(the launch of Straight Ahead at Nelson's Wine Bar, Hebden Bridge 2006)

What's coming up? 

April

17th April: reading with Jackie Kay and Paula Meehan at Dorothy Wordsworth Festival of Women's Writing, in association with Carol Ann Duffy

18th April: participant in panel discussion at Dorothy Wordsworth Festival of Women's Writing, Dove Cottage, Grasmere. "Women-only spaces: does poetry still need trhem?" - chaired by Dannet Steffens from Mslexia.

http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/events/index.asp?pageid=487   

21st April - 26th May: facilitator of weekly Poetry School introductory poetry course "(Not) just saying it", 7pm. Manchester Friends' Meeting House. Download the Poetry School brochure at:

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1m6au/ProgrammeSummer2010/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F127170%2FProgramme-Summer-2010%3Frefid%3D21579  

May

27th May: reading at Liverpool Bluecoat's Poetry Cafe "Two cities" event

http://www.poetryinthecity.co.uk/

28th May: reading at a Creative Personalities event for people subjected to the insult that is a personality disorder diagnosis. Like myself. Grrrr.

June

20th June: reading at the Poetry Garden Party, Manchester  http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/events/readings/?id=5140