12
It is an energising, surprising and joyful experience to be a part of 12. We are an Edinburgh-based feminist poetry collective who write and respond to each other’s work. We are also sometimes invited to respond to exhibitions, such as the Emma Hart exhibition Banger at the Fruitmarket Gallery (see pics below). We are: Jane Goldman, J L Williams, Tessa Berring, Jane McKie, Marjorie Lotfi Gill, Theresa Muñoz, Em Strang, Lynn Davidson, Georgi Gill, Lila Matsumoto, Alice Tarbuck and Anne Laure Coxam.
No Still Life
Street Art meets Poetry
Boast
Boast is an anthology of writing by a diverse collection of women about women speaking out. All profits from this book (edited by Rachel Bentham and Alyson Hallett) go to the Malala Fund. The Boast team are sending free copies of Boast into schools and funding workshops. I’m thrilled to be running a Boast workshop at the Scottish Poetry Library.
Pukeahu Exploratory Anthology
Before leaving Wellington I got to co-edit the place-based Pukeahu Exploratory Anthology with writing that touched on the many histories of Pukeahu Mount Cook in the centre of Wellington City: http://pukeahuanthology.org
The Land
This feels like another important collaboration for me, with the landscapes that have made me: Aotearoa New Zealand and Scotland.
My hometown, Pukerua Bay
Another home place, the Isle of Islay
