Jude Simpson – Poet, wordsmith, performer
I’m really chuffed that BrokenByLove – the book I wrote with the marvellous Val Jeal MBE – has been shortlisted for Biography/Memoir of the year 2023 by Christian Resources Together. How exciting! This is a real endorsement, both of Val’s…
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ve signed a contract with @kevinmayhew_ltd Kevin Mayhew Ltd to write the script and lyrics for a Primary School Year 6 children’s musical! Writing lyrics for a musical is something I’ve wanted to do for ages, and…
You may know that I’m working on a collection of children’s poems, entitled “A Noise Annoys” (you may have heard me read some of these at gigs). I asked some 7-13 year-olds to help me out by being “beta readers”…
You might have heard me mention this book, “Broken by Love,” which I co-authored with Val Jeal MBE. It tells her inspirational, and sometimes unorthodox, story of working with marginalised women in Bristol, and it’s just been published! Read more here.…
Join me and singer-songwriter Paul Bell for an evening of music and laughter on Saturday 18th March in South Cambridgeshire. It’s at Comberton Baptist Church, Cambridgeshire CB23 7DY, from 7.30pm. Tickets are £7.50 and available here… Due to the number of exciting…
Coming out in February – the inspirational story of Val Jeal MBE. She started with a clipboard, questionnaire, and the guts to get involved… and ended up founding a charity which continues to transform the lives of marginalised women on…
At the end of this month I’ll be supporting Michael Rosen at the Poetry Shack in North London. How exciting! It all happens at the Candid Arts Centre in Angel, North London, at 7.30pm on Tuesday 26th July. Tickets are…
Thanks to everyone who has bought my new poetry book “Shambolic Mammal.” I’m so pleased with the level of support and sales, and it looks like you’re enjoying it! This from Twitter: Ever since I saw @judesimpson at @greenbelt in…
My new book “Shambolic Mammal” launches on 15th April. It’s a small, hardback, illustrated collection of a few of my most popular poems, with bonus material – including some ‘never-before-seen footage’: lines I loved writing but which never made it…
Here’s a piece I wrote for Christmas 2021. It went down really well at the “Comedians and Carols” gigs I did with Paul Kerensa, and I had loads of requests for it in a shareable format. I enjoyed writing and…