Cats and Other Myths - Announcement of Publication Date

Cats and Other Myths, the debut poetry collection by J.S.Watts, is due out from Lapwing Publications in March 2011. It contains 88 pages of poetry that finds contemporary relevance in the echoes of myth and legend and the mythic in the day to day world around us. ISBN 9781907276644. R.r.p. £10.00.

If you are interested in reserving an advance copy at a pre-publication reduced price, please email the author (see Contact page) to be sent price, purchase and payment arrangements.

Once Upon a Time in a Gallery

27th January 2011 from 6pm,     O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle, Oxford,       £3

Launching the international online exhibiton of the same name from eight cuts gallery.

A night of music, art and, of course, words, celebrating the fairytale in all its forms, from the comforting images of childhood memory to the darkest corners of our subconscious, and everything in between, and looking at the stories we return to again and again through the ages and make new for each generation.

Words by

Michele Brenton (Banana the Poet), Cody James, Harriet Goodchild, Dan Holloway, Svetlana Grishina, J.S.Watts, Peter Brooks

Music by

Christi Warner, Dylan Gwalia, Kevin Jenkins

Art by

SARM, Katelan Foisy, Shannon Moran

http://www.eightcuts.com/

Cats and Other Myths - Preparing for Publication II

It's a time consuming process, this preparation for publication. Everything waits upon news and more proofs from the publisher. It will be worth the wait, but.................

Cats and Other Myths - Proof Reading

The first proofs of the book have been read, amended and sent back to the publisher. Now we wait.

If you want to know more about the book, check out the section of this site headed "Publications".

Cats and Other Myths - Preparation for Publication

The initial proofs for "Cats and Other Myths" have arrived, making the book that much more real and bringing the 2011 publication date that much closer. With almost 90 pages to check and proof read, however, there's still a fair bit to do before the book becomes a hold-in-the-hand reality.

Website Address

The domain name issue has been resolved and this site is now at http://www.jswatts.co.uk/ , but you knew that anyway, because here you are. Feel free to browse around!

Website Update

Further changes and updates have been made to this site, but it remains a work in progress until its domain name and the video uploading process can be resolved. Please keep watching this space for further updates and news of J.S.Watts' debut poetry collection, "Cats and Other Myths", due out in 2011 from Lapwing publications.