14 April 2011

'Cats and Other Myths' Reviewed on Amazon

J.S.Watts' debut poetry collection, 'Cats and Other Myths', has received very positive reviews via Amazon:

"JS Watts writes beautifully. This is a special book"

"A wonderful collection, with poems of great beauty and power"

Have you bought your copy of 'Cats and Other Myths' yet?

10 April 2011

Live at Headstand

J.S.Watts will be reading excerpts from 'Cats and Other Myths' live at Headstand in Cambridge on Monday 25th April 2011 starting at 7.30pm.

Headstand is held at The Emperor, Hills Road, Cambridge. There is a small entry fee of  £3.00.

1 March 2011

Official Launch of Cats and Other Myths

It's 1st March -Publication day for Cats and Other Myths (ISBN 978-1907276-64-4) from Lapwing Publications: poems that find contemporary relevance in the echoes of myth and legend and the mythic in the day to day world around us. For further details see Publications

24 February 2011

Launch of Cats and Other Myths

J.S.Watts launches her debut poetry collection Cats and Other Myths on 1st March 2011.

J.S.Watts’ debut poetry collection Cats and Other Myths (ISBN 978-1907276-64-4), published by the Belfast based publisher Lapwing Publications, is being launched on 1st March 2011. It is a book that finds contemporary relevance in the echoes of myth and legend and the mythic in the day to day world around us. Its poems examine and question given truths, unapologetically holding many up to be little more than fairy tales. This is poetry of history and humanity, love and relationships, life and death and the things that lie in between. Oh, and yes, there are also cats.

As part of World Book Night Celebrations on 5th March 2011 J.S.Watts will be reading some of her poems from Cats and Other Myths at the Celebration of World Book Night. The event is being held at The Free Church, Market Square, St Ives, Cambridgeshire from 20.00 to 23.00 on Saturday 5th March 2011 and is open to the public. Copies of Cats and Other Myths will be available to buy and are also available to purchase from selected bookshops, Amazon, Google Books, Lapwing Publications  and this website. 

For further details about how and where to buy a copy of Cats and Other Myths check out the Publications page.

29 January 2011

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.

17 January 2011

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

12 January 2011

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.................