She recently made two comedy shows for Radio 4 called The Price of Happiness. Awake, they tussled up and down the honeysuckle, still kits, all muzzle, light feet. ), I’ve been collaborating with photographer Colin Potsig on projects where we use my words and his images to explore things- initially fellow autistic people. Weekly Poem for 24 February 2021 'Pharmacopoeia' by Kate Fox. I’ve always wanted to write one since reading Julia Copus’s ‘In the Back Seat of My Mother’s Car’. She’s also a gentle activist and campaigner for the voices of Northerners, the working class, women and the neurodiverse to be heard; mainly by teaching and running workshops in schools and community groups -and by speaking, writing, raising awareness and tutting at injustice and inequality. See more ideas about drawing poses, art reference, drawings. 🙂. Now other stuff, e.g the video above and:Â, I finished my collection of poems The Oscillations which is coming out with Nine Arches Press in February 2021Â, My show “Bigger on the Inside” exploring neuordiversity and autism through the lens of Doctor Who was commissioned by, and performed at the BBC’s Contains Strong Language Festival in September 2020. She has been a Poet in Residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live, Glastonbury Festival and the Great North Run. I’m an ex pat Hullensian lass, living in Essex. ( Log Out /  These six exceptional books, selected by judges Kate Fox, Holliday Grainger, Zahid Hussain and Simon Savidge, explore Northern lives and landscapes across fiction and non-fiction. First poem. She won a Graduate Student Award from the International Society of Humor Studies.Â, Her activism often takes the form of writing, researching and performing shows which are subtly resistant. Kate Fox is creating content you must be 18+ to view. Her latest poetry collection The Oscillations, published in February, touches on personal experiences of the pandemic – including grieving for her step mum, Rosemary. I hope not – I hope the poem just shifts the ground underneath male readers by looking past them to the women standing next to them. Pose study 120. I almost forget I used to do loads of stuff. Or check out the trailer for the touring solo version of the show here: “Fabulous, feminist and funny”- Morning Star. Kate Fox’s most popular book is Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour. Weekly Poem for 22 December 2020 'nonrestorative sleep' by William Gee. by Kate Fox. DeviantArt - Homepage. She has supported acts including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hollie McNish, John Cooper Clarke and John Hegley and is a headline act in her own right. www.katefox.co.uk. I couldn’t make up my mind if I loved this book or hated it. 9 Comments.  She also works as a presenter and onstage interviewer, recently having interviewed Jo Brand, Sarah Millican and Katherine May and toured theatres with “Yorkshire Vet” Julian Norton and “Yorkshire Shepherdess” Amanda Owen. Upload stories, poems, character descriptions & more. Become a patron. A copy of which is available to download on the University of Hull website. ( Log Out /  Chronotopia by Kate Fox £ 9.99 These poems come from a variety of residencies and random thoughts over the past few years; from the Glastonbury Festival and the Great North Run, from a Cheshire mill and a Muslim girl's school in Bradford. NOT HER, NO. but it’s raining, sunny, snowing, dark, they must be at the footie, watching Corrie, barbecuing in the park. 2 thoughts on “ Kate Fox’s Watching the English ” Charles Kirke November 27, 2006 at 3:36 pm. Kate Fox, Poet of the Fair, commented: “I’m so chuffed to be selected as Poet of the Fair (a pleasingly rhythmic title).  She won a K Blundell Trust grant from the Society of Authors. Kate-FoX. Her chapbook, The Lazarus Method, was published by Kent State University Press as part of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Series. ps: I AM NOT THE KATE FOX THE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST WHO WROTE WATCHING THE ENGLISH. This idea of women who are not on an official record came up yesterday in the workshop – poet Katie Hale is researching her family history and came upon a census where the man’s name is written and the women listed as ‘female relative’ with their age. A video poem about the importance of tea (commissioned by Yorkshire Festival): A poem ITV filmed before she set off to be Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence: Here. She trained as a journalist and radio reporter. She has taught and facilitated numerous creative writing. DO NOT GET IN TOUCH TO ASK ME TO TALK ABOUT WHY ENGLISH PEOPLE QUEUE AND DRINK TEA. Kate Fox. Sell custom creations to people who love your style. Kate Fox’s book got me researching serial killers, a topic I normally avoid, but I didn’t mind. