Daughter’s in Nottingham today with one of her pals, looking round the University ahead of deciding where to apply come autumn, and I shall be up there tomorrow, spending the afternoon at the esteemed Lowdham Book Festival, helping to launch These Seven, the new collection of short stories from Five Leaves which is a key part of the Nottingham Big City Read and a small part of the city’s bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature.
As part of that bid, the Notts City of Literature web site is featuring a Poem a Day (well, most days) with Nottingham connections.
Mine – a ‘version’ of the poem “Grace Notes”, recalling listening to jazz in a venue long gone – can be found here. If you’ve a few minutes, please give it a try.
Some Days You Do ... 