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One year ago, at Huddersfield Literature Festival , I did my first poetry open mic.A year later, I’ve just been selected to compete in this year’s Hudds Lit Fest Poetry Slam! It’s 31st March at Small Seeds. I’m preparing for this by performing at the following open mics, if anyone wants to join me: WedContinue reading “Slam Prep – I’m going competitive!”

What a great night that was! A quirky, quality showcase of original artists from the local area. 🔥

It’s Independent Venues Week in Huddersfield. I’m having a busy week with Attic Stories tonight for pure poetry, then I will be doing my thing amongst music acts at Small Seeds on Tuesday and Northern Quarter on Thursday.  

This is a lovely monthly event, which starts with writing workshops, then an open mic. The format works really well: it’s nice to have something to do! Makes it much more fun. I am trying to keep better records of where I’ve been. It doesn’t always work for me to post things in advance, asContinue reading “Ink Spill @ The Head of Steam, 20th Jan”

This is fast becoming my favourite of the electronic open mics, because it is so eclectic: nothing is even similar to anything else.  Over the course of the evening, that creates a huge range of listening, from dance to electro acoustic and everything experimental between! This was my first outing of the new year, havingContinue reading “Technical Difficulties, 4th January.”

Let’s have some gratuitous truck and dog shots from earlier this week. Sunny now, but each day has been progressively colder in the mornings. I woke up to 3 degrees inside today, with the fire still warm and glowing! It’s been -4 outside every night this week up here. In temperatures like these, I’m inContinue reading “Brrr!”