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Susichapman@hotmail.co.uk. ( Log Out /  Excerpts from Kate Fox’s poems are included in the March 2018 Preliminary Outcomes Evaluation Report, published by the Culture, Place and Policy Institute of the University of Hull. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Gumroad. Further outings are planned.Â, I presented a Pick of the Week for Radio 4 in May and have made some appearances on my favourite radio show Radio 3’s The Verb- including with a piece about how lockdown made me lose my sense of humour and how much I missed cafes:Â, It sounds like I’ve been really busy. 637 Favourites. A list of poems by Susan Rich - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Here we talk about poetry about the moment, the places we are, and history.  Her new show “Bigger on the Inside” uses a stand up lecture format to explore the history of neurodiversity through a lens of Doctor Who and was commissioned by the BBC’s Contains Strong Language Festival in 2020. That includes two comedy series called The Price of Happiness for Radio 4 about things she’s supposed to want but doesn’t and her current touring show “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras” about notable Northern women. Katie Clinton The copper fox trots around eternity Seeking solace, seeking love, Seeking you or me. I’ve seen friends, swum and sorted my flat out. These women who are not on an official record. Do get in touch with gig queries, questions, thoughts, kind words…. you hold that thread that they’ve all spun. Poll. Follow poet Kate Fox on her mental and physical journey as she prepares for the Bupa Great North Run. What a treat! She is a regular contributor to Radio 3’s The Verb and presenter of Radio 4’s “Pick of the Week”. She is now working on a book of the show for a major publisher. We thought there’d be more people. Trekking from the city centre during the blitz. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I went to see Lemn Sissay at the Brewery with a friend this week – what a great performer he is.  Watching him is basically a masterclass in how to hold the attention of an audience.  And the story of ‘Something Dark’, his play, is absolutely heartbreaking. when we had the stripper on. In 2009 she was the only writer ever to do a Cultural Leadership placement and researched writers’ work with young people. Publications include “Fox Populi” from Smokestack Books (2013),  pieces in Bloodaxes’s “Funny Peculiar, Funny Ha Ha” and the “Iron Book of Humorous Verse” and she has edited several anthologies of young writers work. Her next collection “The Oscillations” will be published by Nine Arches in 2021 and she is currently on the Poetry Business’ Advanced Poetry course. Yes, I am 18 or older. Weekly Poem for 19 February 2021 'Maps' by David Constantine. She describes herself as a neurodiversity activist and is on the steering group of the University of Kent’s Playing A/Part project researching how performance can illuminate the lives of autistic women. I’m sure we’d have sold out. I’ve actually felt like this is the best rest I’ve had for years. Your email address will not be published. She has been a Poet in Residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live, Glastonbury Festival and the Great North Run. Not only was my desire for approval naive (I have since come to understand that it is silly to think that one can challenge and also have approval), it was dangerous precisely because such a longing can undermine radical commitment, compelling a change in voice so as to gain regard. this is sort of an obligation, sort of a privilege. Kate Fox has made a living as a stand-up poet for ten years.She has nearly finished her PhD about class, gender and Northern humour). Kate Fox Kate Fox ‘s poems have appeared in the Great River Review, Green Mountains Review, Valparaiso Review, Mount Hope, and West Branch. She declared “Lass War” on male-heavy representations of the Northern Powerhouse in a protest outside a Northern Powerhouse conference in 2017 and has spoken on several panels about how important it is to improve representations of neurodiversity, Northern Englishness and working classness in the arts and media.