Illustrator extraordinaire Sam Zuppardi had a busy night at the York Lit Fest Programme Launch creating some gorgeous pics of the performers.
Here's his (very flattering) version of me and my rambles.
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A huge thank you and well done is due to all the other acts/ bands and organisers of the Floods of Sound flood relief fundraising gig. We managed to raise a whopping £2000 by generally having a great time and getting a wee bit tipsy. Special nod of appreciation to the mighty Dave Sykes for his superhuman efforts.
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Come and join us for a great cause Next weekend.
The floods have caused massive devastation and the Bull on the Bridge has pulled together a weekend of live music to raise money for those worse affected.
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On Saturday the 9th of Jan we'll be kicking off the New Year the right way over in York for the York Lit Fest Launch Party at the Basement.
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What a marvelous day we had at the Ryedale Book Festival this year, where myself, John Hegley, Anneliese Emmans Dean, and Andy Seed performed for and then judged the students of a variety of Yorkshire schools at the P-Factor Grand Final.
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Beautiful new anthology - MY DEAR WATSON - a poem for every element out next week, with poems from some truly wonderful writers (plus me).
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Huge thanks to the lovely Caterpillar Poetry peeps for this lovely video celebrating my writing.
I'm not sure why they decided such a celebration was in order but I shall not complain.
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More Ryedale Book Festival fun!
This from the organisers:
"John Hegley is coming to the Festival this year for a fabulous, fun day of poetry. He will run a poetry workshop in the morning and will be joined by three other poets: Andy Seed (Winner of the Blue Peter Award for Best Book with Facts), Anneliese Emmans-Dean and Steve Nash.
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In a unique poetry/theatre hybrid, four performers each showcase drastically different approaches to spoken word. Alan, Laurence, Rose and Steve are professional poets, with very separate agendas forced to collaborate on a show. Their debates will take us on a journey through romance, personal torment, politics and comedy.
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