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bright shiny new book
So I’ve been working through the first box of books sending them out to reviewers. And I’ve been so busy organising things I didn’t get round to posting on the website, so (Trumpet fanfare!!) Mosaic of Air is here, and will be in the shops on 26th September. There will be a launch party at…
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Reading at Brixton BookJam: Opera first night nerves
First night nerves not about the Book Jam, but about the Opera which starts tonight (there are a very few tickets left – you’ll be sorry you missed it!) I was a bit uneasy about yet another night out in a week of performances, but thought, what the hell, I’ll ask to go on early.…
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Towersey countdown #SpreadtheWordThree
So, here’s the plan: Myself and two other hand chosen operatives will infiltrate the festival that has been held in Towersey, a small Oxfordshire village for years and years, and turn what has until now been a folk music event into a celebration of the spoken word. Watches have been synchronised, and train timetables perused. …
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Performing Live – update
Brixton BookJam has moved to 8th July due to a double booking at the venue. Everything else is as previously mentioned. I will be reading and running workshops at Towersey Festival (Near Thame, Oxfordshire) over August Bank Holiday weekend with Spread the Word, no more details yet but will know more in a week or…
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Performing live at a venue near you??
Opportunities to hear my work live! I’ll be reading from The Bone Box from Mosaic of Air at the Arachne Press Weird Lies Preview this Sunday 9th June 6-9 at Misty Moon Gallery, and then next Tuesday, 11th June 7pm, my story The Queen’s Safety is being read at Liars’ League as part of their…
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Keats Festival 2013 opens
Today is the first full day of the Keats Festival, which is held at Keats House, Keats Grove, Hampstead. I spent yesterday evening at the launch event, listening to the poetry of Jay Bernard (Demon’s in Hell go on strike, in the most visceral meaty bit of poetry I’ve heard in a long time, very…
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Gearing up for Yule
I don’t care how many shopping days, what matters now is, how many singing days are there til the Solstice? And how many reading days? My evenings are split roughly equally between singing and promoting the books between now and Christmas. Rehearsals every Monday for Vivaldi Gloria at Blackheath Halls Christmas Concert Tuesdays at the…
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A Second Hand Emotion, read by Gill Stoker
A recording of the lovely Gill Stoker reading (and singing – brave woman!) my story A Second Hand Emotion at Tall Tales at the Tavern, an event I co-curated with Bartle Sawbridge back in June. a second hand emotion by cherry potts, read by gill stoker © Cherry Potts 2012
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