zqNews Apr 2015: Texas 2 London Skype poetry + Word’s a Stage poetry impro
In this issue of zqNews, find out about two forthcoming events using Skype and poetry improvisation to make connections, and check out a couple of videos recently uploaded to YouTube. Texas 2 London...
View ArticleSutton Stories: The Poetry of Memory
In July I ran a series of three workshops in a couple of care homes in Sutton as part of the literature strand of the borough’s Imagine Festival of the Arts, which takes place 16–31 October 2015....
View ArticleSutton Stories: Intergenerational Workshops
Here are the details of the spoken word workshops that form the second stage of the Sutton Stories project I’ve been working on for the Imagine Festival of the Arts (part 1 here). They’ll be led by...
View ArticleTea and Cakes with John Hegley
Sutton Central Library, St Nicholas Way, SM1 1EA Saturday 24 October 2015, 2.30–4.30pm John Hegley hosts this inter-generational poetry event bringing together re-imagined stories of Sutton. Robin...
View ArticleDigital Poetry Jam at WAC Arts
In September 2015 I ran a digital poetry jam project with young people in the WAC Interactive group at WAC Arts in North London. This was a trial project, exploring how we could use Keezy, a sampling...
View Articlezq News April 2016: Words Aloud Sutton + Dance & Poetry Collaborations
Words Aloud, Sat 16 April, 2–4pm Sutton Central Library I’ll be at Words Aloud in Sutton this Saturday with guest Lewis Buxton. I’m doing a slot, and the open mic is always excellent. Compered by...
View ArticleClub Britain (you’re not coming in)
Club Britain You’re not coming in. Not by train or by bus or by sea. Not by marriage or by family. Your name’s not down and you’re not coming in. Even if you half-drowned to get here camped out in...
View ArticleThe Lines We Trace
The Lines We Trace is the latest poetry collection by Ann Vaughan-Williams. “A feast for the eyes and ears…The Lines We Trace offers glimpses into little but very big moments over the course of a...
View ArticleAnn Vaughan-Williams Reading from The Lines We Trace
Audio recordings of Ann Vaughan-Williams reading from her poetry collection The Lines We Trace. All welcome to the book launch at Love & Dye (Raynes Park, SW London) on 14 April 2018 at 7.30pm.
View ArticleSmiley Bingo!
Starter activity for children’s writing workshop (emotions) Three weeks into the new after-school Creative Writing Club that I’m running for Years 4–6 at Joseph Hood Primary School in Merton. This week...
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