Intriguing blog interview with poet El Gruer – who published her first book of poetry “Paper Sky” – particularly interesting for poets starting out and looking for more interactive ways to get their work known, rather than instantly self-publishing.

As well as competing in poetry slams, El wanted poetry to be very accessible, and made it happen this way:

I wanted to reach ordinary people. So I decided to take poetry to where the people would be. I started performing at pubs, hospitals, schools, festivals, people’s homes etc and it snowballed! I travelled the UK doing that full time for 2 years. My policy was if someone invited me and they could put me up for the night then I would go and share for free. Pretty crazy when I look back on it now!

This interview in full (including how and why she writes) can be found at:

http://raincloudandsage.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/creative-chat-poet-el-gruer.html