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BBC local poet for national poetry day
Katrina is the BBC local poet for the South-West for National Poetry Day, the 4 October. The BBC commissioned her to write a poem for National Poetry Day on the theme of change. Katrina’s poem is based on a BBC Radio Cornwall listener’s story. Katrina has been filmed reading her poem by the BBC. This …
BBC commission for National Poetry Day
Katrina has received a BBC poetry commission for National Poetry Day 2018. The commission is from BBC local radio. Katrina is representing the South-West and has been speaking to BBC Radio Cornwall and BBC Radio Devon for the BBC poetry commission, inviting listeners to send in a story about personal change, and hopes to write …
In conversation with Estela Welldon
Katrina will be in conversation with Estela Welldon at the Poetry & Psychoanalysis Conference in London on Sat 30 June. The discussion between the poet Katrina Naomi and the psychotherapist Estela Welldon will be on violence and shame. The provisional programme can be viewed here. Tickets are on sale here. Katrina’s most recent collection is The Way …
The Way the Crocodile Taught Me #FoylesFive
Foyles has chosen The Way the Crocodile Taught Me as one of its #FoylesFive. Foyles describes Katrina’s second collection as ‘overwhelmingly beautiful and acutely painful’ http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Biblio/Detail.aspx?blogId=1635 The Way the Crocodile Taught Me is available from Seren https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/way-crocodile-taught-me
Reviews of The Way the Crocodile Taught Me
Katrina’s second collection, The Way the Crocodile Taught Me, is continuing to receive great reviews. Two reviews are just in: in a long and thoughtful review, Alison Brackenbury describes The Way the Crocodile Taught Me as ‘remarkable and rewarding’. The full review can be read in the current issue of Artemis. Hannah Hodgson has made …
Katrina’s news
Katrina’s poetry newsletter, ‘short & sweet’, has just been published you can read it here ‘short & sweet’ contains snippets of news on Katrina’s readings and workshops, it also features opportunities and resources for writers and recommends a a poetry collection. It’s published monthly and it’s free. If you’d like to join the 340+ subscribers, you can …
Five minutes with Katrina Naomi
Five minutes with Katrina Naomi – a mini interview with Hannah Hodgson of Kendal Poetry Festival http://www.kendalpoetryfestival.co.uk/five-minutes-with-katrina-naomi/ Katrina discusses how she began writing poetry, what motivates her to write and offers some tips for new writers. Plus, Katrina’s poem ‘Gin and Sandwiches’, which is Hannah’s choice from Katrina’s Seren collection, The Way the Crocodile Taught Me.
Five minutes with Katrina Naomi
Five minutes with Katrina Naomi – a mini interview with Hannah Hodgson of Kendal Poetry Festival http://www.kendalpoetryfestival.co.uk/five-minutes-with-katrina-naomi/ Katrina discusses: how she began writing poetry, what motivates her to write and offers some tips for new writers. Plus, Katrina’s poem ‘Gin and Sandwiches’, which is Hannah’s choice from Katrina’s latest collection, The Way the Crocodile Taught Me …