I can’t believe I haven’t blogged for the whole year – not very good at this regular malarkey am I! Well here is a quick round up of the poetic and creative highlights..
Statistically speaking, during 2024 I read to 780 people in the room, 27 on zoom, and 193,000 via Radio Nottingham and Riverside Radio. I read live stories at three events and poetry at fifteen events.
I organised or co-organised 5 events and MC’d at 4.
Image above by Hazel Warren from Women Say Stuff
A Journey Inside traveled to two festival for interactive performances at Wandworth Arts Festival and Nottingham Poetry Festival. Fablous feedback can be seen here: Plus it was selected for the Fivars Festival of International Virtual Augmented and Reality Stories 2024, winning a selection laurel.
There was so much more to tell you about, so here are a few snippets snaffled from other places:
During the Hockley Hustle in October Speech Therapy let me perform some sad poems to unexpected live Mariarchi band accompaniment, then tango with Kate Hendry recorded planned fiddle playing. Great supportive audience and fabulously hosted by Keith Ford all for the Hockley Hustle. Thanks for the photo too.
Poetry, Song, Cake & Freinds – 3 took place in October. Pete Yen of We Shall Overcome wrote: Wonderful lovely evening at Sherwood Methodists last night for the WSO event organised by Lytisha Tunbridge, in aid of St Ann’s and Sneinton Food Store. Best part of £350 in cash donations, and lots of food donations too. But also raised spirits. The featured artists were all excellent and so too were the Poetry open mic’ers.
DIY Poets had our annual outing to The Gate to Southwell festival and had a marvellous time sharing poems, hosting the Bard to Southwell Competition and generally being jolly. They even caught some of us dancing poets on their official video
DIY Poets at The Gate to Southwell Festival 2024
Happy 2025 to all and I will try to be more regular this year!
Lytisha Tunbridge 