhibit a powerful engagement with the natural world and brim with the joy of it. Many of the other poems are subtle in their execution, with inventive language. These are the kind of poems that you read and agree with, while thinking you wish you’d thought of the sentiment first. Many of the poems work through the accumulation of detail, which is often very effective, and she is an excellent landscape poet, with a wide range of settings: England, France, Canada, Zimbabwe. The title poem is delightful.”
RuberyBookAward.com
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Flocks of Words Performances:
Flocks of Words – the performance – is an exciting collaboration with the talented acoustic group Whalebone. An immersive, hypnotic blend of music and poetry, exploring landscape and the human soul. There are two remaining performances in our tour:
Friday 7th June, 7:30pm – Knowbury Church near Ludlow – tickets £10
Friday 19th July, 7:30pm – Cound Church near Shrewsbury – tickets £10
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The Errant Hours a medieval literary adventure
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