NEWS
NEW COLLECTION: "HOLDING CLOSE"
“Holding Close” continues to examine Pauline’s earlier themes about relationships and domesticity but here there is a greater focus on ageing and a deeper contemplation on her approach to death.
“The gentle humour of Pauline’s poems is also in tune with human sorrow and lacrimae rerum. She makes profound poems out of everyday things and knows exactly where to put the emphasis to carry the tone” - TESSA RANSFORD
“Her poems, alternately funny and poignant, and deeply rooted in the Hebridean island she inhabits, beautifully reflect the preoccupations of a woman as she grows older” - SHARON BLACKIE, Two Ravens Press
READINGS 2011
- 27th March: Guest Reader at The Shore Poets, Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 7.30pm
- 1st May: Wenlock Poetry Festival, the Potteries, 3pm
- 3rd July: Southwell Poetry Festival, Southwell Library, 2pm. Pauline is appearing in the festival by popular request and her performance will be the opening event of the festival. If you live near Southwell, don't miss this opportunity to hear Pauline read from her latest collection "Holding Close".
- 22nd July: Crail Festival (East Neuk of Fife)
- 24th August: Edinburgh Fringe, Word Power Books, 45 West Nicholson Street, 1pm