Katrina Naomi's newsletter for April...

short & sweet...

Katrina Naomi

photo: Tim Ridley

Welcome to my monthly newsletter 'short & sweet'. Each issue has details of readings, workshops, publishing, etc. It's easy to join the 250+ people on the 'short & sweet' mailing list, go to
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For more about my books, readings, mentoring and workshops, see http://www.katrinanaomi.co.uk 

Recommended read:


This month, I'd like to recommend a wonderful collection What Work Is by Philip Levine. This won the US National Book Award in 1991. Here's the title poem
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182873







 

Hello & welcome

Articles & interviews
Ahead of the launch of my new Seren collection, I've been interviewed by Alex Cluness of Literature Works, (a really useful organisation if you haven't come across it) http://literatureworks.org.uk/features/katrina-naomi/. And in the new (spring 2016) issue of The Poetry Review, I've an article on my recent residency on Scilly, 'Blue Vacancy: Letter from the Isles of Scilly'.

Crocodiles to Cardiff, London, Penzance
This month I'll be reading at Cardiff on 7 April https://www.serenbooks.com/event/first-thursday-katrina-naomi-jo-mazelis-and-kerry-lee-powell, launching The Way the Crocodile Taught Me in Penzance on 14 April,  https://www.facebook.com/events/1020277908018983/, and performing at Wenlock Poetry Festival on 23 April http://www.wenlockpoetryfestival.org/event/rosie-shepperd-and-katrina-naomi/. For all London friends, the London launch is on 17 May at the Yorkshire Grey pub https://www.facebook.com/events/203103206722445/. For info on all other readings and festivals, including Ledbury and Bodmin, see http://www.katrinanaomi.co.uk/readings-launch-dates. Thanks.

Three poems from the new book
I've posted three poems from The Way the Crocodile Taught Me (Seren), here http://www.katrinanaomi.co.uk/poetry. I hope you'll enjoy them.


Thanks for reading & best wishes,.
Katrina










 
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