Word Space 2025/26
cornwalljackie Word Space is Literature Works’ inclusive and diverse talent development programme for developing new voices from around the South West region – and I’m very proud to be part of…
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Climate Poetry Writers Room
Destination Bude for a four day Climate Poetry Writers Room, expertly facilitated by poet John Wedgwood Clarke. A deep-dive into openness, uncertainty, wildness, porosity and petrified wood (amongst other things!).…
We Are of This Place
Reading a poem at the same event as Simon Armitage and Pascale Petit – a real honour. The readings from Simon and Pascale were an absolute joy and a reminder…
Cove Park Writers Residency
A week writing, talking about writing, thinking about writing, in the glorious setting of Cove Park on the Rosneath peninsular on the west coast of Scotland. Time for a complete…
Writer in Residence at Looe Library
I’m very excited to be working with Looe Library and Community Hub as their inaugural Writer in Residence, running community workshops and making new work inspired by this lovely place…
Creative Non Fiction
Delighted to have my creative non-fiction piece ‘Gold Diggings’ in the last print edition of Spelt magazine, alongside some fine writing celebrating the contemporary rural experience.
Launch of Cornwall in Short
Loved this! Reading at the launch of Cornwall in Short: A Collection of Cornish Writing ed. Peter Mcallister & Kate Horsley at the glorious The Morrab Library in Penzance. A…
Looe Festival of Words
It’s a wrap! Six days of writing workshops, author talks, walks, performances and a book fair. It’s been such a privilege to work with inspirational facilitators and participants who have…
Another Place – Inkfish Magazine
Inkfish is a thing of beauty – not something that’s said very often about an online journal. But the design is gorgeous. I’m very pleased to have a short story,…
Looe Festival of Words
It’s all coming together – the first Looe Festival of Words, 1 – 6 October. Not a Lit Fest! Definitely not a Lit Fest! Which may sound pedantic, but as…