Burning Bright

I am available for readings, talks, lectures, workshops and commissions. Contact me at: paulinerowewriter@gmail.com

This page gives a list of my activities over recent years.

• Judge of the Wirral Poetry Competition (Wirral Poems), July.
• Roulette Quartet Poetry Night at Frederik’s, Hope Street: reading with Roulette Jazz Quartet, Elspeth McLean, Greg Quiery & Ali Harwood.
• Facilitator of community Creative Writing sessions at Liverpool Lighthouse (7 June, 14 June, 21 June, 28 June, 5 July, 12 July).
• Kitty’s Launderette, Anfield, 15 June: Launch of ‘The People of Anfield Project (Culture Liverpool/Open Eye Gallery) with photographer, Emma Case.
• Kitty’s Launderette, Anfield, 8 June: evening creative writing workshop for The People of Anfield Project.
• Wirral Poetry Festival on-line workshop, 19 April, 7pm to 9 pm ‘What Makes a Good Poem?’
• Facilitator of 4 creative writing workshops in Feb & March 2023 at ‘The Gordon’ in Kirkdale with Dot Art/Culture Liverpool to support Madeleine Pires’ Flower Streets Murals Project.
• The Waste Land Public Reading at Open Eye Gallery 17 Nov 2022, event organisers with over 40 readers.
• National Poetry Day 6 Oct, 2022: event organiser at Open Eye Gallery with over 30 readers.
• Presentation at English Shared Futures conference about the MaxLiteracy project ‘Writing Through Photographs.’ MMU, Manchester, Fri 8 July 2022 with NAWE
• Poetry Reading with Seàn Street at Open Eye Gallery: An Evening with Maytree Poets, Thursday 28th April 2022.
• Interview with Amy Jackson, Liverpool Live Radio with Seán Street and colleagues from Liverpool Year of the Spoken Word, 21 April 2022.
• Interview with Helen Jones, Radio Merseyside to promote Maytree Poets with Seán Street, 19 April 2022.
• 12 Aug 2021 reading poems on ‘Ancient Wisdom’ at the inaugural Twelfth Night zoom event organised by Ali Harwood of the Liver Bards.
• Book Launch: The Weight of Snow launched on zoom, hosted by Maytree Press, 2nd March 2021, 7 pm with guest readings from Colin Bancroft & Elspeth McLean.
• 2020 ‘Rowan Song’ a section of this commissioned poem installed as part of the reception wall at new medium secure hospital in Maghull.
• Book Launch: The Ghost Hospital at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 21st Nov 2019, 6 pm – 8 pm.
• ‘Women, Poetry & Mentoring: a round-table discussion’ chair, as part of Open Eye Gallery events at TATE Exchange, Liverpool Fri 15th Nov 2019, 2 pm – 4 pm with Prof Sandeep Parmar and Jennifer Lee-Tsai
• Workshop with Golden Years group & friends, TATE Exchange, 15 Nov 2019, 11 am – 12.30 pm.
• Lecture on Ekphrasis: Poetry & Photography, University of Liverpool, 30 April 2019.
• Hosted event at Open Eye Gallery to celebrate 209 Women with readings from famous women in public life from Annie Kenney to Carol Ann Duffy , 10 April 2019.
• Reading at THE OTHER event at Open Eye Gallery, 4 April 2019.
• Poem, 1918 broadcast on Radio Merseyside, 11 Nov 2018.
• Talk at Social Art Summit , Sheffield on Socially Engaged Practice with Liz Weiwora and  Tony Mallon
• 3 Oct 2018 visit with Lister Steps Old Library project to years 4 & 5 at St Anne Stanley school, Old Swan to work on poems about ‘Change’ and to celebrate National Poetry Day. More here: Workshops at St Anne Stanley school
• 1 Oct 2018 Celebrating Old Age symposium at Open Eye Gallery – with Mossley Hill Writing Group and reading ‘We Women Sing’ (Winds of Change).
• 29 Sept 2018 workshop & talk to North West Art Therapist group at Victoria Galley & Museum.
• May 2018 Sleeping in the Middle exhibition of collaborative work with photographer A.J. Wilkinson at Open Eye Gallery.
• Pilgrim poem in response to photograph by Tom Wood, Tilt 3, Open Eye Gallery.
• 25th Jan 2018 Evening with photographer AJ Wilkinson presenting ideas on collaboration, photography and poetry at Open Eye Gallery.
• 16th Jan 2018  Talk to Hayman’s Green Women’s club.
• New Horizons group, Mossley Hill Hospital, 13th July 2017.
• Open Eye Gallery, with Elspeth Accordion, 14th June 2017.
• New poems commissioned by Mersey Care read at International Women’s Day Conference, 8th March 2017.
• Ablaze at the World Museum, Live Canon Anthology 2017
• Produced all-day event Life Rooms, Walton – National Poetry Day 6th Oct 2016
• Reading, Vale Royal Writers, 1st Dec 2015.
• Psychopolitics Conference, Liverpool Hope University, Childwall campus – poetry reading 10 June 2015.
• Mersey Care NHS Conference for International Womens Day, Liverpool 6th March 2015 – reading 4 commissioned poems.
• My second collection Voices of the Benares (Lapwing Publications, 2014) launched in September at the Bluecoat.  
• Mersey Care NHS Conference on Women as Peacemakers – at Oakmere conference centre, Liverpool 7th March 2014 reading 4 commissioned poems on peace.
• 2009 ‘Michael Murphy & Matt Simpson’ – obituaries – Orbis, 149 Winter 2009.
• 2008 Exiles – short story – Ranfurly Review issue 4, Sept 2008.
• 2008 Voices of the Benares performed as part of Poetry in the City Festival, Liverpool – 2008.
• 2005 libretto for Dominic Gannon’s cantata ‘Benares’ performed by the Mozart Orchestra at the Cornerstone Festival in Liverpool.