I am Diane Woodrow and I have been running Barefoot At The Kitchen Table writing groups in various locations around the Abergele area – in cafes, community centres, historic locations, and even around my own table – since September 2017. I am a published author of The Little Yellow Boat and a book of poems called Inspirations From Walking in North Wales, as well as having poems and flash fiction pieces wining various competitions. Read more about me and what I write on my own website – Aspirational Adventures.com and sign up to my blog posts.

Sarah is a poet, fiction writer, journalist, occasional playwright, photographer, poetryfilm maker and arts reviewer, as well as editor at V. Press. Author of six poetry collections, four poetry pamphlets, a poetry-play, an ACE-funded multi-media hypertext poetry narrative > Room and two novellas, she also enjoys artistic commissions, mentoring and working as a writer in residence, and was delighted to be The High Window Resident Artist for 2019.

Placecloud is a location-based storytelling platform that connects short, place-specific audio stories to precise geographic viewpoints. Using a mobile device and map interface, listeners can discover recordings tied to particular locations and hear them while standing at or looking toward the place being described. Each recording typically highlights a fragment of history, an overlooked anecdote, or a curious detail about the surrounding environment, turning ordinary viewpoints into entry points for exploring the layered narratives of a city or landscape. The platform emphasizes concise, well-researched micro-histories that enrich a visitor’s experience of place without requiring a full guided tour. Contributors can create new viewpoints by recording short narrations linked to specific coordinates and directions, allowing a distributed network of storytellers to expand the collection over time. Through this approach, Placecloud builds a growing archive of geographically anchored stories that encourage people to slow down, observe their surroundings, and encounter places through unexpected historical and cultural perspectives.