Friday, 16 September 2022

'Driftwood by Starlight' (The Seventh Quarry Press, 2021): Update of 2022 Reviews, Mentions etc.

 

Driftwood by Starlight Launch Day, 3 August 2021


Driftwood by Starlight 

Copies can be bought here (£6.99/$10).


Reviews 

  1. August 2021 - review by Juliet Wilson on The Crafty Green Poet site, here.  
  2. Tracey Foster, whose review on Everybody's Reviewing was arranged by Dr Jonathan Taylor, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Leicester - here 
  3. Neil Leadbeater on the Write Out Loud site - here
  4. Neil Leadbeater in Littoral magazine #8 (ed. Mervyn Linford) - here.  
  5. James Knox Whittet in Twelve Rivers (Vol.12, issue 2, Autumn/Winter2021). Twelve Rivers is the magazine of Suffolk Poetry Society. 
  6. D.A. Prince in Orbis #198, Winter 2021 (Review title, 'Stones, Sea and Sky', p.57).
  7. Richenda Milton-Daws in the ArtServe magazine, Winter 2021. 
  8. Jessica Newport in The Seventh Quarry magazine, Winter/Spring 2022.  
  9. Dilys Wood in in Artemis poetry #28 (Second Light journal).


Q and A Interviews

  1. Questions from Maria Lloyd (@mariatlloyd) at the University of Reading about the collection. Links to the Q&As can be found here.
  2. Sue Wallace-Shaddad, Secretary of Suffolk Poetry Society, In Conversation, Twelve Rivers (Vol.12, issue 2, Autumn/Winter2021). Twelve Rivers is the magazine of Suffolk Poetry Society. 
  3. Poetry Mini Interview in five parts, conducted by Thomas Whyte. Part One has been posted and can be found here

 

Online Features

  1. July 2021 - Writers' Online Showcase section, here.  
  2. Creative Writing at Leicester blog, arranged by Dr Jonathan Taylor, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Leicester - here.  
  3. Poetry Blog Digest on Via Negativa (Dave Bonta) - here. 
  4. 23 November 2021 - Newcastle University News - here. 'Alumna Publishes First Poetry Collection, Driftwood by Starlight.'  
  5. May 2022 - Walthamstow Hall magazine

 

Others Mentions and Listings

  1. 31 July 2021 - The Poetry Society, Members' e-bulletin. 
  2. 27 July 2021 - The Poetry School, e-newsletter. 
  3. 12 July 2021 - ACW eNews, bulletin #27
  4. September 2021 - In Touch (Suffolk community magazine). 
  5. Autumn 2021 - Star Tips #143 (with sample poem)  
  6. Autumn 2021 - ARTEMISpoetry #27
  7. December 2021 - Exeter University: Celebrating our Alumni Authors

Readings

  1. 3 August 2021 - Online launch and reading, with Peter Thabit Jones of The Seventh Quarry Press and guest readers, Susan Richardson, Jean Salkilld and David Gill reading their own work. 
  2. 7 October 2021 - Suffolk Poetry Society National Poetry Day event in Ipswich Library, Suffolk, UK. Three poems from the collection were included in, and read out on my behalf, as part of an event on the theme of 'Choice'.  
  3. 19 February 2022 - ACW Online Poetry Day. I read 'Dunwich in Winter'. 
 

Matthew Stewart's 'Best Poetry Blogs of the Year' 2021 List

  1.  14 December 2021 - I was to be included in the list on account of my posts about Driftwood by Starlight.
 

Friday, 1 July 2022

Publications and Prizes (Update of 2022)

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Poetry Publications

  • 2020    Driftwood by Starlight (The Seventh Quarry Press), first full collection. 
  • 2012    The Holy Place (The Seventh Quarry Press, Wales, in conjunction with Cross-Cultural Communications, New York), Poet to Poet chapbook, shared with John Dotson. 
  • 2023   Polar Corona (Hedgehog Poetry Press), a slim prize-winning pamphlet, forthcoming.

 


Summary of Main Prizes and Awards

  • 2022    First Prize: Hedgehog Poetry Press ‘Wee Collection’ Challenge.
  • 2017    Third Prize: Milestones Competition, judged by Brian Patten.
  • 2014    Overall Winner: ZSL Poetry Competition on the theme of ‘Conservation’.
  • 2009    Third Prize: Haddon Library ‘Cambridge University 800’ Poetry Competition.
  • 2007    Overall Winner: Petra Kenney Poetry Prize (£1000).*
  • 2005    First Prize, Adult Section: Ottakar/Faber Carmarthen Store Poetry Competition. 
  • 2005    First Prize: Writing Magazine Ottava Rima Competition.
  • 1972    Overall Winner: Sevenoaks Three Arts Festival Grove Poetry Trophy (aged 11).

 

* judged by Michael Schmidt, John Whitworth, Alison Chisholm and Morgan Kenney.