Come and join us

Firstly, my thanks to two groups who have made me very welcome at their meetings this week - the Wye Valley Writers in Chepstow on Monday evening and the poetry group at Heffernan House in Hereford on Wednesday. They were both really interesting sessions, which I much enjoyed, and I look forward to spending more time with both groups in the future.

Now things are hotting up for this year's Cheltenham Poetry Festival. If you haven't booked up for events yet, you'll need to do so quickly - tickets are going very well. There's a tremendous variety of things on offer - workshops with David Clarke, Alicia Stubbersfield and Roz Goddard, an exploration of poetry film with Elephant's Footprint, readings by so many gifted poets - including two of my poetry group colleagues, Christine Griffin and Belinda Rimmer. Christine is reading with Owen Lowry on April 28th and Belinda with Gill McEvoy on April 29th. I'll be reading with the Poetry Festival Players at the Cheltenham Playhouse on Tuesday April 24th at 5pm; we'll be performing a wonderful selection of poems expressing "The Power of Words" and we'd love you to join us to hear them! You can find details of all the events, booking etc. on the Festival website.