My poetry pen has to be set aside for a while after a book comes out, or allowed to rest under whatever I’m reading, listening to, looking at. This happens after every publication, though the past nine months (since the publication of Beyond the Gate) have provided a particularly spacious space! At such times, my…
Tag: Beyond the Gate
Beyond the A12
On Tuesday 10th October we launched my new Worple Press collection Beyond the Gate in the beautiful crypt (or Forum) of the newly refurbished St John’s Waterloo, in London. I love book launches. And because this one had been postponed from July, I’d had extra time to plan, in a very bossy way: notes and…
To share or not to share
There are times in life when it’s easier to share snaps of pets and plants than it is to talk about what else is going on. There are lots of reasons not to share – not wanting to burden people, not wanting to risk ‘oversharing’ and simply not having the energy, the time, the stamina….
Clare Best 