Jonathan Davidson

Residential Writing Course: Starting to Write | Arvon If you have ever said 'I want to write, but I don’t know where to start', this course is for you: a playful week designed to help you overcome the fear of the blank page. Join award-winning writers Ni...

I am a guest writer at this very nice Arvon course run by two fine writers. I shall read not too many of my thankfully short poems and then we can talk about writing and stuff. I'm on the Wednesday and the course runs 13th to 18th October 2025. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

Following the advice of her personal shopper (me…) my friend Jane makes this fine purchase. And why not, for it is a good bit of bookage.

The flowers of the Lesser Centaury are shown. They have five very deep pink petals.

Lesser Centaury - mind bogglingly perfectly pink

Delighted with this glowing review and accurate interview in Waterways World. Though I giggled at 'Apart from some poetry volumes, this is Jo's first book.' It's book no.6 and poetry counts too!

Not just in 2019, after 30 years of writing about the NHS, I've seen these ideas so many times, but the funding needed to actually put them into practice, well that has never materialised!

A fabulous book from my pal Jo Bell; a glorious journey along the canals of England, full of joy and a little sadness. Recommended!

A Commonplace – The Everyday Reader Friends and neighbours have very kindly recorded versions of almost all of the poems by Jonathan Davidson from A Commonplace. And some lovely people have translated some of the poems into languages…

Some audio recordings of translations of four of my short poems into French, with thanks to Claire Majola and Amélie Doche jonathandavidson.net/a-commonplac...

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In the 1930s, the city's pubs were backdrop to a group of writers and artists 'free of the London trademark' A good piece from The Dispatch

It turns out that the online poetry short course I'm running as a fundraiser for the Welshpool Poetry Festival has a few places left. Why don't you join us? It will run on a Sunday evening in May and June and the fee is modest. Let me know if you want to know more. jonathan@midlandcreative.co.uk

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Today, with a big grin, I announce my new book. BOATER is out in June with HarperNorth. It's a memoir of my twenty years afloat; joyful, sad and a little wise. History, heartbreak and adventure on the low seas - pre-order now if you can, and spread the word?
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Looking north from The Wrekin. Friendly place…

Raffle with free Online Poetry Short Course attached. Mondays in March 2025. Led by me for 2 hours an evening. A few places left, not surprisingly really given my penchant for slick marketing... Anyway, message me for more details or click here: jonathandavidson.net/events/

Dreams can come true! Have begun my journey to Uttoxeter for Writing West Midlands‘ Regional Writers Meet-Up, this first 4km by bike along the canal. The rest by train.

The bicycle that I used to call ‘the old iron’ has been retired, and now I have ‘the new iron’, which I shall henceforth call ‘the old iron’, here pictured near its place of manufacture, Ironbridge (and actually on the Ironbridge). This will be my last bicycle.

I shared a poem by Catherine Byron this evening and it was admired. She is a poet in danger of being forgotten, but not tonight.