Â. She has been Poet in Residence for the Great North Run, Glastonbury Festival and Radio 4’s Saturday Live. KateFoX line brushes for Photoshop. Here’s an update on some stuff I’ve done lately/am doing: I’m also working on a project which will continue my celebration of Northern women “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras”. ... Jagger's Yurt: Poems from Glastonbury 2013 by. In the shows she talked about why she doesn’t want: children, a big white wedding, to be middle class or have a Hollywood body! Thanks for your work! Click here for further details. It was lit up with occasional observations of great power and entertainment value but suffered from being too general and too unfocused. 1 Comments. Kate Fox is a writer, performer and broadcaster who sometimes describes herself as a stand-up poet. She has been poet in residence for the Great North Run, Saturday Live on Radio 4 and the Glastonbury Festival. Sallyann Clarke Beautiful copper fox I’d love to have you in my treasure box; Nicky Thomas back, back in a long line that stretches further than you can see. Aoki and Akane. I like the directness of this poem, and felt like, as a woman, it was talking to me.  Does that mean it can’t be read by men because it is talking about maternal lineage? She won the Andrew Waterhouse Award from New Writing North in 2006, an Arts Council Time to Write award and in 2019, an ACE Developing Your Creative Practice Award. Are you 18 years of age or older? Kate Fox has 28 books on Goodreads with 23337 ratings. Get paid for your art. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. KATE Fox has been commissioned by the National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) to write and perform a poem this week in line with the celebrations for village halls. The copper fox trots… round and round, outward bound, food his daily quest… Home, home again, goes to ground, aah… blessed rest! Kate Fox in the National Portrait Gallery: Link to Portrait and Blurb about it. She has made two comedy series for BBC Radio 4, is a regular voice on shows like ‘Pick of The Week’ and Radio 3’s ‘The Verb’, and has been Poet-in-Residence for the Great North Run, Glastonbury Festival and ‘Saturday Live’ on Radio 4. THOUGH I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS AND MANY OTHER THINGS. Select a membership level. Stand-up poet, broadcaster and speaker Kate Fox has been poet in residence for the Great North Run, Glastonbury Festival and BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. By Kate Fox For the exhibition ‘A Woman’s Work is Never Done’ at Quarry Bank, silhouettes of some of these women were created in order to physically return them to the mill. across maps, piece up and rearrange continents, and even though we can’t see their faces. This was years after your friend froze to death on the concrete staircase outside his Florida apartment. Woven with grey wool in billowing mills where he bought and sold. Based on ADF’s morning training session by ITC chief exec Charlotte Jones Happy to discuss how best to distribute so you don’t lose out.  Her stand up spoken word show celebrating Northern women; “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras” sold out several theatres in the North of England when it toured after being commissioned by the Great Exhibition of the North in 2018. Required fields are marked *, Reblogged this on Writing and running, the food of life and commented: She is a familiar radio voice, having presented Pick of the Week on Radio 4 and been a regular contributor to Radio 3’s The Verb, among many other broadcasts. Title: A Board as Heart. Fox originally trained as a radio journalist at Trinity and Leeds Trinity University in Leeds and worked as a reporter, bulletin reader and desk editor at commercial stations including Metro Radio and Galaxy Radio in Newcastle and Manchester until 2005. I also had a meeting with Pauline about Kendal Poetry Festival – we sat at Pauline’s kitchen table for another four hours.  We’ve heard back from all of our poets and we now have the full line up confirmed.  I’m so excited about this year’s poets.  We’re meeting again on Tuesday to try and finish the form off, and having the line up confirmed, subject to funding, will hopefully provide us with the motivation to finish the endless paperwork. I tweeted you earlier – thanks for the reply. Recent poem:  Recent poem on the poet Kim Moore’s blog, Link to Kate performing live from Hull 2017 on Woman’s Hour, talking Lass War & accents & performing a poem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwfyq#t=33m35s. https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/XuNqyRIAACIArun9, https://www.thebookseller.com/news/indie-press-nine-arches-publish-100th-book-followed-12-new-titles-1222677, https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezb3v2/acts/abdrj5, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h2kq, https://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/people/kate-fox-1-6291355, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwfyq#t=33m35s, Writing a show for the Ted Hughes Festival about an imagined encounter between the poet Ted Hughes and the comedian Bernard Manning (! 