We were lucky enough to have Jackie Kay and Suzanne Bonnar at the library last night. Jackie was launching her new book Red Dust Road, and entertained about 100 of […]
Author: Wendy Kirk
Sudden Collapses in Public Places, Apologies for Absence and The Poetry Cure
Darling envisioned new ways of understanding illness, a patient administered poetic cure
Reaching for the Stars
I will always carry on reading now.
A life in books
Sometimes I think my job can’t get any better – and then it does. On Sunday, Sue and I were lucky enough to be invited to look through Hannah Frank’s […]
The Book Boy
I like this because it reminded me about the time I was looking to get an education years ago.
A good International Women’s Day? Aye Write!
What with one thing and another, I only made it to one event at Aye Write this year, but did I pick a good one or what? Myself, Kay and Sue headed along to the Jackie Kay and Val McDermid reading last Sunday night. It was totally packed out, which made for a great atmosphere.
The World’s Wife
Takes a surprising selection of men from legend, literature and history, rewriting their tales from the wives’ perspectives
My Life
Not the most well-known of poets, but her original, thoughtful and affecting work Life makes you wonder why not.
Gender Trouble
A study of Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.
Wild Geese (Poem)
It has such deep meaning, especially when feeling lost or not part of anything.