Get your doors ready; for our @R3TheVerb Christmas Special at The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, the brilliant Rowan McCabe is reviving his Doorstep Poet project just for us! He’ll knock on, and he’ll be your HB pencil, writing a poem just for you! BBC Radio 3

The rumours are true. I'm bringing Door-to-Door Poetry back for a one-off Christmas special for @R3TheVerb. I'm going to be knocking in Hebden Bridge this Friday and the finished poems will be broadcast on December 22nd. I'll be blogging about it all as usual 1/2

What a pleasure hosting this on Saturday. Cheers for lending me ya band Fraser mandrake fraser 🍄

The Door-to-Door Christmas Special is live. I went knocking in Hebden Bridge for @R3TheVerb. I found out about a council estate called Dodnaze. But would anyone stop to talk? And would any of this have anything to do with Christmas? ----> doortodoorpoetry.com/2023/12/13/chr…

This is a really good read by Rowan McCabe about his @R3TheVerb Hebden Bridge adventures. Hear his doorstep poetry on December 22nd!

What are the odds?

This Thursday I'm reading a new poem online for the Virtual Village Hall by Royal Voluntary Service. It's not exactly Christmasy, but I reckon it fits the season. I'll be doing a few old ones too. 11am, free, Facebook: orlo.uk/aonb6 YouTube: orlo.uk/iO6qs Website: orlo.uk/GSqxR

Here's a cheeky second chance to catch me this week. Friday 22nd, BBC Radio 3, 10pm. It was a really fun show.

#Poetry @R3TheVerb The Trades Club Today 22:00 BBC Radio 3 Ian McMillan hosts stories and verse and song from poet Jackie Kay, singer-songwriter Amelia Coburn, international storyteller @danyahmiller and doorstep poet Rowan McCabe. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

It's Christmas Eve Eve! Check out the latest (and possibly last ever) Door-to-Door Poetry blog post. It's the final 3 poems I delivered in Hebden Bridge. There's a bonus one in there for anyone who caught me on @R3TheVerb last night. doortodoorpoetry.com/2023/12/23/chr…

Hussah! Check out BBC Sounds if you missed me on @R3TheVerb .

I've started a new job as a Reading For Wellbeing Officer. I get to go around reading any books I like and telling people how mint I think they are, which is what I was doing anyway. I'm putting together a list of resources today. Chuck me some recommendations.

And finally (for now) Rowan McCabe braved the rain to bring poetry to the masses... what a weekend it was. Hats off to Ross Millard for another superb event.

Some chances to catch me this summer @WOMADfestival Lindisfarne Festival Morecambe Fringe

Doing that annoying thing where something really exciting is about to happen but you can’t say what it is yet. All I'm gonna say is that it's Door-to-Door Poetry related and I'll be talking about the first part next week. Stay tuned, it's going to be proper huge.

Buzzing to say I'll be making a show for BBC Radio 4. I've known since Christmas and keeping this a secret has been a torment.

My new book ‘The Door-to-Door Poet’ will be published by Eye Books next month! It's about my adventures around England, as I knocked on stranger’s doors & offered to write poems for them. I'm over the moon. You can pre-order a copy here: rowanmccabespoetryshop.company.site

I’m going to be live on @bbcradionewcastle tomorrow. Here's me 10 years ago, when I was challenged to write a poem for local BBC Newcastle legend Colin Briggs. I'll be chatting to Claire Rutter at 11am about my new book. Have a listen if you're about. Eye Books