Hitchin Winter Festival 2024

 

Hello Cambridge Poetry Magazine!

The first 'episode' of the brand new Cambridge Poetry Magazine was launched in Cambridge on Saturday 7th December.

J.S. is delighted to have five new poems included within its many pages, alongside the work of some superb poets.

You can check out the free pdf version via the magazine's website and eventually there will be a printed version to purchase.

Have a Nice but Naughty Christmas!

Tickets are selling fast for the Christmas 'Naughty & Nice' fiction & poetry readings at Hitchin Library on Thursday, 19th December at 6.30pm.

Four local authors (including J.S.), mulled cider and panettone in the run-up to Christmas. What's not to like?

J.S. will be providing a festive sandwich of nice and naughty, poetry and story telling - expect Christmas adorned poems and adult humour as J.S. explores some Christmas traditions and you discover how the fairy got on top of the Christmas tree!

There will also be a range of books to buy for cash if you are stuck for last minute or additional Christmas presents. Remember, one of the easiest objects to wrap is a book.

You can buy your tickets here.

100 Subtexts - 4 New Poems

 The latest edition of 100subtexts is now live and J.S. has four, brand new poems in it:

• Coming To The Castle
• Like Sand Through an Hourglass
• Advancing Backwards Round the Circulade of Nezignan L'Eveque
• Building Blocks

For further details go to: https://100subtextsmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/11/new-issue-out-today.html#more

To buy a copy go here: https://payhip.com/b/Ga6nD?fbclid=IwY2xjawGxwExleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHciPxX8IRQ6BqyNVHOCvvvCmdz3aN1Y19DS7XG7hy16t28o2vtycnoADXg_aem_8wt8mdSJz3RCD3wTkH0zQg

Review Round Up

J.S. Watts casts her eye over three recently published poetry pamphlets and two third full collections. You can read her thoughts on all five publications, as written for The High Window,  here.

Why Are Sharks Like London Buses?

Well, if I'm honest, the similarity between real sharks and the No. 83 to Golders Green is minimal, but Lit Shark Magazine issues do what London buses do - they travel together.

Having recently had a story in issue no 7 of Lit Shark, The Spooky (Teeth) Edition, J.S. is fortunate to have one of her well loved poems in issue no 8, The Shark Week Edition.

The poem is Gull. It was first published in The Seventh Quarry and you can read it here in issue 8 of Lit Shark

A Belated Toothy Halloween Grin

J.S.'s darkly humorous Halloween tale, Everyday Ghosts (first published by Dark Fire Fiction in August 2019) has been resurrected for issue 7 of Lit Shark's post-Halloween special - The Spooky (Teeth) Edition. With so much spooky content, this really is a publication to sink your teeth into...

The paperback copy is at the printers, but if you can't wait, you can download a PDF version from the Lit Shark website