2 October 2022
Historic Croydon Airport - Open Day
Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ
Reading at 12 noon
2021 - Online Events
Monday 11 January
Mary Evans Poetry Blog Showcase - 15 poems, 15 poets
Arts Destination South Molton - A Kaleidoscope of Poetry
Three poems on the blog, this one features Spitfires!
2018 Readings & Events
Saturday 30 June
RAF Museum, London
Readings next to a Spitfire as part of Armed Forces Day 2018
Tuesday 5 June
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, 7pm
Reflections - music, storytelling and poetry - fundraising concert in support of Holly Lodge
Saturday 12 May
The 1940s Relived, Brooklands Museum
Reading in the Bluebird Room alongside Miss Holiday Swing, 1pm
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
Monday 7 May
Reading at the annual Mayfly Festival
Square Tower, Portsmouth, 6pm
https://tonguesandgrooves.com/category/poetry-in-portsmouth/
Friday 23 February
Bentley Priory Museum, Stanmore HA7 3HT, 11am
With Melody Foreman, author of A Spitfire Girl: Mary Ellis
2017 Readings
Launch of Fifty Ways to Fly - Part 1
The Railway, Teddington - 22 March
Launch of Fifty Ways to Fly - Part 2
The Square Tower, Portsmouth - 17 September
Saturday 22 April
Write Out Loud Woking
The Lightbox, Woking
Saturday 13 May
1940s Relived, Brooklands Museum, reading in the Wellington Hangar
Saturday 21 May
Lunchtime Talk at Brooklands Museum
with RAF plotter Helen Mills and author Melody Foreman
2016 Readings
Monday 3 October, 7.30pm
Poetry Swindon Festival
North Swindon Library
Wednesday 5 October, 8pm
Essex Poetry Festival
Southend Poetry Group
Naval and Military Club,
20 Royal Terrace, Southend-on-Sea
Saturday 20 August, 7.30pm
Amy Johnson Festival, Artlink, Hull
Reading with Ian Duhig
Saturday 14 May, 12.30pm and 3.30pm
Brooklands Museum, 1940s Relived
Reading in the Wellington Hangar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_WObKP_pxs
Saturday 19 March, 7pm
Poetry in the Crypt, Islington
Reading with Christopher Reid and Derek Adams
Wednesday 27 January, 5.30pm
Museum of Richmond
Reading as part of the Museum's WWII exhibition.
Wednesday 6 January, 7pm
Kingston Writing School, Kingston University
With Mike Bartholomew-Biggs
2015 Readings
Historic Croydon Airport - Open Day
Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ
Reading at 12 noon
2021 - Online Events
Monday 11 January
Mary Evans Poetry Blog Showcase - 15 poems, 15 poets
Arts Destination South Molton - A Kaleidoscope of Poetry
Three poems on the blog, this one features Spitfires!
2018 Readings & Events
Saturday 30 June
RAF Museum, London
Readings next to a Spitfire as part of Armed Forces Day 2018
Tuesday 5 June
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, 7pm
Reflections - music, storytelling and poetry - fundraising concert in support of Holly Lodge
Saturday 12 May
The 1940s Relived, Brooklands Museum
Reading in the Bluebird Room alongside Miss Holiday Swing, 1pm
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
Monday 7 May
Reading at the annual Mayfly Festival
Square Tower, Portsmouth, 6pm
https://tonguesandgrooves.com/category/poetry-in-portsmouth/
Friday 23 February
Bentley Priory Museum, Stanmore HA7 3HT, 11am
With Melody Foreman, author of A Spitfire Girl: Mary Ellis
2017 Readings
Launch of Fifty Ways to Fly - Part 1
The Railway, Teddington - 22 March
Launch of Fifty Ways to Fly - Part 2
The Square Tower, Portsmouth - 17 September
Saturday 22 April
Write Out Loud Woking
The Lightbox, Woking
Saturday 13 May
1940s Relived, Brooklands Museum, reading in the Wellington Hangar
Saturday 21 May
Lunchtime Talk at Brooklands Museum
with RAF plotter Helen Mills and author Melody Foreman
2016 Readings
Monday 3 October, 7.30pm
Poetry Swindon Festival
North Swindon Library
Wednesday 5 October, 8pm
Essex Poetry Festival
Southend Poetry Group
Naval and Military Club,
20 Royal Terrace, Southend-on-Sea
Saturday 20 August, 7.30pm
Amy Johnson Festival, Artlink, Hull
Reading with Ian Duhig
Saturday 14 May, 12.30pm and 3.30pm
Brooklands Museum, 1940s Relived
Reading in the Wellington Hangar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_WObKP_pxs
Saturday 19 March, 7pm
Poetry in the Crypt, Islington
Reading with Christopher Reid and Derek Adams
Wednesday 27 January, 5.30pm
Museum of Richmond
Reading as part of the Museum's WWII exhibition.
Wednesday 6 January, 7pm
Kingston Writing School, Kingston University
With Mike Bartholomew-Biggs
2015 Readings
Launch - flyer has the details!
Featuring the faboulous Spitfire Sisters and guest readers.
Fireworks over the Landmark Arts Centre were an added bonus!
Featuring the faboulous Spitfire Sisters and guest readers.
Fireworks over the Landmark Arts Centre were an added bonus!
'Out of the Silence Came Chopin' appeared in the concert programme of Warren Mailley-Smith's
Chopin recital in October 2015 at St John Smith's Square.
Chopin recital in October 2015 at St John Smith's Square.
Solent Sky Museum, Southampton
Reading from a sea plane as part of Southampton's
new literary festival So: To Speak, with Matthew West.
Reading from a sea plane as part of Southampton's
new literary festival So: To Speak, with Matthew West.
British Women Pilots' Association
A reading at White Waltham airfield in May 2015 as part of the BWPA's Diamond Jubilee weekend event.
Guest Reader at Poets' Café, Reading, March 2015
South Street Arts Centre, Reading. Hosted by A F Harrold
A reading at White Waltham airfield in May 2015 as part of the BWPA's Diamond Jubilee weekend event.
Guest Reader at Poets' Café, Reading, March 2015
South Street Arts Centre, Reading. Hosted by A F Harrold
