The Website of the Writer J.S.Watts
17 September 2012
Moonrise
A Darker Moon will soon be rising. Beginning with an exclusive preview at Royston Arts Festival on Saturday, 29th September at 2pm (see earlier post for further details of Story Time).
11 September 2012
J.S.Watts on Headstand, Cambridge 105FM
J.S.Watts was last Sunday's guest on Headstand, the music and spoken word radio programme hosted by Patrick Widdess on local radio station Cambridge 105FM.
J.S. talked about her writing, her forthcoming short story readings at Royston Arts Festival, her novel, "A Darker Moon", due to be published this autumn and read poems from her two poetry publications, "Cats and Other Myths" and "Songs of Steelyard Sue". Listen to the show here
J.S. talked about her writing, her forthcoming short story readings at Royston Arts Festival, her novel, "A Darker Moon", due to be published this autumn and read poems from her two poetry publications, "Cats and Other Myths" and "Songs of Steelyard Sue". Listen to the show here
9 September 2012
30 August 2012
September Book of The Month
"Songs of Steelyard Sue" is Luton Poetry Society's Book of The Month for September 2012.
22 August 2012
Praise for Steelyard Sue and J.S.Watts
A review of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival show "A Pint of Poetry and a Dram of Drama" praises the highlights of the show as "the most memorable poems I’ve seen so far this month – and I’ve been to see two sets of published poets perform their work."
The review goes on to pick out four "poets I’d happily watch for a full hour-long show" including "Tim Goodings and his poem ‘Massive Beard’ about the most beardy of beards he one day plans to grow; a poet in a fabulous waistcoat whose name I didn’t catch (it was Mike Alderson - Ed.) who invited the audience to share his love of Tinkerbell; J.S. Watts, the group’s only published poet, with her surreal and funny poems about the ‘mechanoid female’ scrapyard Sue; and Mark Grist, Peterborough’s poet laureate ... and his ‘love poem’ to Peterborough, warts and all."
The review can be read in full on the 'somesuchlike blog'
The review goes on to pick out four "poets I’d happily watch for a full hour-long show" including "Tim Goodings and his poem ‘Massive Beard’ about the most beardy of beards he one day plans to grow; a poet in a fabulous waistcoat whose name I didn’t catch (it was Mike Alderson - Ed.) who invited the audience to share his love of Tinkerbell; J.S. Watts, the group’s only published poet, with her surreal and funny poems about the ‘mechanoid female’ scrapyard Sue; and Mark Grist, Peterborough’s poet laureate ... and his ‘love poem’ to Peterborough, warts and all."
The review can be read in full on the 'somesuchlike blog'
18 August 2012
Songs of Steelyard Sue
"Lays of raw creation
Tales of bright decay."
Like life, the poems are a mixture of the funny and the sad, raucous and contemplative, light and dark. Readers of Mslexia will already be familiar with one of the poems, "Steelyard Sue Plants a Garden", but there are many others to intrigue, entertain and give you cause to think.
Songs of Steelyard Sue by J.S.Watts (ISBN 9781909252028) is published by Lapwing Publications, rrp £10.00.
For further details about how and where to buy a copy of "Songs of Steelyard Sue" check out the Publications page.
6 August 2012
Polu Texni Publishes "Steelyard Sue Wants A Man"
The intriguing Polu Texni Magazine has published "Steelyard Sue Wants a Man" by J.S.Watts. This slightly raunchy poem is from J.S.Watts' forthcoming SF flavoured poetry pamphlet "Songs of Steelyard Sue". So, if you want a free sneeky peek at one of the poems from the new pamphlet click here.
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