Author Archives: Elaine Ewart

Year in Review 2023

Posted on 08/01/2024 by Elaine Ewart

It’s New Year, and time for another annual review. A lot has been going on in 2023. I have finally finished my move up north, and I am now the proud owner of a house in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on … Continue reading →

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Heligoland is back

Posted on 26/06/2023 by Elaine Ewart

2023 finds me in the beautiful town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, which I now call home. I’m delighted to announce that my travel memoir, Heligoland, will be published by Muscaliet Press later this year. An early version of my … Continue reading →

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Back again in 2021

Posted on 15/04/2021 by Elaine Ewart

An extraordinary amount has happened since I last blogged here, and somehow, the longer the gap, the harder it is to return. So, I’m easing myself in with a couple of snippets from recent months, rather than attempting to catch … Continue reading →

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2017 in review

Posted on 26/01/2018 by Elaine Ewart

So, the end of January 2018 is not too late to review 2017, right? Once again, it has been over twelve months since my last blog post, but here is my year in review in one easy-to-access place… PhD I’m … Continue reading →

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2016 in review

Posted on 31/12/2016 by Elaine Ewart

An annual update to my blog doesn’t seem all that impressive, but life does often get in the way of writing about it. 2016, tumultuous as it has been on the world stage, has been good to me both personally … Continue reading →

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2015 in review

Posted on 29/12/2015 by Elaine Ewart

So, what have I been up to this year?  It has been an eventful time for me as a writer, and doing an annual round-up is a good excuse to look back on it all… One of the highlights was my trip … Continue reading →

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Writing Migration in Thetford

Posted on 19/05/2015 by Elaine Ewart

I spent a lovely day yesterday with writers Melinda Appleby and Lois Williams in the beautiful surroundings of the the old Nunnery in Thetford, now the headquarters of the British Trust for Ornithology.  Melinda is one of my fellow Wild … Continue reading →

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Poet-in-residence – is this for you?

Posted on 26/04/2015 by Elaine Ewart

Originally posted on Abegail Morley:
I’m currently Poet-in-Residence for the National Trust at Scotney Castle. I decided to do this after my last collection as a way of exploring something new and also to shift the direction of my writing.…

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Poems for Peace launch and Poetry to Go

Posted on 24/04/2015 by Elaine Ewart

Friday 10th April saw the long-awaited launch of Poems for Peace, an anthology of poems by writers in the East Anglian area (and beyond), “inspired by the futility of war throughout the ages” [from the jacket], edited by the 2014 Fenland … Continue reading →

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Ely Writers’ Day, Dylan Thomas at the Stained Glass Museum, and the Fenland Poet Laureate Awards

Posted on 04/04/2015 by Elaine Ewart

In last week’s epic blog post, I managed to miss a couple of things out, so I’ll account for them here: On Saturday 21st March, I attended the Writers’ Day at Ely Library, organized by Rosemary Westwell.  I had been … Continue reading →

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