Windows of Opportunity!
May 16, 2010 sarahjameswrites
There’s an art to being busy for me at the moment as I’m busy planning a poetry/photography arts display for the centre of my local town.
I found out on Thursday that I’m due to have a two-week shop window display in Droitwich next month as part of a Window on the Arts scheme using empty shops to promote local artists and community groups. The timing is perfect for the launch of Into the Yell, as Circaidy Gregory will be accepting pre-publication orders of the collection next month.
Meanwhile, I will be doing my last proof-read of the final pdf next week and I’ve been putting my artistic side to further good use in preparation for my role as writer in residence for the day at Worcester’s Oxfam Bookshop as part of Oxfam Bookfest in July. As well as reading from Into the Yell, I will also be doing some toddlers story telling sessions, so have been busy writing a children’s story for the event, complete with my own ‘illustrations’!
Anyway, still plenty of work to do on that, so I will leave you with a list of some of the events I’m involved in shortly, if you’re in the area.
Sarah James – Into the Yell, poetry collection, Circaidy Gregory Press
Events for June/July/August 2010
Friday, May 28 to Monday, June 14 – Sarah James will be staging a Window on the Arts shop window poetry and art mixed media display in Droitwich Salters shopping centre (in the shop between Bargain Foods and the cancer charity shop).
June 2010 – Sarah James will be launching her revamped website at www.sarah-james.co.uk ahead of the launch of her poetry collection Into the Yell (Circaidy Gregory Press – www.circaidygregory.co.uk ).
Saturday, July 10 – Sarah James will be launching her poetry collection Into the Yell at Droitwich Music and Arts Festival. As well as staging an art and poetry mixed media display in the town centre from 10am to 5pm, Sarah will also be doing a reading/readings from her collection and signing books. Specific venues and times to be confirmed nearer the event (on her website at: www.sarah-james.co.uk ).
Thursday, July 15 – Sarah James will be Writer in Residence for the day at Worcester’s Oxfam Bookshop as part of Oxfam’s Bookfest. From 10am to 12 noon she will be holding storytelling sessions for toddlers. From 2pm to 4pm, she will be discussing poetry, reading from and signing her new collection Into the Yell (Circaidy Gregory Press www.circaidygregory.co.uk ). A one pound donation from each book sold on the day will go to Oxfam.
Wednesday, August 18 – Sarah James will be joining fellow poet Jenny Hope in a Worcester Festival charity reading from their collections Into the Yell (Circaidy Gregory Press www.circaidygregory.co.uk ) and Petrolhead (Oversteps Books www.overstepsbooks.com). The charity reading and open mic in aid of the Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign will be held at the Farrier’s Arms in Fish Street, Worcester, from 7.30pm. They will be donating £1 from the sale of each book sold on the night to the campaign.
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