October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
2 posts
Joan Eardley - landscape inspiration →
Recently I’ve been experimenting with panoramic photography, creating curved horizons with a limited colour palette (click on the title above to see an example). Somehow the curves excite me more than a flat line, and the chalky skies have me reaching for a paintbrush… I’m reminded of paintings like the one above by the Scottish artist Joan Eardley. I came across...
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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http://www.glasgowreview.co.uk/ →
I’m delighted to have four poems published in the latest Glasgow Review (editor: Graham Hardie). They are ‘Eye’, ‘Ulster Grill’, ‘Above Bronygarth’ and ‘Accidental Damage’. I’ll publish them one by one here in the future, but for now click on the link above, then click on Poems in the left-hand menu.
April 2011
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poetrymagazines.org.uk - Penmaenmawr →
Poem after Adelstrop by Edward Thomas, now online at the Poetry Library through the Artemis page, and also here: http://janinepinion.tumblr.com/post/67341307/poems
poetrymagazines.org.uk - Standing Female Nude →
Line drawing published in Artemis issue 1, now available on the Poetry Library.
March 2011
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The de-junk, re-junk project - Merseyside - UK... →
I’m taking part in this show - click on the link for more details!
January 2011
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Personal Development through Creative Writing and... →
- new course I’m teaching, starting tomorrow 1-3.30pm St. James Centre, Birkenhead (part of Wirral Met College)
November 2010
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Personal Development Using Images - Two Workshops
Images: Understanding and Healing Relationships
Second of two workshops facilitated by Janine Pinion (Note: can be attended separately but for full benefit attend both)
Date & Time: Thursday, November 18th 2010 9:30am-4pm
Venue: Wirral Mind Fountain Project,90–92 Chester Street, Birkenhead
Relationships bring up our ‘stuff’ – our insecurities, assumptions, unmet needs,...
September 2010
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Facebook | National Poetry Day WIRRAL event →
Thursday 7th October 7-8.30pm Bebington Central Library
Readings and book signings from:
Gill McEvoy
Jane Aspinall
Carole Baldock
Clare Kirwan
& Janine Pinion
Admission £3 Wine & Refreshments included
Gill McEvoy co-runs Poemcatchers, Zest and Poem Shed, organising poetry events and writing activities around Chester. A regular prizewinner in poetry competitions, she has...
June 2010
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I'll be reading...
Sunday 20 June
Poetry Garden Party 2-6pm
Poets & Players are hosting a fantastic day of poetry, music, delicious food, strawberries, wine, home-made lemonade, a poetry book stall and auction of poetry skills. They cordially invite you to come along and enjoy yourselves at their fund-raising event of the year.
Poets who will read during the afternoon are: Carol Ann Duffy, Clare Shaw,...
May 2010
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October 2009
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The Williamson 15
This year’s National Poetry Day theme is ‘Heroes & Heroines’ and I will be reading my poem ‘Return of the Hero’ at the Wirral event at Williamson Art Gallery 7.30pm - 9pm Thursday 8th October along with fourteen other poets.
The event takes place in Gallery 2, where there is a collection of fifteen Victorian paintings. Each poet has chosen a painting and...
Chester Oyez!
I’ll be running another poem-card workshop at this year’s Chester Oyez (part of Chester Literature Festival. Here’s the link:
http://www.chesterfestivals.co.uk/site/festivals/chester-oyez-janine-pinion-creative-poet-10-oct-p107441
(Please note: the illustration on the webpage isn’t mine, but very nice all the same. You can link to the rest of Chester Oyez and the...
August 2009
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Picture Jig →
Click on the link to see what I’ve been up to in Bold St! :)
June 2009
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ThoughtBox at Art Action Stations Sat 6th June
Next Saturday (6th June) is The Lord Mayor’s Pageant….a spectacular day of celebrations in Liverpool City Centre http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/whats-on/lord-mayors-pageant-p174651 Urban Canvas have teamed up with Liverpool City Council’s BID partnership and The Met Quarter to present ART ACTION STATIONS for a day jam packed with art activities for the whole family and delivered by some...
April 2009
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words over the water →
Wirral-based poetry reading group. Click on the link to get information on meetings or join the discussion online by posting comments.
Masterclass Fri 24th April
I feel very honoured to be the first guest speaker at a series of Community Masterclasses hosted by North End Writers, Liverpool, on Friday 24th April at Newsham Park Lodge, Gardners Drive, Liverpool L6 7UR (just off Sheil Road).
