“Working with Paul was an enjoyable and empowering experience”
‘Paul is a warm, instinctive teacher, immediately putting me at my ease and teaching me simple and effective techniques which enabled me to re-connect with my written work in a way that made ‘performing’ for an audience a positive and enjoyable experience, rather than something I rushed through with my face burning and my head firmly down! Working with Paul is an enjoyable and empowering experience for any writer who feels they haven’t found their ‘performing voice’ and hence feels nervous about reading before an audience.
I read and ‘perform’ prose and poetry regularly now, sometimes in front of large audiences at festivals, etc, and I’ve always been so glad I went to Paul for help.
I’d recommend him unreservedly.’
Catherine Smith, author of The Butcher’s Hands, Lip, Otherwhere. Next Generation poet; twice shortlisted for the Forward Prize.
“Smith has a deceptively low-key style beneath which lurks a delicately-wrought web of keenly-observed human behaviour.” – Brighton Evening Argus