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)

Events News

Readings and events are regularly being added to the 2012 Events Schedule with further details to be announced over the summer months.

This summer and autumn J.S.Watts will be reading from her poetry and short stories and there is going to be a special sneak preview of her forthcoming novel, A Darker Moon. So if you are interested in seeing and hearing J.S. read live, keep checking the Events Schedule for further updates.

A Series of Poetry Installations in Oxfordshire

Curated by the wonderfully innovative eight cuts gallery, on Saturday, 14th July 2012, between 12pm and 6pm, there will be a series of poetry installations scattered around the grounds of the historic Asthall Manor in Burford, Oxfordshire.

Enriching the on form sculpture exhibiton set within the gardens and ballroom of Asthall Manor, five poets, including J.S.Watts, will be reading and performing for visitors to the exhibition. For further information see the Events Page of this website, or the on form events page. The poetry is free, but there is a fee for visiting the exhibition and you can't hear the poetry without entering the exhibition.

The five poets participating in this event, in alphabetical order, are: Verity Heir, Dan Holloway, Sarah Snell-Pym, Clare Waters and J.S.Watts.

Summer is Coming

There are many wonderful literary events being held this summer and J.S.Watts is delighted to be reading at a number of those in the East of England and some a little way further west.

As details are finalised, full event listings will be published on the Events page of this website. In the meantime, why not check out the Oundle Fringe Festival website to see this year's line up so far and yes, it does include J.S.Watts.

NaPoWriMo 2012

J.S.Watts was featured in the "Remember Newvember" blog on 11th April 2012 as part of NaPoWriMo activities. Read it here

A POET A DAY

As part of April's NaPoWriMo, Jennifer Bogart is using her blog "Remember Newvember" to host a poet a day. You've never seen so many poets in one place before. They come in all shapes, sizes and writing styles. Check them out.

J.S.Watts will be featured on Wednesday, 11th April 2012.

NEWS FLASH - Saturday 31st March 2012

"A Pint of Poetry" is now even bigger and better! It will be starting two hours earlier than advertised at approximately 7.30pm and will still be running hot at 9.30pm when it was originally scheduled to start. That means an extra two hours of open mic and randomly wonderful poetry, including The Guardian fantastic and video viral, Mark Grist.

See you in The Cellar Bar at Stamford Arts Centre.