Key parts to the Peddling Poetry Project are finally gently sliding into place; firstly we have some fabulous cafes along the trail who have agreed to host the Stamping Stations. Then we have a selection of poems from the 600 posted into the Poetry Boxes, 150 or so have been carefully selected and geotagged ripe for the hunt. Then there are 5000 freshly printed poetry passports (in blue!) ready to be distributed to bright new poets across North Devon. Each stamping station wi

Recently I was invited to Storywalk with Old Cleeve school in Somerset which was really rewarding. The school is part of the first school system so children move on after yr 4, and for me it made sense to work from the eldest first. So on day one yr 4 and I enjoyed a Storywalk called 'The Forest Tree King' which is a great little tale with repeating internal form. When back in the class, the pupils rewrote the story elements, after a creative literacy workshop, and then typed