SUSAN OSBORNE - THE LANCASHIRE LASS

Like many other authors, I guess, the confines of Covid and hours to spare, lead me to put together my first collection of witty verse, working with Sarah Bailey Cartoons, who provided some hilarious illustrations.

 Four and a half years later, I have 3 collections;

'A Laff From Lancashire'   'Another Laff From Lancashire'  and  'More Laffs From Lancashire'   (You can see I was super inventive with the titles)

My next plan is to re-release all three as one jumbo anthology, which hopefully will be out before Christmas, or certainly early next year.

This year, I have been working on a project to develop a collection of witty verse about getting older and becoming a pensioner. This has involved performing to groups of Lancashire’s elderly folk, then having a good old chinwag over tea and biscuits. The experience has been entertaining and inspirational. My collection of ‘pensioner poems’ is well underway now with an aim to be available later in 2025.

 For the past 18 months, I have been performing my poems at open mic sessions and events throughout the county, and thoroughly connecting with my ‘Peggy from Hi De Hi’ inner self….I just love having an audience!

Pam Ayers remains my main inspiration and I was thrilled to see her live at this year’s poetry festival in Morecambe.