Events

4 October 2025: Afonydd Anthology Reading at the Wirral Poetry Festival, taking place at 10.30am in Bebington Central Library, Civic Way, Bebington, CH63 7PN.

July 2025, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Reading at the launch of the Coal Anthology, published by The Poetry Business to mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike.

2025: The Marches Songbook, a collaboration of music and poetry between composer Patrick Larley and members of Cross Border Poets. Song lyrics by Andrew Rudd, Anne Douglas, Diana Sanders, Julia McGuinness and Robbie Burton. Toured by tenor Will Smith and pianist Simon Bate.

9 November 2024: The National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield WF4 4RH. Reading at the launch of the Coal Anthology, published by The Poetry Business to mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike.

October 2024: Apocalyptic Landscape: Poems from the Expressionist Poetry Workshop, a creative writing short course devised by Steve Ely of Huddersfield University. Launch and readings from the Apocalyptic Landscape Anthology, published by Valley Press.