Readings
2009
April 2009
Nailsworth Festival Reading with Peter Wyton
“The evening was a success and Peter and Emily created a really good atmosphere.”
Nailsworth Festival Organiser
Sunday 29 March 2009 on Radio 4
'The Recipe for Marmalade' from Developing the Negative was read on Radio 4 during an edition of Something Understood entitled 'Feast and Famine' presented by Irma Kurtz.
March 2009
Bath Festival Café
Reading with Peter Wyton, Rose Flint, Greta Stoddart, and Bath Spa MA
poets
February 2009
Coffee House Poetry at The Troubadour, London
Rialto reading with Gillian Allnutt, Sue Boyle, Richard Lambert,
Lydia Macpherson, Lorraine Mariner, Neil Rollinson, and Rosie Shepperd.
2008
November 2008
'The Rialto at The Poetry Café' in Bath
Reading with Richard Lambert, Sue Boyle, Rose Flint, Michael Swan
and Frances Ann King,
and launch of Developing the Negative
November 2008
Reading at John Moores University, Liverpool
Reading with Michael Mackmin, Dean Parkin and Creative Writing Students
September 2008
Reading at Bath Poetry Can
July 2008
Reading at Ledbury Poetry Festival “Poetry Breakfast” with Peter Wyton the Gloucestershire Poet Laureate.
“You've got your two sets of poems beautifully integrated. I think audiences always respect and respond to (your) meticulous preparation.”
April 2008
Reading and judging of Nailsworth Poetry Competition with Peter Wyton, Nailsworth Gloucestershire
“Wills and Wyton are like Gilbert and Sullivan — an immensely enjoyable combination of talents that leave you entertained, informed, surprised and often deeply moved. These are experienced poetic observers, alert to the comedy and the pathos in everyday life, sharpening our awareness, shaking us out of our complacency. Quite different from each other in style and presentation, together they lead us through a wide range of experience, domestic and universal, past and present. Compassionate, entertaining, wise and witty, they’re a double act not to be missed.”
“Peter and Emily's work was stimulating, provoking and amusing often all at once, and we thank you all for such a great contribution to our festival.”
Nailsworth Festival Organiser
March 2008
Bath Poetry Café
“I especially liked the understated elegance and warm humanity of Emily Wills, whose second anthology is due out soon.”
2007
Guest poet at Bath Poetry Can, with June Hall
Guest poet at Buzzwords, the Beehive, Cheltenham
Under the Edge Arts with Peter Wyton
2006
Magma reading at The Troubadour
Under the Edge poetry slam (semi-finalist)
2005
Under the Edge Arts with Anthony Thwaite
Bath Poetry Can
2004
Under the Edge Arts with UA Fanthorpe and Ann Drysdale
Stroud Arts Festival with flautist Jonathan Morgan
2003
Ledbury Poetry Festival
Cley Little Poetry Festival
Bath Poetry Can
2002
Stroud, Global Ceasefire Day
Coffee House Poetry at The Troubadour, London.
Stroud Arts Festival ‘Sestina’ reading with five other
local poets
Emily Wills reading with Marianne Hedwig-John and Peter Wyton
2001
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Poetry at the YHA, Bristol
2000
Bath Poetry Can