Jude Simpson – Poet, wordsmith, performer
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”…
If you’re free, do come over to Toft (South Cambridgeshire) on Friday 25th November, where I’m doing a full-length gig, featuring a load of new material as well as some old favourites. That new song about your Nan wanting a…
“Jude Simpson is funny, sharp, emotional in her work and is a terrific performer, using her face and body with huge effect. She needs to be seen and heard wherever possible.” – Michael Rosen After I shared the stage with…
Here’s an interview I did for UCB Ireland, talking to the lovely Annemarie Miles about humour, my writing and faith. I really appreciated her perceptiveness about my work, and her excellent interviewing skills.
I loved reading this column about ordinariness, by my friend and fellow poet, Veronica Zundel. Writing for Woman Alive magazine, she challenges the insidious assumption that to be significant, we need to do or achieve something extraordinary. Reading this dislodged…
My agent approached me last year with what turned out to be a brilliant piece of work. This wonderful woman, Val Jeal was writing the story of the charity she founded, working with women in Bristol who wanted to exit…
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…
My friend the singer, songwriter and musician Paul Bell is also a super-funny guy, and has recently brought out this book, “buffet strategies” – named after one of his typically geeky-comical songs. I reviewed it on Amazon and wanted to…
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…
So, I had this idea back in September, of doing “At Home” gigs – performing my poems, songs and comedy to people in the comfort of my own – or their own – home. I tried it out “chez moi”…