A couple of people have consistently referred to my work as being ‘simple’.

Julia Webb Grey Time book cover Julia Webb’s fourth collection focuses on grief after bereavement. Grief can be a tricky topic as the poet can either include the reader, by focusing on exploration …

Lighthouse launches issue 30 - the neurodivergent (and final) issue

Grief is one of those enduring subjects of poetry, and I guess I must have read a hundred poems based on that theme. It is a brave poet who takes it on. Julia Webbdoes just that in her new collecti…

I’m delighted to welcome writer and artist, Julia Webb, to the blog to introduce you to her fabulous latest collection. My fourth collection Grey Time (Nine Arches Press, 2025) circles around…

Cafe Writers Featuring Pádraig Ó Tuama and Reshma Ruia

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Cafe Writers featuring Ashley Hickson-Lovence and Dillon Jaxx

Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders aren’t just the driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival: they are compelling poets in the own right. We welcome them as they read from their latest and forthcomin...

Cafe Writers featuring Amanda Dalton and Kathy Pimlott

The Wells Fountain Poets