341 Favourites. Read Kate Fox’s poem ‘We Thought There’d Be More People’ here . Kate Fox is a poet, comedian and performance and writing facilitator based in Newcastle upon Tyne. I also had an exciting meeting this week regarding a new anthology of Cumbrian poetry which I’ll be co-editing.  I can’t say much more than that at the moment, but watch this space, because there’ll be an official announcement soon. Kate found the postures and physicality of these silhouettes to be particularly emotive and hopes to create a poem that might add to this idea of a physical female presence. Commission. Kate Fox is a writer, performer and broadcaster who sometimes describes herself as a stand-up poet. MM: I’d like to start by talking about the organization of the Oscillations, which you’ve sorted into poems of After and Before the Coronavirus Pandemic. Heraclitus: You cannot step twice into the same river You aren’t even the same person who stepped into your last bath. the threads are criss-crossing with other chains, ones that got lost and trampled in the dirtÂ, but at this moment it’s making a double helix, you’re holding it, just this one thread. Biography. Change ). I’m still being a poet and broadcaster though. She was awarded a PhD in solo stand up performance, class, gender and Northernness at Leeds University. Her second Radio 4 comedy series aired this summer. Today’s Sunday Poem is by Kate Fox.  Kate sent this to me a couple of weeks ago after reading my post around ‘mode of address‘ and who we are talking to as poets. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. performance and comedy workshops, including for the Arvon Foundation, First Story, Creative Partnerships and New Writing North. I’ve also started reading feminst theorist bell hooks this week, and absolutely loving her work.  She writes about feminism, racism and class.  I could only find one of her books in the library, ‘talking back’, published in 1989 but it feels like it could have been published last week.  As those of you who have read my past few blogs will know, I’ve been thinking a lot about who I am addressing with my poetry, and also about responses to the poems I’m writing.  When I read the following, I felt elated, that someone had articulated what I’ve been struggling with for different reasons: When I first began to talk publicly about my work, I would be disappointed when audiences were provoked and challenged but seemed to disapprove. Details to be revealed when contract  ink is dry! 685 Favourites. 12 Comments. Check out the show’s website, here! to snap the lens shutter so you can go back to people who suit you. Kate Fox is creating Comics, 2D art, pose-study sets and fox-illustration. 12 Comments. but you’re hearing fragments of chatter. #onehourreimagine. ( Log Out /  Writer, Broadcaster and Performer: Where There's Muck, There's Bras. Kate-FoX. Check it out here: The Conversation articleÂ. Today’s Sunday Poem is by Kate Fox. She trained as a radio journalist in 1998 with a Post Grad Diploma from Trinity and All Saints in Leeds and worked as a newsreader and reporter for stations including Galaxy and Metro. She is one of the 17 poets for the BBC/Hull 2017 Contains Strong Language Poetry Festival (Great film about her commission here: Women of Words film). Her books include Chronotopia, just out from Burning Eye Books (ORDER IT HERE! Chronotopia) and Fox Populi from Smokestack Books. She recently came second (by 0.1 point!) through the things they were told they couldn’t do. Susan Rich is the author of Cloud Pharmacy (White Pine Press, 2014). Her two Radio 4 shows on iPlayer: The Price of Happiness, Her book Fox Populi from Smokestack Press: Buy here. who didn’t chuck themselves under a horse, but who managed to steer their own course. somehow your nan’s not distracted by the Yorkshire terrier, and your mum’s not said anything mean about your hair, though mostly every alternate woman in my chain. Kim Moore’s latest post, Pingback: Sunday Poem – Kate Fox — Kim Moore – wendyprattpoetry, ‘The personal is the political’ was/is a feminist slogan from the 60s onward.

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