Seasons Wishes

Best Wishes for the 2016 Mid-Winter Festivities - whichever festival you choose (or do not choose) to celebrate - and all the best for 2017.

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J.S.WATTS

On The Shoreline of Infinity

Issue 6 of the speculative magazine 'Shoreline of Infinity' is launched today.

It contains two new poems by J.S.Watts, which is pretty exciting as far as this small area of planet is concerned.

There is also poetry by Grahaeme Young, stories, puzzles and interviews.

For further details check out this link or just enjoy the rather fine cover image by Steve Pickering.

Getting A Grip

J.S.Watts has a new poem out in the Winter edition of The London Grip. It's called "Lost in The Word Woods" and you can read it, and some other fascinating poems, for free here.

Cambridge Bard Reverses Advent!

The Bard of Cambridge has launched her Christmas Advent Calendar for 2016.

She is taking up the Reverse Advent Calendar challenge from Cambridge City Food Bank.

Every day for a month, starting on 26th November, she is putting an item of food in a box and posting a poem, memory, or reflection about it on her webpage.

All the food is going to the Cambridge Food Bank to distribute at Christmas to those who need it.

She would love people to join her! You could:

– Join in with the poems, by sending your own writing to add to the page, or making your own advent calendar page;

– Join in with the food bank idea by making your own Christmas collection to give to Cambridge Food Bank ;
– Donate money to Cambridge Food Bank;

– Tell your friends about the Food Bank scheme!

The first advent calendar post has now been published with a poem by The Bard herself and a haiku by J.S.Watts. You can read it here.

Telling It... In The Deep Midwinter

The "Telling It..." series of spoken word events is back and this time a fine selection of writers and actors, including J.S.Watts, are performing winter / Christmas themed readings at Huntingdon library from 11am on 3rd December. Books will also be available for sale so this is a great opportunity to get in the Christmas mood and make a dent in that Christmas shopping. Hope to see you there!

Still Life - Reflections

J.S. is very pleased to have a new poem published in the latest issue of The Journal. The issue in question is #49. The poem is titled "Still life - Reflections". Do check it out.

Stamford Poetry Swaps - 16th November

Tomorrow sees the start of November and on Wednesday 16th at 8pm, there is Stamford Poetry Swaps in the Cellar Bar at the Stamford Arts Centre.

As it says on the Arts Centre website:

"In November, award-winning East Anglian poet and writer J.S. Watts will be performing from her new collection, ‘Years Ago You Coloured Me’.  She will be joined by local poet Steve McRobb who will read from his collection ‘Golden days, dark nights’. Peterborough poet Viv Foster will complete the trio of performers with ‘Surviving the Suburbs’."

It's going to be a great night.  Hope to see you there.

Further details can be found on the Arts Centre website by clicking here