It’s March! Spring is in the air (possibly) and it’s International Women’s Day on March 8th.
On Saturday 8th March 2014 between 12pm-4pm Peterborough Rape Crisis Care Group will be hosting a community event at St John's Square, Peterborough City Centre to commemorate International Women's Day and its theme of Inspiring Change.
There will be a host of activities to both inform and entertain and to truly celebrate the talents and achievement of women, including poetry readings by J.S.Watts and Leanne Moden.
J.S will be reading at 3pm in St. John's Square and Leanne will be reading at 1pm - you don't want to miss them!
There will also be dancers and musicians:
Jelly Belly Dancing
Zumba with Sophie
Wiz & Bex
Fyzz Wallis
And speeches by:
Peterborough Rape Crisis Care Group
SHINE - Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Information Networking Equality
Lisa Forbes
As well as a demonstration of self protection techniques.
Please tell your friends so we can raise awareness of the fantastic charities that support women in Peterborough and the surrounding areas as well as celebrating the many talents of women locally.
The Website of the Writer J.S.Watts
About J.S.Watts
- J.S.Watts
- J.S.Watts was born in London and now lives and writes in East Anglia. In between, she read English at Somerville College, Oxford and spent many years working in the education sector. She remains committed to the ideals of further and higher education despite governments of assorted political persuasions trying to demolish them. Her poetry, short stories and book reviews appear in a variety of publications in Britain, Canada, Australia and the States including Acumen, Brittle Star, Envoi, Hand + Star, Mslexia and Orbis and have been broadcast on BBC and independent Radio. She has been Poetry Reviews Editor for Open Wide Magazine and Poetry Editor for Ethereal Tales. Her debut poetry collection, "Cats and Other Myths" and a subsequent multi-award nominated poetry pamphlet, "Songs of Steelyard Sue" are published by Lapwing Publications. Her novel, "A Darker Moon" is published by Vagabondage Press.
1 March 2014
7 February 2014
Tales of the Ethereal
Once upon a time there was a magazine called "Ethereal Tales" that published all sorts of fantastical tales. It was a good little magazine and very popular with its readers, but all good things must come to an end and so "Ethereal Tales" published its last edition.
Then along came another magazine, "Morpheus Tales", a purveyor of dark fiction which had been very supportive of "Ethereal Tales" in the past. It shared the breath of life with "Ethereal Tales" and for one, brief, shining moment "Ethereal Tales" was reborn, or rather, an Ethereal Tales Special Issue was released into the world.
Edited by Teresa Ford, this magnificent new edition featured: WILLOW BY AMY J. BENESCH, RECESS BY DAN DEVINE, UNDERGROUND BY J.S.WATTS, OBADIAH’S FARTHING BY PETER SIMON, A GRIMM DAY BY M.B. MANTEUFEL, HIGH LONESOME ROAD BY STEVEN LEE CLIMER, MORNING FLIGHT BY PAUL MICHAEL MOREAU, RED DUST BY MICHAEL A. KECHULA, TORCH SONGS IN PURGATORY BY CHRISTINE MORGAN, OAR-STEED BY JOSIE GOWLER, I’M SCARED OF THE DARK BY ASHBY MCGOWAN, STRANGE ENCOUNTERS, CHAPTER 7 - THE HAUNTING OF HAYWARD BY JASON FISCHER, THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH BY JAMES AUSTIN MCCORMICK, BLACK BEAR BY VONNIE WINSLOW CRIST, IN THE FATHER’S IMAGE BY ALAN LOEWEN. At 76 pages it was the largest special issue ever produced by Morpheus Tales Publishing and you, yes YOU, can have a sneak preview of this magnificent edition here:
Then along came another magazine, "Morpheus Tales", a purveyor of dark fiction which had been very supportive of "Ethereal Tales" in the past. It shared the breath of life with "Ethereal Tales" and for one, brief, shining moment "Ethereal Tales" was reborn, or rather, an Ethereal Tales Special Issue was released into the world.
Edited by Teresa Ford, this magnificent new edition featured: WILLOW BY AMY J. BENESCH, RECESS BY DAN DEVINE, UNDERGROUND BY J.S.WATTS, OBADIAH’S FARTHING BY PETER SIMON, A GRIMM DAY BY M.B. MANTEUFEL, HIGH LONESOME ROAD BY STEVEN LEE CLIMER, MORNING FLIGHT BY PAUL MICHAEL MOREAU, RED DUST BY MICHAEL A. KECHULA, TORCH SONGS IN PURGATORY BY CHRISTINE MORGAN, OAR-STEED BY JOSIE GOWLER, I’M SCARED OF THE DARK BY ASHBY MCGOWAN, STRANGE ENCOUNTERS, CHAPTER 7 - THE HAUNTING OF HAYWARD BY JASON FISCHER, THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH BY JAMES AUSTIN MCCORMICK, BLACK BEAR BY VONNIE WINSLOW CRIST, IN THE FATHER’S IMAGE BY ALAN LOEWEN. At 76 pages it was the largest special issue ever produced by Morpheus Tales Publishing and you, yes YOU, can have a sneak preview of this magnificent edition here:
5 February 2014
Poetry (and Folk) Reviewed
Following on from the inaugural Bury Folk Collective Unplugged on Friday 31st January, for which J.S.Watts was the evening's poet, there is a rather fine review of the evening, complete with equally fine photographs, over at Bury Folk Collective's website
23 January 2014
Poetry Unplugged
J.S.Watts is delighted to be returning to the Bury St Edmunds Constitutional Club in Guildhall Street at the end of this month. She will be providing the words between the musical notes at Bury Folk Collective's unplugged night on Friday, 31st January, starting at 8.00pm.Bury Folk Collective runs the unplugged evenings, previously organised by the Milk Maid Folk Club, at the Constitutional Club in Bury St Edmunds under the ‘Folk in Bury’ banner.
The Constitutional Club holds about 100 people and has a bar that features interesting guest ales as well as the usual range of drinks.Unplugged nights feature artists performing without PA in a supportive acoustic environment. There is often a poet present to provide some unaccompanied words and J.S. will be doing the honours on Friday 31st.
1 January 2014
Poetry Photograph Albums 2013
During the twelve months of 2013, I created a series of
twelve online photographic poetry albums on Facebook. Each album was a
collection of photographs that evoked or resonated with one of my poems, sometimes
illustrating it and sometimes just reminding me of the poem in some, possibly
rather random, way. Many, though not all, of the photographs were taken in and
around South Cambridgeshire , where I live.
If you are interested in the photographic reimagining
of these twelve poems, or just in the
photographs themselves (and have not already seen them via my writer’s Facebook
page), you can find links to them below:
January Winter Solstice
February Frozen Water, Kneesworth House
March Vase of Daffodils
April Almond Blossoming
May This Garden
June Star Flowers
July Pond in Deep Summer
September Stubble Burning
November Full Moon on Firework Night
December Litany
J.S.Watts January 2014
20 December 2013
Best Wishes of The Season
To everyone who's dropped by to read or browse through these pages,
SEASON'S GREETINGS AND ALL BEST WISHES FOR 2014
FROM
J.S.WATTS
12 December 2013
A Question of God
J.S.Watts, whilst not known for being of a scientific persuasion, has girded her loins and written a guest post for the wonderfully prolific popular science author, Brian Clegg. In his blog, "Now Appearing", J.S. explores her experiences of Mental Health in the UK and shares some personal thoughts on the subject of religious delusion as experienced by some people with severe mental health issues.
You can read her guest post here.
You can read her guest post here.
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