Simone
Resident Writer
Simone co-manages Ceridwen Centre but she also finds time to write poetry, prose and children’s fiction. In addition to her 11 books (so far) she’s been published widely in anthologies, in ezines, in magazines and on websites: has read in Wales, England and Ireland, and on the radio. Commissions have been filmed for ITV and she’s written special pieces for a local theatre group and an art gallery. Her books can be bought on her website or by emailing Simone@SimoneMansellBroome.com.
She regularly performs her work…which has been described as acutely observed, funny, serious and sad – easy reading with a steely core.
Simone has a regular blog on her own website SimoneMansellBroome.com but will also be blogging here
Wearing a beret and a couple of hats
That’s what I was doing on Saturday evening. The beret was a deep pinky mauve, not the bright red I would often wear in any kind of performance. This beret was part of the ritual, the armour. The show was ‘The Vagina Monologues’ and it was in our Pole Barn, a...
On buildings and breakfast.
‘That’s one hell of a riveted beam,’ Mr B says admiringly. He’s looking up at theceiling. Decades of living with this man mean that I’m not surprised. He looks atstructure, technical stuff, how things were made. I notice details. Some of them catchmy eye and imprint...