Tag Archives: Children

Autumn News September 23 – Writing Classes and More!

Writing Success Sessions At The Feed Social Supermarket Lovely to start teaching writing classes at The Feed’s Social Supermarket in Norwich on Thursday mornings for children aged 11-16. These writing success sessions have an Autumn theme, but are also open to children to bring longer pieces they can work on each week – from comic… 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 »

Library Opening in King’s Lynn

It was such an honour to open a new library at King’s Oak Academy in King’s Lynn on Friday! Children told me all sorts of reasons why reading is so good to do – ‘it makes you smart’, ‘it’s good for your brain’, ‘it helps us know what to do’ – one child said they’d… 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 »

Winter News 2022 and Happy New Year 2023

Wishing everyone a wonderful festive season and a happy 2023! I’m having some much needed time until 3rd January, visiting family up North, old friends in London and making mince pies to pass on to all – friends, family and neighbours, in memory of my Grandma, who taught me so much about kinship. This winter… 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 »

The Magic of Nature, commission by RSPB

Happy National Poetry Day 2022. This Autumn, am commissioned by the RSPB to help children create a trail of poems inspired by the ‘magic of nature’, for this coming October half term, plus a collaborative poem written with the children as part of a public art piece by Sarah Munro, being installed at the beautiful… Read More »

Holt Fairy Door Trail / Tree Installation at Fakenham Library this June 2022

Lovely to see lots of happy children from the Holt Community Primary School with fairy doors they designed with Norwich Men’s Shed in the North Norfolk News this week as part of a new Natural Wonder fairy door trail in Holt. Read tree inspired poems giving thanks to trees written on a workshop with me… 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 »

New: Mother At Work / Artist-Residency-in-Motherhood

I’m delighted to have been selected as a cohort of artists and creative enterprises for 12 months of support to grow my work with Start Something Immersive, a programme delivered by Plymouth based arts organisation Real Ideas. They are helping me diversify my text art and public poetry installations into light and clean tech, plus… Read More »