My name is Ian Gouge. I am an experienced author/poet with many books to my name: novels, novellas, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry, and works of non-fiction. One long poem, Crash, was performed as a dramatic monologue at the 2023 Ripon Theatre Festival.
In addition to my own work, as an Indie Publisher I have used Coverstory books to publish over 20 books for other writers, a mix of anthologies, debut poetry collections, and a collection of plays. I also host a monthly international poetry reading event (via Zoom), and am the lead for the Poetry Society's Derby Stanza Group.
I also work as a mentor and workshop leader at writers' retreats (for Writers Retreats UK). The workshops I run at the retreats include: Character building, Dialogue vs. Monologue, Found Poetry, 'You as Writer', Planning for Writers, Poetry on the Page.
I am a member of: the Society of Authors, and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.
I now live in Lincolnshire and am willing to consider any venue to which the travel is practical.