Saturday, 4 May 2024

A few quick tips for poetry performance

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  Performance poetry tip for schools: think of your body being in a box. For some lines, the box is tall and thin, sometimes it's small ...
Monday, 22 April 2024

Hal Syndrome - performative non-remembering

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In the plays, Henry IV parts i and ii, Prince Hal hangs out with some low lifes, the most memorable of whom is Falstaff. This is in its own ...
Saturday, 20 April 2024

My books for children that reflect Jewish history, Jewish folklore or my Jewish background

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The Golem of Old Prague (first published by Andre Deutsch) then published by Five Leaves Books) illustrated first by Val Biro, then by Baru...
Monday, 8 April 2024

The True Story of the making of the book of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' - please note the legal implications.

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Folkore and children's books I've done this before but as some people on social media seem bothered about the matter, I'll expla...
Saturday, 6 April 2024

My poetry books for adults

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  Bloody Liars (self-published) You Are, Aren't You? (Five Leaves and Jewish Socialist Group) Carrying the Elephant (Penguin) This is no...
Wednesday, 20 March 2024

My books about reading, poetry and writing (all mostly in a educational contexts)

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  'What is a Bong Tree? Articles and talks 1976-2021' (edited by John Richmond) 'Write to Feel Right' in the Big Cat series,...
Sunday, 10 March 2024

Ofsted try to 'do' literature and end up with pap

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  This comes from the new Ofsted Subject Report for English: There's a lot here to chew over: it's the kind of report that doesn...