Songs of Steelyard Sue

Coming soon, from Lapwing Publications, Songs of Steelyard Sue, a pamphlet-sized poetry sequence by J.S.Watts.

 

"Lays of raw creation

Tales of bright decay."

 

The life and times of an everyman/everywoman/every robot - the titular Steelyard Sue.

The Literary Ely Blog

The Literary Ely Blog, written by the talented Leanne Moden and published by Cambs 24, features an interview with J.S.Watts and discusses her first poetry collection Cats and Other Myths, her writing inspirations and being a writer living and working in Cambridgeshire.

To read the interview click here and remember to keep an eye on Leanne's future posts to read news, events, reviews and articles on the literary happenings in and around Ely and Cambridge.

Time For Royston Arts Festival 2012

The events for the 2012 Royston Arts Festival have been announced on the Festival website.

The theme for this year's programme is "About Time" and J.S.Watts will be reading three of her published short stories on the theme of time, across three days in Festival week (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday), with a special sneak preview of her forthcoming novel "A Darker Moon" at the Saturday reading.

The trio of story telling events will take place in Royston Library, Market Hill, Royston, Hertfordshire as follows:

                Wednesday, 26th September      5pm - 5.30pm
                     Friday, 28th September                  6pm - 6.30pm
                     Saturday, 29th September            2pm - 3pm     

Pimms and Poetry in Welney - The Blogger's View

The insightful Leanne Moden has blogged on the forthcoming poetry event at The Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre at Welney. Check it out at Cambs 24 News and call back on a regular basis to read Leanne's views on other literary happenings in and around Ely and Cambridge.

Further details of the Pimms and Poetry event can also be found on this website in the Events section and here

BOOK OF THE MONTH (June 2012)

Cats and Other Myths, the debut poetry collection from J.S.Watts, is Luton Poetry Society's Book of The Month for June 2012.

Strawberries Before Pimms

It maybe Pimms and Poetry on Wednesday 20th June, but before then it's strawberry time, Strawberry Fair time, to be precise. Cambridge's very own Strawberry Fair makes its annual return to Midsummer Common on Saturday, 2nd June.

During the day, The Mad Hatters Stage (on The Village Green) and Peddling Words (in The Green Area) will be hosting an awesome collection of talented spoken word artists including, to name but a few: Vikki Laxton-Bass, Jessie Durrant, Mal Content, Hollie McNish, Magic Phil, Fay Roberts and J.S.Watts.

As is the way of things, times maybe subject to change, but, currently, J.S.Watts is scheduled to perform at:

              12.45pm   on the   Mad Hatters Stage
              15.15pm   at          Peddling Words

Adnission to Strawberry Fair is FREE.

Strawberry Fair, Midsummer Common, Cambridge.

                              The Strawberry Fair Image is taken from the Strawberry Fair website

Pimms and Poetry

Now that summer is here (for a while at least), thoughts gravitate towards treats like strawberries and Pimms (well mine do, anyway). So it is a great pleasure to announce the Pimms and Poetry Evening at Welney Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Centre on Wednesday, 20th June 2012.

This is a rare opportunity to enjoy listening, glass of Pimms in hand, to four local poets reading their work against the beautiful backdrop of the Ouse Washes. The poets in question are J.S.Watts, Janet Fairweather, Leanne Moden and Elaine Ewart.

The event, which starts at 5.30pm with J.S.Watts, is free, but admission to the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Centre is not. Through this event, the trust hopes to raise funds for nocturnal survey equipment.

                   (This beautiful photograph is from the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Centre website)