A Writing Life Retold For OUSC

The next OUSC event will take place on Thursday, 10th July 202 at Little St Mary’s, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QG (refreshments and a chance to mingle from 7pm, ready for a 7.30pm start), when OUSC member J.S. Watts (Somerville, English) will speak about ‘A Writing Life’.

"J.S.Watts is a British poet and novelist who weaves the fantastical and the literary with other vibrant strands to create glowing, multi-faceted writing as found in her nine published books and many globally published short stories, poems and articles.

Originally from London, she now lives in a village in South Cambridgeshire. In between, she read English at Somerville College, Oxford and spent many years working in the British education sector. 

In this evening event for OUSC, J.S.Watts talks candidly about her journey to becoming a published author, with lessons learned and pointers for those who want them (and stories for those who don’t), along with readings from her poetry and novels."

Her books will be available to browse and buy - cash only, please.

The event is open to OUSC members and guests.

Ten Years Old Today!

It's the tenth anniversary of the publication of Witchlight and the beginning of the Witchlight Series. Happy Anniversary, Witchlight!

Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

It's Spring, but it's not wedding bells you hear. It's the arrival of issue 9 of Lit Shark.

Beneath the deep turquoise blue cover of the literary magazine you can find two poems by J.S. : The Flotilla of Lost Words, a poem that has been published before, and How It Begins. How It Finishes, a brand new poem that's breaking surface for the first time now.

The online edition is available to read for free here and you will soon be able to purchase the paperback edition to cherish and keep.

Go on. Dive in.

Ouse Muse - Musing in May

On Tuesday, 6th May J.S. will be the guest poet at Bedford's Ouse Muse. There will also be an Open Mic. So, come along to listen to the poetry, or read a poem, or both.

Ouse Muse begins at 8pm and is held in The Eagle Bookshop, 16-20 St. Peter's Street, Bedford.

A High Window in Spring

And just to prove that reviews are like London buses, although March isn't quite over yet, following hard on the heels (or should that be tyres) of J.S.'s first review of the year, she has another three reviews out in The High Window.

Click here to read J.S.'s thoughts about Still Life by Rebecca Bilkau, Lilith Speaks by Clare Proctor and Subcutaneous by Maria Isakova-Bennett.

First Review of the Year

 

J.S. Watts has reviewed Siegfried Baber's deeply rich poetry pamphlet, The Twice-Turned Earth, for The High Window. You can read the review in the Spring Issue reviews section.

March Metamorphosis

Poetry for the culturally amphibious...

J.S. has a new poem, Deeper Diving, in the beautiful Metamorphosis issue (issue 8, Spring/ Summer 2025) of The Amphibian, due out on 6th March. You can find further details at:    

        https://theamphibianlit.wordpress.com/