Hi everyone I am sure you all know it’s the birthday of the NHS on July 5th We are celebrating with the launch of the videos Louise Winters and her team recorded – and have now uploaded on youtube You can watch a performance length video Or can watch individual poems. If you subscribe you […]
#1 Bestseller on Amazon
These Are The Hands NHS Poetry anthology is #1 bestseller on the amazon poetry anthology list; and #2 bestseller in all amazon’s poetry books! (and the #1 is a free audible audiobook!) CONGRATULATIONS to all the NHS poets, to the co-editors Dr Katie Amiel and Deborah Amiel and THANK YOU to everyone who has bought […]
Jonathan Davidson
Jonathan Davidson has a new book coming out I can’t wait for my copy to arrive but I have been lucky enough to have read the PDF – and I can wholly recommend it I would say it is more of a conversation with the reader than what you would expect from a poetry collection […]
Umbrella exhibition!
I am delighted to say that our planned exhibition at Qube gallery in Oswestry has new dates – September 24th to October 26th 2020 This will be a REAL exhibition in a REAL wonderful space! It will show animation work and other artwork by Derwen College students as part of our project Umbrella You can […]
The Word Bin Podcast – listen!
The Word Bin podcast is up and running – hooray! You can hear it on itunes podbean podcast app or (hopefully) your own favourite podcast app Thank you for all the people who have recorded audio about the word they would like to bin If you would like to know about why I started […]
Great Review! CHRIS KINSEY – From Rowan Ridge
I am so delighted to be able to share this stunning review with you, from Bob Mee. Chris Kinsey’s fifth poetry collection From Rowan Ridge, as you will see on the book page, has been endorsed by award-winning poets like Robert Minhinnick and Fiona Sampson – with good reason. “An immensely satisfying, enriching experience.” Am […]
The Word Bin podcast
The Word Bin podcast starts on Monday 15th June at 8am Click below to hear the trailer: Thanks to many enthusiastic intelligent and generous “word-binners” I have published the first season of 15 episodes – which will be released (if I have sorted the tech out correctly!) on itunes, spotify, and your favourite podcast app […]
Chris Kinsey news
I was delighted to hear the news that one of Chris Kinsey’s recent poems was longlisted in the Paper Swans competition The judge Wendy Pratt says this: On the Ceri Ridgeway by Chris Kinsey This poem is full of movement; it moves the reader along, blowing them this way and that. I like how the […]
Fan-peckled: A new poetry and art pamphlet coming 2021
I want to let you know about a poetry pamphlet that will be coming out in 2021! It is by the wonderful poet Jean Atkin, and the equally wonderful artist Katy Alston Jean has written a blog about the project here The pamphlet is based on some really old Shropshire words The poems are stunning […]
British Journal of General Practice reviews
Here is a lovely and accurate review of These Are The Hands NHS poetry anthology I hope you are all keeping well, and your loved ones. If you aren’t – whether its Covid 19 or something else – I send you my love Nadia xx
