Writing In The Snow

J.S.Watts will be one of the Tavern Gallery Writers' guests reading Christmas and winter themed poetry and prose on Tuesday 10th December at the Meldreth Tavern Gallery, Meldreth, Cambridgeshire.

Glass Cases and Curios

"Glass Cases and Curios", an anthology of poetry and artwork inspired by museums throughout eastern England, was launched on 5th December at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge. It contains artwork and fifteen poems, including "At The Courtauld" by J.S.Watts.

Here are some photographs of the wonderfully atmospheric launch. In case there is any doubt, some photos are of poets performing their work, others are of museum exhibits.:

J.S.Watts reading "At The Courtauld"

                                                         

                                                                 

Pete "Cardinal" Cox

                                                                                                                                   

Peter Irving

Elaine Ewart

                                                                 

Caroline Gill

Leanne Moden

With thanks to Karen Harvey for six of the above performance photographs. You can order your copy of Glass Cases and Curios by contacting Karen Harvey on info(at) karen-harvey.co.uk  at a cost of £4.00 (plus 80p post and packing) Payment via cheque or postal order.

Writing About Writers (Writing About Writing)

"Have you noticed how often writers write about writing? I don’t just mean blog posts or diaries and autobiographies, but also creative writing: stories, poetry and novels that deal with or touch upon the craft of writing. Because we do, you know, spend a lot of time writing about writing and, yes, the fact that I’m a writer writing about writers writing about writing is not lost on me.

So why do we do it – write about writing, that is?"

If you are interested in J.S.Watts' answers to this question, you might want to check out today's guest post on The Writers Vineyard blog. In it she talks about why writers write and, especially, why writers just love to write about writing. That's a whole load of writing!

J.S. would like to thank The Writers Vineyard for generously hosting her post "Writers Writing About Writing".

Blogging in American

J.S.Watts has written a guest post for the US book website Slashed Reads. Appositely, the post touches upon the complexities and contrasting colours of UK and US English and the issues arising from the words-without-borders approach of international blogging.

"Two nations divided by a common language" or an increasingly mid-Atlantic linguistic coming together? Read J.S.'s guest post to find out. Click here to read on.

Blogging From The End of The Pier

Today, J.S.Watts has the honour of having a guest post published on The End of The Pier Show blog, hosted by Cromercrox, also known as Mr. Henry Gee, acclaimed writer of both science and science fiction books, the most recent of which, I believe, is "The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution", published on 21 October 2013 from the University of Chicago Press.

After that extremely long opening sentence, you may be surprised to learn that the blog post in question is all about the need for brevity in blogging! To read the post and check out The End of The Pier Show blog just click on Blogging Briefly: a guest post from J.S.Watts

Getting Ready For Christmas?

I know it's only November, but have you started getting ready for Christmas yet? Selected the turkey? Made the mincemeat? Baked the Christmas Cake? Bought all the presents? Well, well done you if you have, but if you're still struggling with what to get people for Christmas, or if you haven't even started thinking about Christmas yet, please bear in mind that a book makes a wonderful Christmas present.



Just saying......



You don't have to buy any of J.S.Watts' books (though she would be extremely gratified if you did), but the best way to support a writer is to buy their books.



If nothing here takes your fancy, go buy someone else's book, but do go and buy
at least one this festive season - make a writer happy this Christmas.

An Experimental Evening at the Leper Chapel

This Saturday, 9th November, there's going to be an experimental evening of arts at the ancient Leper Chapel, Newmarket Road, Cambridge.

Created by the Shindig team, this is going to be an evening of art and story telling in Cambridge's allegedly most haunted building.

There will be art by Blanche Laviale and Naomi Jones-Morris, film, music, story telling and poetry. Amongst the many talented performers on the night, J.S.Watts will be reading some of her darker stories and poems.

The event starts at 8pm and is FREE. 

This could well be a night to remember. Don't miss out.