To help celebrate National Poetry Day, the Carnegie Library at Herne Hill invited five poets to tea on Saturday 5 October 2013: Kate with Wendy French, Jenny Hobson, Helen Adie and John Mackinnon: and together they read for an hour to a wonderful audience on the linked themes of London and water.National Poetry Day event 2013

Kate reads the part of the mother of a disturbed teenager in Wendy French’s short play for voices “The Furry Dance” to be performed by members of the same group at ‘Beyond Words’, Gipsy Hill Tavern, SE19, on 5 November 2013 at 7pm.

By popular request, returning to the BELL library at Beaumont de Venise, Provence on Wednesday 16 October, she will lead a writing afternoon for poets at all levels writing in English.