Cherry Potts's Blog, page 6
June 17, 2016
Refugees Welcome at The Story Sessions Asylum -videos
A video of me reading at The Story Sessions, I am also reading TONIGHT at Story Fridays at Burdalls Yard 7a Anglo Terrace in Walcott, Bath 7.30 for 8.
It’s taken a while to get these up, sorry – here are videos of the three stories from The Refugees Welcome Anthology read at our Asylum themed The Story Sessions for Brockley Max.
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More of Cherry’s writing can be heard live TONIGHT at Liars’ League London and on Friday at Story Fridays in Bath.
Snipets from the other two stories, as we have no claim on the copyright:
Jane Roberts, The Etymology of Happiness read by Katy Darby
and Oscar Windsor-SmithThis England read by Alix Adams
more videos to come from our two Brockley Max events…
June 8, 2016
Catch my writing LIVE
I had a spurt of doing submissions recently, and happily can now announce that my story Greenlanders is being read at Liars’ League on Tuesday 14th June – a transport themed evening in which I take up the baton for whaling ships and emigrant steamers. I can’t be there as I’m teaching in another part of town, and even the fastest bus on earth isn’t going to get me there in time, so if any friends, relations or enthusiasts want to go along and cheer vigorously, that would be gratifying!
I wrote the story as part of a workshop I was running at the Metropolitan Archive, writing to live music from Sarah Lloyd & Ian Kennedy, and having just looked at an exhibition of Victorian photographs of everyone from celebrities to ne’er-do-wells.
Another chance to catch a live story, this time in Bath, at Story Friday on 17th June – a busy week! The story is Midsummer Morris Marathon, fo their Solstice theme. This time I’m reading it myself, so the encouragement to friends in the area is even more forceful – you will be hearing from me!
This story is based on elements of fact – I have met those inexhaustible dancers, though not in Somerset, I have stood on that hill and seen that view – after that it’s entirely hokum, unless it isn’t of course…
May 24, 2016
The Thirty Second Mariner
And… the poem is published.
you can read it here, and even rate it. Spilling Cocoa is rapidly getting stuffed with witty and daft poems, go and have a browse.
April 30, 2016
my first ever poem is about to be published
Well, that isn’t actually true. I’ve written loads of poems, but I’ve just had one accepted for publication for the first time ever.
Anyway its very short and a bit silly, but it works – it’s a ‘proper’ poem with a recognisable form. I love writing free poetry but there’s a different kind of satisfaction to be got from the structured stuff, a bit like a fiendish puzzle, there’s an audible crunch when it fits together perfectly.
Encouraged by the strapline: It’s OK, you’re allowed to be funny I sent something off. So at some point in the next couple of months my tiny poem, The Thirty Second Mariner will be online at the delightfully named Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis site run by Jonathan Pinnock.
On a bit of a roll, I’ve also had a flash piece accepted by Spelk Fiction, and Rising Dawn will be on their site on 20th June.
April 25, 2016
Edge Lit 5
I will be on a panel at Edge Lit 5, The Midlands’ premier speculative fiction event on Saturday July 16th.
The panel is at 12 Noon and is entitled: High Fantasy, High Art: Is Fantasy Growing More Literary?
Last I heard, I will be joined by Peter Newman, Jen Williams and Edward Cox.
Venue: QUAD, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS kick off at 10, goes on late.
April 6, 2016
Rebellion: Writing Fantasy
Rebellion: Writing Fantasy, author talk and workshop
Author Cherry Potts reads from her new novel The Dowry Blade, and discusses ways of writing fantasy with an opportunity for a short writing exercise for the audience.
World building, weird logic and rule breaking at
Brompton Library
210 Old Brompton Road
London SW5 0BS
Thursday 14 April 18:30-19:45
Attending the London Book Fair? This event is on the final day and Brompton Library is one stop on the tube/overground away from Olympia, at West Brompton, then a short walk.
Kate Foley & Cherry Potts reading at Gay’s the Word – Video
We had a great evening at Gay’s the Word – thank you to Uli & Jim – and despite Kate’s determination to walk out of shot, we have some video – where it got silly, with just a sleeve on show, there’s audio instead.
Here’s reading a bit about family from The Dowry Blade, chosen specially to link with Kate’s themes, and not read elsewhere.
and audio of the other section read
Here’s Kate reading a varied selection of poems from The Don’t Touch Garden
Blue Glass, Empty Pram:
Oral History:
My Father Counting Sheep:
The Elephant Aunts:
and here, reading an abridged version of the long title poem.
continued off camera…
March 13, 2016
Vocal Chords Hold Back the River
I may have mentioned that sometimes I sing?
This is me, buried in the tenor section of Vocal Chords in our first professionally produced video
of James Bay’s Hold Back the River.
March 8, 2016
interview on East London Lines
I was interviewed recently by East London Lines about The Dowry Blade and Outcome.
Read it here They managed to miss the point on Outcome, and misrepresent what I said about fantasy in the 70’s but never mind.
