Tag Archives: biodiversity

Fairytale Winter Success – Natural Wonder

Our winter programme was a fantastic success thanks to the children who attended and our magical visitors – from a hula hooping fairy, to a Fairy Queen and owls with Hoot With Me CIC. We worked with poems The Owl Fairies of Holt, Wild Homes, Flight Song and the Wild and the Wise to explore… Read More »

Eels, Nearly Eternal As Any Earthly Life – opens at Cley Marshes Visitor Centre

An absolutely stunning install day for ‘Eels, Nearly Eternal As Any Earthly Life’ which is open at Cley Marshes Visitor Centre, Norfolk Wildlife Trust from 2nd May to 2nd June. With wild wellbeing walks shared alongside many of the works on show and family friendly, with over 75 children’s poems to enjoy from children in… Read More »

New Spring Workshops / Exhibitions

It’s a joy to see the first signs and seeds of Spring bursting into the seasons with the next few months incredibly busy for so many of us – am working on various features, including an interview with Issam Kourbaj Urgent Archive at Kettle’s Yard, as well as a look at Chilean artist Francisca Aninat… Read More »

Summer News 2023

Summer Holiday Workshops Natural Wonder Poetry Trail A Wild Water & Marshes boat trip workshop from Thorpe Ferry will accompany an extract from my poem Dreaming of Albion, Sailing With Maud (commissioned by Norfolk County Council) and is being installed near the ferry for the Summer holidays as part of the Natural Wonder Poetry Trail.… Read More »

The Case of the Missing Eel – Cley Marshes, Norfolk Wildlife Trust

It was a joy to spend a day working with families and children at Cley Marshes for Norfolk Wildlife Trust in April surrounded by the stunning marine photography of Jack Perks – whose underwater filming many of us will have seen on David Attenborough’s Wild Isles. We explored marine life and eel habitat, reflected and… Read More »

The Last Eel on Earth, illustrated in partnership with Plymouth University

Poem Last Eel on Earth was born in 2021 – illustrated in partnership with the University of Plymouth. Inspired by my passion for writing as a form of empowered storytelling that can have impact on the world around us, it raises awareness of eel as a species, its extraordinary journey and illegal eel trafficking. It’s… Read More »

Fairy Doors Trail now at Cary’s Meadow, The Broads National Park

We’re delighted that our Fairy Doors Trail is now installed on Cary’s Meadow, with an interactive illustrated map by artist Joe Fear that unlocks stories written by children across Norfolk, inspired by biodiversity and the natural world. These are the first wave of fabulous works by children aged 6-11 and there will be more coming… Read More »