Shouting or Whispering?

J.S. will be performing some of her poetry at Shout or Whisper in the Barn at The Vic, Ickleford Road, Hitchin at 7.30pm next Thursday, 5th March. Further details can be found on the Events Page of this website or via the Shout or Whisper website.

It's the International Women's Day edition, so you don't want to miss it.

Standing Up for Clockwise Cat

At the beginning of February, Clockwise Cat published J.S. Watts' prose poem "Standing Up" in its Dadaesque 46th issue.

Now you can hear J.S. read the self-same poem on Clockwise Cat's YouTube channel 

A New Spring. A New High Window

There's a new Spring Issue of The High Window out, and if you go to the reviews section you'll find a review of the poetry collection "leaves borrowed from human flesh" by Abigail Ardelle Zammit  as written by J.S.Watts. It's fourth from the bottom, so you'll have to scroll a fair bit.

Sundown's A Little Later This Year

J.S.'s poetry performance at the Sundown Sessions in Ely has been rescheduled. She'll now be performing on Sunday 10th May, and not in April as originally advertised. See the updated  Events Page for further details.

ICE in Dada

J.S. has a new prose-poem in issue 46 of the Clockwise Cat - The Dada verse issue, also known as the FUK ICE Edition. The piece is called "Standing Up" and you can read it for free online or purchase a print copy by clicking here

Word Salad at The Artyst - First Time

J.S. will be one of the selected open micers at Word Salad (a @Colliding Lines production) on Saturday 17th January, beginning at 7pm. She will be reading a couple of her poems from Y

ears Ago You Coloured Me.

This is the first time that Word Salad is being held at The Artyst, at 56, Chesterton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1EN. The Artyst is a new venue "honouring Syd Barrett’s Legacy with a New Arts Space, Café and Bar in Cambridge".

If you want to hear J.S. read from Years Ago You Coloured Me, or want to support Word Salad at its shiny new home, come on down on 17th January 2026.

Happy New 2026!

Welcome to 2026. 

J.S. has a growing number of short stories and poems scheduled for publication this year. They will be announced here when they become available. So do check back for further information as the new year gets into its stride.

You can also follow J.S. on Facebook and BlueSky to keep up to date with her activities.