Brown's: The Perfect End to the Better Houses Launch Tour

Oh what a joy it was to be in Laugharne in the gentle quiet of December to wrap up the Better Houses tour. They treat their poets well there.

It was also joyful that Torben could escape work and join me for the night away. I always love it when he's able to make my gigs. On arrival we had Brown's to ourselves, a rare treat to those used to be there for the standing room only of the festival, and, it being the sleepy time of year, we had a wonderful room to stay in there complete with a free-standing bath that I could have spent the whole stay in.

The evening reading was cosy and informal, with us going around the room and each reader standing to do one piece, interspersed with four short sets from myself. There were some wonderful readings including an inventive collaborative piece with 'music'.

Afterwards we were easily persuaded to try all the gin and prop up the bar talking talking talking until close.

In the morning, after a hearty breakfast we took advantage of the winter sun and wandered down to sit outside the boathouse and top up our caffeine levels (and cake levels for himself), before heading back to Brown's to warm and read by the fire.

I couldn't have had a more perfect end to the running around of the months before, and it was dead romantic too.

Now I am wrapping up work before the gift of a long festive break to get myself back to human ready for 2018! My next 2018 gigs are as follows:

FEBRUARY
17th: New Poets Showcase, Seren/Cornerstone’s Poetry Festival, Cardiff (11am) 21st: Open Mic Spoken Word Extravaganza at Ye Olde Murenger House, Newport (7.30pm)
MARCH
14th: Satellite of Love, The Greenbank, Easton, Bristol (8.30pm) 
APRIL

22nd: Melville Centre, Abergavenny (11.30am)
Have splendid festive seasons my dears! I'll leave you with some snaps from Laugharne: