jo clement | writer

On Wednesday I set off with a group of early career researchers for Northern Bridge’s first postgraduate research symposium. ‘Working...

Poetry Parlour was first introduced to me by its organiser Jo Colley. In the time I've known her Colley has demonstrated a real knack for...

On the 16th October 2014, poetry fans gathered in Newcastle's newly developed Hatton Gallery. The year of this gathering is significant,...

If you imagine writing on the move, you might think it a tricky task. The balance of notebook and pen as your new hiking boots bite into...

Minutes ago, this line of geese flew over my glass roofed office, loudly honking as if in conversation with each other about the bitter...

"the little angels of Aycliffe wouldn't get away with it"

National Poetry Day this year launched the much anticipated October edition of The Ofi Press poetry magazine. Consistently providing...

We've been getting visits from a stripy cat lately, whose forelegs and paws remind me instantly of Angela Carter's short story 'The...

...from Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête (1946) Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête (1946)

Before beginning my PhD investigation into the engravings of Thomas Bewick - funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council - it felt...

When out and about in a city one of my favourite things to do is to look up above the zoetrope of coffee shops, high street shops, coffee...