High Window Reviews

In the latest batch of reviews from The High Window, J.S.Watts highlights the "raw and exposed" poems of The Invisible Worm by Hannah Stone. You can read her review of the poetry collection and other reviews in the latest High Window release by clicking here

May Time Activities

 J.S. has a number of creative events coming up in May:  

• Word Habit on 12th May
• Festival of Ideas on 18th May
• Herts Book Festival on 19th May

You can find further details about all of them over on the Events Page of this website.

You can see the poster for Word Habit below in a previous post on this page.

If you want know more about J.S.'s event at the University of Hertfordshire's Festival of Ideas read on:

Tomorrow and What Comes After - A reading with poet J.S. Watts

"Be entranced and inspired by poetry from J.S. Watts.

Join poet J.S. Watts as she weaves the fantastical with the literary in this glowing, multi-faceted reading of her poetry. There will also be a Q&A session after the reading.

Watts’ poetry, novels, short stories and non-fiction have appeared in numerous publications in the UK and around the world. Her works have been broadcast on the BBC and independent radio.

Her books include poetry collections, "Cats and Other Myths", "Years Ago You Coloured Me" and "Underword", and her multi-award nominated SF themed poetry pamphlet, "Songs of Steelyard Sue", all published by Lapwing Publications. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts"

Extract from the University of Hertfordshire's website

If you want to book tickets for Tomorrow and What Comes After go here.

Poetry on Toasted Cheese

J.S. Watts has five poems in the March issue (volume 24: Issue 1) of Toasted Cheese Literary Journal. Click on the links to read:

Ghost on My Finger

Epiphany While Clearing the Lounge

Dancing With Ghosts

Legend

One More Film in the Story 

 

 

 

April Words

 J.S. will be reading two or three poems at this lively Hitchin event. To book your tickets go to the Shout or Whisper website and pay what you feel.

From March to May

 Yes, it's still only March, but there's no harm in thinking ahead to May.

Season of the Dead - dissected.

The horror e-zine Dissections has published its March 2024 issue. Amongst its selection of contents you can find a new, short, dark story by J.S. Watts, Season of the Dead.

It's an infectious tale. As its roots lie in the 2020 pandemic, if you are triggered by stories of Covid or the pandemic, you might want to approach it cautiously.

Two Crows on World Book Day

To celebrate World Book Day (Thursday, 7th March 2024), here's J.S. reading the poem Two Crows from her most recent book, Underword.