Zoe Brooks Poet & Writer

Anna Saunders and I both spend a lot of time giving opportunities for poets to read their work, whether online or at the in-Cheltenham festi...

A few days ago Helen Ivory posted this question on Facebook. There was a flurry of responses, none from a festival, nearly all saying they d...

The idea that my poetry collection will be published is becoming more and more real. I have sent off the final copy to Indigo Dreams, togeth...

In my last blog post I talked about the impact of COVID and mentioned that I had been attending a number of online poetry events, usually vi...

There is a Czech saying that my friend Hannah regularly quoted at me: "How to make God laugh - tell him your plans ". My plans ...

At Piranha Poetry I was chatting to an old school friend of mine last week and we both commented on how sometimes your life can suddenl...

A young Zoe reading poetry at the Young Arts Centre I have always believed that poetry is primarily a spoken art. It certainly is for...

Buzzwords happens every month, usually on the first Sunday, at the Exmouth Arms in Cheltenham. The website is here:  http://buzzwordspoetry...