The event is in the conference room – 6.30pm for tea & coffee, talk is 7pm - 8.30pm with time for Q & A and discussion.
I’ll be talking about my life...
March 2009
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“We rest here while we can, but we hear the ocean calling in our dreams -
and we...”
– William Shedd
“creating a journey to pull myself back together, to rediscover joy, to face down...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, writer
January 2009
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Poems
Two poems commended in the First Thursday Poetry Competition 2008. The theme was ‘Over The Water’. Poetry nights every first Thursday at Linghams Bookshop, Heswall, Wirral.
Journeys Some days are like journeys, thoughts drift as rain thickens the window, settle on forgotten things – the model boat stranded in dust; the souvenir soap hidden in a folded letter – a buttery pearl fresh...
December 2008
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Poems
Penmaenmawr (after ‘Adelstrop’ by Edward Thomas) So I stay on the platform another hour watching the day-trippers under their backpacks in the rain. The quarry rises up on the other side of the line, dirty and vast, unspeakable bruise. Smell of candyfloss and pies, painted capitals peeling: CAFE. They frisk themselves for loose change and call their children. The sea is hidden by a ten foot...
“I am a very old man and have suffered a great many misfortunes, most of which...”
– 19th-century American writer and humourist, Mark Twain
October 2008
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Art faithful flock to church for one of the... →
Local press coverage of the exhibition ‘In An Ideal World’ at St Brides, Percy St, Liverpool.
National Poetry Day 2008
Two Merseyside events for National Poetry Day Thursday 9th October in which I’ll be reading:
Liverpool Central Library hosts a full day of poetry organised by North End Writers - my reading slot is 4.00 pm (for 10 minutes). The day runs 10am - 5.30pm and includes Brian Wake, Levi Tafari, Matt Simpson and Gladys Mary Coles alongside a selection of Merseyside-based poets.
Then, in the evening,...
September 2008
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Expressive Arts Therapies →
click here for further information
August 2008
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Liverpool Independents Biennial Exhibition
I will be exhibiting shortly with The Toxteth Art Gallery in the Liverpool Biennial 2008. Our exhibition In an Ideal World will be in St Brides Church, Percy Street, from 20th September until 30th October.
Opening Times 12-5 pm Wednesday til Sunday (Private view 19th September 5 -8 pm)
This information is now on the independents website:...
July 2008
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Make a Poem Card with me
CHESTER OYEZ! is Chester Literature Festival’s Spoken Word Performance Weekend taking place on 18/19 October 2008. Cheshire poet Gill McEvoy has been appointed Artistic Director and has invited me to run a workshop on Saturday 18th October 2008 3.00pm - 3.40pm in the Storytelling Tent, Cathedral Green. This is the first Chester Oyez! and Gill asked me if I’d include art in the...
Reading in Cheshire under the Barley Moon
I’ll be one of six poets giving ten-minute readings at Vale Royal Writers Group and Liverpool’s Dead Good Poets Society joint poetry evening, organised by Cheshire poet Tonia Bevins, at The Blue Cap, Sandiway (near Northwich) on Tuesday 19th August along with Adam Khan, Gill McEvoy, David Bateman, Clare Kirwan and John Lindley. We will also be joined by poet/comperes Sarah Maclennan and...
May 2008
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‘Poems While You Wait’ →
‘Poems While You Wait’ - a project to get a 100 high-quality poetry posters up in Leeds hospital waiting rooms organised by Char March, writer-in-residence in Leeds Teaching Hospitals 2007/08. Click on the link to see the posters, then click on any poster for an enlarged view. Mine’s about half-way down and is one of my ‘lighter’ poems. There’s a bit more about that on...
April 2008
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Reading at Liverpool Costa Poetry Cafe →
Next Monday - 14th April (7.30pm start) Costa in Bold St hosts another evening of poetry. I will be reading at this open mic event, so come along and bring a poem to read. The Cafe events have been a valuable addition to Liverpool’s poetry scene for ‘08 and worth supporting. Click on the link for further details of events.
Wirral BookFest →
I will be reading at Hoylake Library 7pm Fri 11 April as part of Wirral Bookfest. The event features Wirral-based poets from Liverpool Dead Good Poets Society, including Clare Kirwan and Adam Khan.
