Linda Saunders is a highly praised, prizewinning poet. She has been widely published in magazines and anthologies.  Her first full-length collection was short-listed for the Jerwood Aldeburgh Prize. Two further collections followed, most recently A Touch on the Remote (from Worple Press).   https://www.worplepress.com She worked for a number of years as a fine-arts journalist and editor, shortlisted for Arts Journalist of the year and she is a member of the International Association of Arts Critics. Philip Gross wrote of her poetry that she ‘applies words to subtle experiences a ..read more

A warm welcome back to BardWindow. Our guest today is Graeme Ryan Born in St Annes on Sea, Lancs, a ‘sand-grown-un’ near the big tides and beaches of the Ribble Estuary. Over the past forty years a poet, playwright, drama teacher, ecologist. Now living on the edge of Exmoor and a member of Fire River Poets in Taunton. A prize-winner in several national poetry competitions and fortunate to have had a series of full-length plays performed by young people at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton. Author of Nature Notes Calendar (Jynx Books 2020) and a monthly nature columnist for Somerset Life ..read more

It was a real pleasure to have Michelle as a guest on the programme. Her history in poetry and her genuine love of words shine through. We talk of inspiration and difficult times, the process and pleasure of competing for and living the term Michelle Diaz has been writing since the late 90s and began her life as a poetry performer in 1998 at The Poetry Café in Covent Garden. She studied English Language and Literature at Manchester University and always had a love of words and a passion for poetry. In 2009 she had two poems accepted by Live Canon, which were performed onstage in Greenwich. Bet ..read more

Martin Porter was born and brought up in St Helier, Jersey. He started writing verse while in primary school and developed a love of poetry during his secondary school years. His interest in science took him across the English Channel to study at the Universities of London (Queen Mary College) and Leeds, where he pursued his interest in astronomy and astrophysics. He has lived in Jersey, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Wells UK. Martin interests lie between and within the genres of poetry and micro-prose. He has been active leading and participating in workshops and writing groups in Jersey and New ..read more

Tick Rowley is a poet, storyteller, script writer, voice over artist and the 22nd Bard of Bath. She has a first class degree in Creative Writing; has been publish in several Poetry 365 Anthologies, Dark Poets Club magazine, as well as the Coffee Table Coven. She has been contracted by OhCleo to write the Divine Feminine series. She has also been runner up un the Bristol Old Vic Open Sessions for her Play Ricochet, which covers the subject of abortion in Ireland. Tick is also lead of the poetry page Ladies of Letters on Instagram, which is a platform for sharing poetry from women around the wor ..read more

Welcome all to the BardWindow Podcast Ama Bolton is a poet and bookbinder living in Somerset. All her life she made up songs and verses. For years she read and listened to poetry and wrote almost in isolation. She knew Adrian Henri but never dared show him her writing. When she moved to Wells from Liverpool in the early 1980s she joined a group of poets who critiqued one another’s work, and from that time she began to call herself a poet. Around 20 years ago Jane Williams and Ama started the Wells Fountain Poets, who met monthly until the lockdown and will, I hope, eventually be able to meet a ..read more