Cherry Potts, Writer

Category: readings

  • Solstice Stories at Story Fridays & Greenlanders at Liars’ League

    Solstice Stories at Story Fridays & Greenlanders at Liars’ League

    Great fun at Bath’s Burdall’s Yard reading for Solstice  at Story Fridays. You can listen to my story, Midsummer Morris Marathon and the other stories here. And here’s the video of Tim reading Greenlanders at Liars’ League. It’s been a busy week!

  • 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…

  • readings this week

    Busy week again, singing Monday (Vocal Chords mid-project ‘stop-over’ concert)  and Sunday (rehearsing Brundibar at Blackheath – more on this later), teaching Tuesday, reading Saturday. So the readings are: Saturday: Arachne Press event at Keats House – readings from The Other Side of Sleep, and discussion of Narrative Poetry. I’m not reading personally apart form…

  • The Wetland Way at Liars’ League HK

    Jeanne Lambin. reading The Wetland Way for Hunter & Prey  at Liars’ League Hong Kong. The sound isn’t great but still…

  • Cutting a Long Story – update

    Some of the stories that were originally published in Tales Told Before Cockcrow are up on Cut a Long Story. Pleasingly quick. Buy them now!! (thank you). All Hallows: Keith’s obsessions get him into trouble The Red Dress: A daughter’s loyalty is put to the test. Tales Told Before Cockcrow: Sybil tries to get Amelia…

  • The What Else in the Water read at Liars’ League Leicester

    Eleni is reluctantly accompanying her cousin Jane on a cold morning walk when they find something surprising in the river read by Sophie Talbot follow the link toLiars’League Leicester

  • Latest Liars’ League gig

    So, as some of you know I’ve had several stories read at Liars’ League, and this happened again recently, for their Slings & Arrows event. Hurrah for Liars’ League! A  version of The King’s Champion, minus the subplot and now entitled Kassell for the place the story is set, (Kassel, Germany – birthplace of the…

  • Live from TLW LEXiCON

    A lovely sunny day in Faversham and Alix & I are womaning the stall for Arachne Press at LEXiCON in the Alexander Centre. I’m on stage later reading and taking part in a panel on cross genre writing. The timetable is a bit all over the place, but there’s something going on in the main…

  • LGBT History month – LoSoCo

    LoSoCo is what I’ve always known as Lewisham College. I did a reading there on Thursday for LGBT History Month. Here are a couple of snippets. (Apologies for the background noise – it’s the air-conditioning.) Holiday Romance, in which Melanie goes on holiday with her mother and allows her imagination to run riot. Baby Pink/…