Welcome to Valerie Bloom's homepage! Here you can find all the latest on Valerie's events and publications. Feel free to take a look around the site and let us know what you think.

For more information on Valerie herself, see the biography page. Articles and press clippings can be downloaded from the press page (please be patient while this is updated) and info on performances past and present can be found at 'Events'. There are sites of interest on the 'Links' page, as well as sections for images and contacting us elsewhere on the site.

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Catch Valerie on BBC's The Verb, presented by Ian McMillan.

"Valerie Bloom reads a new poem especially comissioned for The Verb inspired by her recent travels across three contintents. She talks about how she uses of the language of Jamaica, and what home means to her as a poet."

Aired on 20 Jan 2012, this programme will be available until Friday 27 January. Tell us what you thought!

Please note! The valeriebloom.co.uk contact form has not been working properly; please accept our apologies if you have tried to get in touch between Christmas and mid-January. We are working to resolve this problem; in the meantime please use our temporary contact page on the side menu to get in touch!

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