Cherry Potts, Writer

Author: Cherry Potts

  • my first ever poem is about to be published

    Well, that isn’t actually true. I’ve written loads of poems, but I’ve just had one accepted for publication for the first time ever. Anyway its very short and a bit silly, but it works – it’s a ‘proper’ poem with a recognisable form. I love writing free poetry but there’s a different kind of satisfaction…

  • Edge Lit 5

    Edge Lit 5

    I will be on a panel at Edge Lit 5, The Midlands’ premier speculative fiction event on Saturday July 16th. The panel is at 12 Noon and is entitled: High Fantasy, High Art: Is Fantasy Growing More Literary? Last I heard, I will be joined by Peter Newman, Jen Williams  and Edward Cox. Venue: QUAD, Market Place, Derby,…

  • Rebellion: Writing Fantasy

    Rebellion: Writing Fantasy

    Arachne Press  Rebellion: Writing Fantasy, author talk and workshop Author Cherry Potts reads from her new novel The Dowry Blade, and discusses ways of writing fantasy with an opportunity for a short writing exercise for the audience. World building, weird logic and rule breaking at Brompton Library 210 Old Brompton Road London SW5 0BS Thursday…

  • Kate Foley & Cherry Potts reading at Gay’s the Word – Video

    Arachne Press We had a great evening at Gay’s the Word – thank you to Uli & Jim – and despite Kate’s determination to walk out of shot, we have some video – where it got silly, with just a sleeve on show, there’s audio instead. Here’s Cherry reading a bit about family from The…

  • Vocal Chords Hold Back the River

    I may have mentioned that sometimes I sing? This is me, buried in the tenor section of Vocal Chords in our first professionally produced video You Tube of James Bay’s Hold Back the River.

  • Pictures from Beckenham bookshop reading of The Dowry Blade

    Pictures from Beckenham bookshop reading of The Dowry Blade

  • Launching the Dowry Blade – pictures

    Launching the Dowry Blade – pictures

    Launching The Dowry Blade at Lewisham Library last week. you next opportunity to catch up with me reading from the epic fantasy TONIGHT,  7pm Beckenham Bookshop, high street Beckenham, Kent opposite the church. Get your skates on!

  • It’s publication day

    It’s publication day

    A bit like giving birth – with the idea as conception, the writing as gestation and the editing and production as labour so 20ish years in the writing, this is definitely MY baby.

  • Launch events for The Dowry Blade

    Launch events for The Dowry Blade

    Publication day for The Dowry Blade approaches, and pre-publication copies are already available from Arachne Press’ web shop, where there is also a special offer of £25 (free postage in the UK) for combining TDB with Mosaic of Air (normal combined price £27.98) for the first 20 people to get there. I have 4 launch events lined…

  • The Dowry Blade, live and in the flesh

    There is nothing to beat a pile of new books, except a pile of new books that you wrote yourself. And this is a big pile, of big books! The Dowry Blade is big! It weighs 620 grams. I hadn’t really thought through the amount of space a 400 page book printed in Royal format…