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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

You can book your space on any of our online workshops now at wordupnorth.org.uk or by calling us on 01943 816714 🖋️

Word Up North

wordupnorth.org.uk

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve all come up against certain ‘rules’ in writing before - guidance intended to improve our craft. But in this workshop, New Northern Poet Nóra Blascsók explains how breaking these rules can work as an exciting jumping-off point to push boundaries in your poetry.

Book now: buff.ly/39JzWvN

Breaking the Rules in Poetry
Saturday 14 March
Online workshop
Turn the rules of poetry on their head in this counter-intuitive workshop with New Northern Poet Nóra Blascsók.

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.

Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh

Writing YA
Fiction
Tuesday 3 March
Online workshop
Discover how to write for a young adult audience in this two-hour online workshop with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Discover how to serve up a sensory feast on the page and have your readers craving seconds in this workshop with award-winning food writer, Shahnaz Ahsan.

Book now: buff.ly/Z9C6oQv

Writing Food
Saturday 21 February
Online workshop
Learn how to write about food in this two-hour online workshop with award-winning food writer, Shahnaz Ahsan.

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

In this unique workshop, New Northern Poet and doctor Nigeen Dara shows you how poetry and creative writing can help to tackle feelings of exhaustion, cynicism and detachment and help you to care for your mental wellbeing.

Book now: buff.ly/mX8VOG1

The Poetry Prescription
Sunday 15 February
Online workshop
New Northern Poet and doctor Nigeen Dara shares how creativity can ease stress and burnout in this online creative writing workshop.

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Journey to the dark side of folklore and develop your wyrd writing in this folk horror fiction online masterclass led by Costa Award-winning author and 'master of menace' Andrew Michael Hurley.

Book now: buff.ly/HcWRiZP

Writing Folk Horror Fiction
Wednesday 28 January
Online workshop
Delve into the dark side of folk stories in this horror fiction online masterclass led by Costa Award-winning author Andrew Michael Hurley.

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Your daily commute to work. The bus into town. A train out of the city. These journeys might feel unremarkable, but there’s a spark of a poem within each of them. Explore how to turn the ordinary extraordinary in this workshop with New Northern Poet Vanessa Napolitano.

Book now: buff.ly/xUT5tTc

Poetry in Motion
Saturday 10 January
Online workshop
Make ordinary journeys, commutes and transitions extraordinary in this online poetry workshop with New Northern Poet Vanessa Napolitano.

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

We're delighted to reveal our programme of online writing workshops taking place in early 2026. Ignite your imagination and develop your writing at any of our poetry, fiction and food writing workshops. And, as they're all online, you don't even have to be up north to take part!

wordupnorth.org.uk

Word Up North
online writing workshops
2026
wordupnorth.org.uk
01943 816714

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

@nblascsok.bsky.social

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

You can book your space on any of our online workshops now at wordupnorth.org.uk or by calling us on 01943 816714 🖋️

Word Up North

wordupnorth.org.uk

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve all come up against certain ‘rules’ in writing before - guidance intended to improve our craft. But in this workshop, New Northern Poet Nóra Blascsók explains how breaking these rules can work as an exciting jumping-off point to push boundaries in your poetry.

Book now: buff.ly/39JzWvN

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.

Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh

2

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Discover how to serve up a sensory feast on the page and have your readers craving seconds in this workshop with award-winning food writer, Shahnaz Ahsan.

Book now: buff.ly/Z9C6oQv

2

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

In this unique workshop, New Northern Poet and doctor Nigeen Dara shows you how poetry and creative writing can help to tackle feelings of exhaustion, cynicism and detachment and help you to care for your mental wellbeing.

Book now: buff.ly/mX8VOG1

1

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Journey to the dark side of folklore and develop your wyrd writing in this folk horror fiction online masterclass led by Costa Award-winning author and 'master of menace' Andrew Michael Hurley.

Book now: buff.ly/HcWRiZP

1

Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Your daily commute to work. The bus into town. A train out of the city. These journeys might feel unremarkable, but there’s a spark of a poem within each of them. Explore how to turn the ordinary extraordinary in this workshop with New Northern Poet Vanessa Napolitano.

Book now: buff.ly/xUT5tTc

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 2d

We're delighted to reveal our programme of online writing workshops taking place in early 2026. Ignite your imagination and develop your writing at any of our poetry, fiction and food writing workshops. And, as they're all online, you don't even have to be up north to take part!

wordupnorth.org.uk

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 26d

Check out the full programme at ilkleylitfest.org.uk

#ILF25 #Ilkley #Bradford #bookfestival

Ilkley Literature Festival

Home page -

ilkleylitfest.org.uk

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · 26d

Did you know we also programme and run the annual Ilkley Literature Festival? Ilkley Lit Fest is the longest-running book festival in the north (and the first in the north!). ILF runs until Sunday 19 October, with events on topics ranging from politics & poetry to comedy & cavapoos (yes, really). 📚

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · Sep 23

Huge thanks to our partners at BBC Arts, @bradford2025.co.uk , @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and to the people of Bradford.

📸 the brilliant Rich Bunce, Walking Photographer

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · Sep 23

CSL, you did not disappoint! Thank you to every poet, artist, audience member, volunteer and partner who made this year's Contains Strong Language festival possible. It was a fantastic turn out and we're still revelling in the afterglow of a luminescent celebration of spoken word and poetry 🎤

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Word Up North @thewordupnorth.bsky.social · Sep 9

A huge congratulations to Claire Lynn, one of our 2024 New Northern Poets, on being shortlisted for the Forward Prize's Best Single Poem for her poem Live Stream! 👏

forwardartsfoundation.org/in-conversat...

In Conversation with Claire Lynn - Forward Arts Foundation

When did you start writing poetry and what drew you into it? I remember writing poems as a child, and...

forwardartsfoundation.org

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