Welcome to the website of Rosemary Dun
writer, tutor, poet and sparkly host of Big Mouth Cabaret
Rosemary teaches creative writing - fiction, novel writing, poetry and performance - in and around Bristol and at festivals and conferences (such as Cheltenham Literature Festival, Polyverse Poetry Festival, SWALK, and Winchester Writers Conference). She is also an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Open University and has a MA in Creative Writing.
At the tail end of the last century Rosemary set up Big Mouth Cabaret with her cantankerous assistant Tom Phillips and now organises and hosts regular Big Mouth events, including Big Mouth master classes (www.big-mouth-poetry.co.uk ) which saw the launch of such poets as Byron Vincent and Beryl The Feral.
Rosemary has performed alongside John Hegley, Attila The Stockbroker, Elvis McGonagall, has won slams, toured and performed at festivals at Cheltenham, Manchester, Brighton, Penzance, Bath, Ledbury, Stroud, Bridport, Tiverton, New York, Frome and others. She is published in anthologies including the New York publication Short Fuse: a global anthology of new fusion poets.
She is a member of Stroud Football Poets and is widely published. Rosemary was commissioned to write and perform a poem as part of ITV1's season on singles and dating called "The Trouble With Love." One of her football poems is on the school curriculum in Finland and another in a German schools textbook.
Rosemary also writes novels, short stories and plays. She has twice been short-listed for the Ian St. James Award and recently long-listed for The New Writer award. She has performed her short stories with the group Words Allowed and is featured on their CD Words Allowed Live! She edited a collection of short stories The Folk House Anthology, and has 4 collections of her own poetry, plus 2 cds.
Rosemary is available for bookings as a tutor and a performance poet. She can also provide mentoring on application.
According to Google "Rosemary looks like a cheap Vegas showgirl".
She reckons that's a compliment.
Where to go next;
The blog - latest news that hasn't made it here yet. With a calendar of appearances and events.
See What they say - Rosemary's peers, students and co-performers give their take on Rosemary Dun.