My writing life began with poetry at the age of five, but on a chequered journey I moved on to songwriting, playwriting, screenwriting and stand-up comedy before I rediscovered poetry, my first love.

I’m co-organise a monthly reading called The Shuffle at the Poetry Café and was previously on the board of Magma Poetry

I was resident poet at Good Housekeeping Online where I wrote a monthly column,  won first prize in the London Art Poetry competition judged by Andrew Motion, and first prize in the Ledbury Poetry competition 2007.

My pamphlet, Rock’n’Roll Mamma is out from Flarestack. It is clothed resplendently in pink with orange-end papers and you can buy it for only £3.50 from Amazon or from
Flarestack Publishing, 8 Abbots Way, Pilton, Somerset

Or give Charles my publisher a call and he’ll post you a copy

01749-890019 OR email tarotqua@madasafish.com

My full collection, The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions from Flipped Eye was launched the 21st June 2011 and is now available from the publishers, amazon, and selected bookshops.  It was nominated for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. Click on the image below for details.