• I recently read an interesting article on how to get published and promote yourself as an author. The article had a helpful checklist, especially [...]

  Myths about getting published

  March 30, 2016
• This is my first update for 2016 of free poetry and fiction competitions. I’ve specified any particular requirements,  such as age limits [...]

  Leilanie Stewart’s round-up of FREE writing competitions – update 8

  March 13, 2016
•   Yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to enjoy a drink with poet John Agard. My English teacher colleagues and I had attended the GCSE [...]

  A toast with John Agard after GCSE Poetry Live 2016

  March 5, 2016
• Two of my lovely hubby’s poems are published in Dead Snakes magazine today. As we get back into the swing of the literary world once more, [...]

  Joseph Robert’s poems in Dead Snakes

  March 2, 2016