A GIFT OF RECOMMENDED READING
Dyer´s caustic wit enables him to slice and dice and get away even before the blood has begun to seep out.
Author Archive for: Norman
Entries by Norman Warwick
IAN TYSON still walks and talks with COWBOY PRIDE
The album titles give an idea of the direction of the songs within them: Cowboyography, Eighteen Inches of Rain, Old Corrals and Sagebrush.
POETRY SPOKEN STATESIDE
the capacity poetry has, as a genre, to create cultural sparks with even the slimmest of collections means that for every deserving title we might manage to highlight here, a dozen more might have been swapped in.
HALLE (broken) LUJAH can make us feel whole again
Hallelujah is about the struggle between having human desire and searching for spiritual wisdom. It’s being caught between those two places.
GONE FISHING instead of just a-wishing
With the tourist office vision of niche specialist holidays being part of the Lanzarote offer, this statue and others like it, could attract not only art groups from all over the world, but also, because of the Hemingway connection, book club members, and creative writing groups
MORE THAN A BOOKSHOP: Kelsall And Sons, Littleborough UK
The shelves already include subjects such as poetry, literature, natural history, transport and sport itself, with children´s books, too, being often bought at auctions.
MICKEY NEWBURY: songs from the soul
The songwriter´s obligation then is the intellectual one of determining whether the song he has written will help someone or hurt someone.
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN
Exbury Gardens, a beautiful setting in the New Forest in the UK, re-opened to the general public a few weeks ago and its management team is delighted to report that record numbers of visitors came along to enjoy the spring sunshine over the Mother’s Day weekend. Crowds turned up to share the spectacular colours of early spring against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
HERE´S ONE I MADE (well, cut and pasted) EARLIER
Of course, it is not only titles like The Book Of Days or the search engine equivalent that can pump a writer´s juices because all aspiring writers should be, and many established writers are, already, familiar with the huge benefits, to all types of writers, carried in a particular monthly magazine. I myself have been a subscriber for more than thirty years. Writing Magazine gives all sorts of tips from top writers to improve our creative writing skills but also offers pages and pages of sound business sense every month, and even helps us to network by sharing comprehensive lists of literary festivals and events and competitions. Writers, like my friend and Sidetracks And Detours reader Jenny Roche, keep an eye on what particular publishers are seeking and keep an eye on new trends and opportunities of publication, this offering subscribers, whether aspirant or established, new points of contact.
ONE WORLD ONE CHANCE
ONE WORLD ONE CHANCE Norman Warwick learns about a new publication of poetry. A huge replica of planet Earth appeared in Rochdale at the end of last year when the internationally renowned Gaia installation was available to visit at Number One Riverside in the town centre from Saturday 20 November until Christmas Eve. UK artist […]
