Seasonal Greetings from Suffolk ...

 Happy Christmas!

Shepherd's Hut at Sutton Hoo

Anthology Alert: Micro Fiction and Poetry

The publications in the photo above have all come out in time for Christmas.

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Four Word Stories, edited by Mai Black, is for sale on Amazon at £4. The volume contains a selection of micro-fiction produced by members of Ipswich Writing Group. The stories were written in five minutes during a workshop, with a little time thereafter for editing. Each writer was given four random words from a pile created by participants.
My story is called 'Jupiter  |  basket   | today  | creature' 

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Flight, edited by Jean Salkilld, is the latest anthology of poems from the Tuesday Poetry group. I was a member of the group when I lived in Swansea. It contains airborne poems about birds (wild geese), heroes (Superman), bats, fairies and aircraft (air ambulance).

The volume includes two of my poems, 'The Bumblebee Bat' and 'Glossy Ibis near Welney'. 

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Slants of Light, named after a poem by Emily Dickinson, contains the winning, shortlisted and longlisted poems from the 2013 Paragram Poetry Competition. It also contains full adjudication notes from Adrienne Dines, the competition judge. 

The volume includes my shortlisted poem, 'Meteor Shower'. 

Anthology Alert ~ 'Glass Cases & Curios'

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

We had a great night out in the Cambridge University Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences on 5 December, launching 'Glass Cases & Curios', an anthology of poems and artwork inspired by artefacts in museums in the east of England. The launch was organised by Karen Harvey and Leanne Moden, 2013 Fenland Laureate, with Elaine Ewart, 2012 Fenland Laureate in attendance. 

There is always something rather special about being in a museum after hours!

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

 Do email Karen Harvey (email on poster) if you would like to buy a copy of the anthology ... Christmas is coming. It includes my poem about a cat in the Woodbridge Tide Mill ...

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

 Above: Pete 'Cardinal' Cox reads his poem.

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

 Above: Elaine Ewart, 2012 Fenland Laureate.

Elaine Ewart, Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

Elaine Ewart, Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

 Above: Peterborough Laureate, Peter Irving reads his poem.

Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

 Above: J.S. Watts reading.

Leanne Moden, Photo credit: © Karen Harvey 2013, used with permission

The large company we keep!

With Leanne Moden, 2013 Fenland Laureate on left and Karen Harvey on right of photo

Left to right: Leanne Moden, me, Karen Harvey ... and a dinosaur tail!

• Press report and photo in The Ely Standard, 10 December 2013.