October 2009:
Joanna will be reading at the Essex Poetry Festival on Saturday 10th October.

January 2009:
Guest reader with Frances White at the ‘Bright Scarf’ poetry night on Thursday 15 January at the Waterman’s Arms, Water Lane, Richmond. 8pm.

December 2008:
‘She dreams of climbing a mountain’ is published as a Poem Card. Sold through www.poetrypf.co.uk.

September 2008:
Guest poet at ‘Coffee-House Poetry’ at the Troubadour Café.

August 2008:
I am now a creative writing tutor for the Open University and the Open College of the Arts.

‘The Mermaids of Atlantis speak’ and ‘This long journey’ are included in ‘A Twist of Malice: Uncomfortable Poems by Older Women’ published by Grey Hen Press.

‘She dreams of going to the cinema on her own’ is chosen as Second Light Poem of the Month, and is featured on www.secondlightlive.co.uk throughout August.

August 2007:
My new poetry booklet ‘Safe Passage’ has just been published by the exciting new small press, White Leaf Press.
You can buy it for £3.00 from:
White Leaf Press,
W H Smith or
Amazon.co.uk (includes sourcing charge).

My poem ‘Inner Critic’ is featured in River Wolton's article ‘Critic Tango: A Workshop on the Inner Critic’ in the excellent ‘Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities’ ed. Gillie Bolton,Victoria Field, and Kate Thompson (Jessica Kingsley Publishing).

August 2006:
Poems in Quill&Ink and White Leaf Review.

July 2006:
Poems in Jewish Renaissance and iota.

June 2006:
I read at the Muses Café, The Crypt, St Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street. Part of the successful Bonkersfest festival.

April 2006:
‘Living in Bethnal Green’ was been highly commended in the Norwich Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition 2006, and is included in the competition anthology.

March 2006:
I read at the tall-lighthouse event at the Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, London.