Last year, when the pandemic was really picking up in the UK, I decided to compile some prompts for National Poetry Writing Month inspired by the ones I had been using for my Cardiff-based writers’ group, Roath Writers. It was so nice spending the long days of lockdown reading, writing and connecting with other poets. I can…
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My Poetry Bookshelf — January
Last year, I read Mary Ruefle’s book of collected lectures, Madness, Rack and Honey, and have thought often since about this passage on rereading: ‘And there was a curiosity too, the curiosity of revisiting and remeeting. Some gigantic memory might strike me as being rather small in the flesh, or the altogether unremembered might strike me…
How Poetry Burns
This blog post could be called so many things: how time burns, how love burns, how loss burns. I have stepped away from this blog for 18 months to attend to various fires in my own life – some destructive and some restorative. I will be returning, slowly, to say more about these experiences over…
The Cardiff Review – Poetry Editor
On Friday, I was officially welcomed to The Cardiff Review as their new Poetry Editor! As a result my weekend was spent feeling joy-filled and celebrating with just the right amount of craft cider. Okay, perhaps a little too much… I am honored to join this dedicated team and follow in the footsteps of former editor…
Natalie Ann Holborow wins the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015
Originally posted on Welsh Writers’ Trust:
A Swansea writer has become the second person to be awarded the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers by the Welsh Writers’ Trust 24-year-old Natalie Ann Holborow will be presented with her £500 prize on Sunday 13 December 2015 at an awards ceremony at Chapter, Cardiff’s iconic arts centre.…
HEADSTAND RADIO POETRY PODCAST: CHRISTINA THATCHER ON CREATIVITY, CATHARSIS AND CARDIFF
Originally posted on willdeanford's Blog:
Patrick Widdess, poet, performer and podcaster, in his usual warm and welcoming way, interviews Christina Thatcher, the latest guest on Headstand to freely talk of how and why they write and the value of the creative process…listen here Creativity as a light in the darkness for processing troubling personal experiences…
Competition: Search for the next generation of Welsh Writers
Originally posted on Welsh Writers’ Trust:
Search underway for next generation of Welsh writers Budding writers from across Wales are being invited to enter a competition to have their work published in a new anthology of the nations’ most talented young scribes. The Welsh Writers’ Trust is teaming up with Parthian Books to publish an…
Speaking out- Christina Thatcher on Ignite Cardiff
Originally posted on freespeechcardiff:
A big part of the brilliance of Ignite Cardiff is the fact that its talks can come from anyone, from any angle- on subjects that are truly extraordinary or touchingly ordinary, things that happen to an unusual few, or things we all experience over time. ? Amongst the great talks at…
Writing Grief
Last night I attended my final ever Ignite Cardiff; and bloody hell it was a goodun. A perfect mixture of poignant and hilarious talks, coupled with the dynamic atmosphere the night is renowned for… it really did tick all the boxes. And whilst every single person did a first class job (with special kudos to…
Time to “relax and reflect”?
Originally posted on Out Of The Ashes:
How mindful are you really of the present moment? What does emotional, spiritual and physical growth and resilience mean to you? And how can reflective writing and sharing with others help you to connect with your authentic self? Once a month, over the past 4 months I have…
Christina Thatcher 