The hole in the wall
A little boy looks into a dry stone wall and imagines who might inhabit it. Poem with illustrations. A6 softback (postcard size) 24 pages.
Words and illustrations by Ann Perrin
Produced by The Dry Stone Walling Education ProjectThe Puppeteers Daughter
The poems explore the complexity of life as the daughter of marionette makers and performers. There are poems concerned with life, love and loss, also the seaside, artists, allotments and the eccentricities of life.
Buy now - £6.60Don’t Throw Away the Daisies (illustrated)
Ann’s poetry covers the big topics of love and death with originality. Take for instance the title poem which is full of surprises yet also wonderfully poignant.
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‘Unexploded’ lived up to expectations.
No one usually gets two mentions on my blog, but just finished Alison McLeod’s latest novel all about Brighton in the second world war. It certainly lived up to expectations. I wrote a review la couple of weeks ago after … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison McLeoad- 'Unexploded', Brighton in 1940s wartime, Good book group recommendation, Hatchery host to author, Hove Library, Hove writing group, photograph, Retiring to Brighton - ups and downs
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All winners at the Hatchery in Hove!
Thanks to Nicholas Hallett chairman and Roger Bluff secretary of the Hatchery Writing Group, we have not only had a fantastic year of talks, prompts and sharing writing, but have taken part in a specially organised competition judged by New Writing … Continue reading
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Last of the summer …
The last signs of summer. the seed heads, the leaves scattered on an abandoned pond, the virginia creeper showing off a flimsy gown of red and brown, trailing through spent apple trees, upstaging the flowers, a final … Continue reading
The Hatchery in Hove Library
I have tried various writing groups in Brighton but one of the best so far has to be the one in Hove Library that meets once a month. It is efficiently organised jointly by Nicholas Hallett and Roger Bluff who … Continue reading
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