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Sunday, 17 March 2024

Spring Equinox: Day 1

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It's time to celebrate the start of spring! We've got a week of Spring Equinox-y fun planned before the big day next week, and (fi...
Sunday, 10 March 2024

Events in March 2024

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Virtual Writing Retreat Sunday 10th March 10.30–5.00pm Hannah's Bookshelf I'm hosting an online writing retreat for creati...
Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Performers Wanted for Live Poetry Special 2024

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Want to perform your poetry on the radio? The annual Hannah's Bookshelf Live Poetry Special is back! On Saturday 23rd March, Hanna...
Thursday, 29 February 2024

My Year in Books 2024: February

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Time for this month's list, but it's not a very long with this time. I read two novels for pleasure in February, but I guess that...
Monday, 12 February 2024

Spring Equinox Stories Wanted for Hannah’s Bookshelf on North Manchester FM

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Submit your seasonal flash fiction to be played on Hannah’s Bookshelf this March! Can you tell a seasonal story in just 3 minutes? Want ...
Monday, 5 February 2024

Imbolc: Day 7

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It's Groundhog Day! And the final day of our (slightly muted) Imbolc celebrations this year. Imbolc Dinner We had our traditio...

Imbolc: Day 6

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I was in London for a training session today, and while it was a very enjoyable and interesting session, it wasn't really very seasona...

Imbolc: Day 5

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I think I've just accepted that I'm not going to recovered enough from the horror-cold for big celebrations (and poor Rob certainl...

Imbolc: Day 4

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Another quiet day of recovering from the horror-cold. I was at work all day, so no time or energy for big celebrations. Imbolc Tea Break...
Sunday, 4 February 2024

Imbolc: Day 3

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Another quiet Imbolc day, as I've still not shifted this cold properly. I'm a bit too tired to do a lot of celebrating, sadly. L...

Imbolc: Day 2

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Another day of our slightly muted Imbolc celebrations. My temperature's down again (hooray!), but Rob's still really ill. Fingers ...
Saturday, 3 February 2024

Events in February 2024

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A Ghastly Find at Cheetham Saturday 17th February 10.00-11.00am and 7.00-8.00pm Romancing the Gothic I'll be giving a talk on bo...

Imbolc: Day 1

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It's Imbolc! But, sadly, a bit of a quiet one for us this year, as we've both come down with horrible colds that have completely d...

My Year in Books 2024: January

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A new year and a new set of book review posts. I read quite a bit in December, but actually I've been struggling a bit with reading for ...
Saturday, 20 January 2024

Review: Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World – The Musical (Kenny Wax Family Entertainment and MAST Mayflower Studios)

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Thursday 7 December 2023 The Lowry, Salford On Thursday 7th December, I was at The Lowry for the press night of Fantastically Great Wome...