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Really proud to have my poem 'Winter blazer' in this Christmas audio anthology from @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social! 🎄 My poem is about buying and wearing my first suit for a work Christmas do and the sheer joy that I felt ☺️
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Really proud to have my poem 'Winter blazer' in this Christmas audio anthology from @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social! 🎄 My poem is about buying and wearing my first suit for a work Christmas do and the sheer joy that I felt ☺️
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Today’s interview with the amazing poet Sarah Howe is now live. We spoke about time, flow states, and her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Foretokens.
Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.
Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today’s interview with the amazing poet Sarah Howe is now live. We spoke about time, flow states, and her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Foretokens.
Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.
Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.
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Fantastic news!
I love writing for Zombies, Run! It's the best job I've ever had, and Naomi and Rebecca are the best people I've ever worked for.
I've never doubted that I'm valued and respected as a member of the team, and that environment of mutual respect is a great foundation for a studio.
I love writing for Zombies, Run! It's the best job I've ever had, and Naomi and Rebecca are the best people I've ever worked for.
I've never doubted that I'm valued and respected as a member of the team, and that environment of mutual respect is a great foundation for a studio.
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
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November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Fantastic news!
I love writing for Zombies, Run! It's the best job I've ever had, and Naomi and Rebecca are the best people I've ever worked for.
I've never doubted that I'm valued and respected as a member of the team, and that environment of mutual respect is a great foundation for a studio.
I love writing for Zombies, Run! It's the best job I've ever had, and Naomi and Rebecca are the best people I've ever worked for.
I've never doubted that I'm valued and respected as a member of the team, and that environment of mutual respect is a great foundation for a studio.
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In the midst of everything, some good personal news: the worm is out of the bag! My debut collection Folkish will be published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social this spring ✨🪱
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In the midst of everything, some good personal news: the worm is out of the bag! My debut collection Folkish will be published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social this spring ✨🪱
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚
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Great in-depth interview with Gillian Allnutt on the latest episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast. She was in conversation with host @gregorykearns.bsky.social about her poetry, in particular her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection #Lode.
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Episode 36: Gillian Allnutt - "An exercise in truthfulness"
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great in-depth interview with Gillian Allnutt on the latest episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast. She was in conversation with host @gregorykearns.bsky.social about her poetry, in particular her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection #Lode.
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The Squad’s James Varney has been working with Uncurbed to bury the pity narrative and rewrite the future - catch Tiny Tim at Contact Theatre from tonight til 16 Dec www.writingsquad.com/event/tiny-t...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Squad’s James Varney has been working with Uncurbed to bury the pity narrative and rewrite the future - catch Tiny Tim at Contact Theatre from tonight til 16 Dec www.writingsquad.com/event/tiny-t...
If you’re near Didsbury this Wednesday catch the Exhibition and drop in to hear how three Squad writers responded to their residencies at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House www.writingsquad.com/event/ive-ne...
I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell Event - The Writing Squad
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December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you’re near Didsbury this Wednesday catch the Exhibition and drop in to hear how three Squad writers responded to their residencies at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House www.writingsquad.com/event/ive-ne...
All lines lead to Leeds today for a pamphlet workshop with Squad grad Kayleigh Jayshree.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
All lines lead to Leeds today for a pamphlet workshop with Squad grad Kayleigh Jayshree.
All lines lead to Manchester this morning for our pitching workshop with agents from Curtis Bown.
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
All lines lead to Manchester this morning for our pitching workshop with agents from Curtis Bown.
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Don’t miss the new episode with @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted poet Nick Makoha. We spoke about layered temporalities, founding the Obsidian Foundation, and treating ‘the poem’ like a painting.
Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.
Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Don’t miss the new episode with @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted poet Nick Makoha. We spoke about layered temporalities, founding the Obsidian Foundation, and treating ‘the poem’ like a painting.
Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.
Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.
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A link www.instagram.com/reel/DP3Qxl7... to a reel on Insta about our @oldbirdtheatre.bsky.social #otherhoodplay that toured #bradfordcityofculture. We had amazing feedback. Sorry it's on Insta. If you don't go there, I'm planning on writing something about the experience of making this show soon.
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A link www.instagram.com/reel/DP3Qxl7... to a reel on Insta about our @oldbirdtheatre.bsky.social #otherhoodplay that toured #bradfordcityofculture. We had amazing feedback. Sorry it's on Insta. If you don't go there, I'm planning on writing something about the experience of making this show soon.
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This week The Poems We Made Along The Way series 5 began with an interview with George Szirtes. We spoke about translation, form and the exact moment George realised that he realised he wanted to write poems.
Check it out linktr.ee/thepoemswemade
Check it out linktr.ee/thepoemswemade
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Exploring the power of poetry and friendship one conversation at a time.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This week The Poems We Made Along The Way series 5 began with an interview with George Szirtes. We spoke about translation, form and the exact moment George realised that he realised he wanted to write poems.
Check it out linktr.ee/thepoemswemade
Check it out linktr.ee/thepoemswemade
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Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with @gregorykearns.bsky.social
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Episode 32: Clare Pollard - "The poem itself is a haunted house"
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November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
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So happy to be bringing my poetry collection to my hometown of Wigan 😊
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Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Local Poet Signing and Reading today.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So happy to be bringing my poetry collection to my hometown of Wigan 😊
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All lines lead to Manchester this morning for our Squad 12 character workshop with the Core Team’s Emma Adams - all leavened with a few grads!
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
All lines lead to Manchester this morning for our Squad 12 character workshop with the Core Team’s Emma Adams - all leavened with a few grads!
Heather Chapman has been published in a new anthology 'Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle'.
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Heather Chapman is one of ten poets featured in a new anthology from sidekick books. “Enter freely and of your own will!” After a hellish coach ride up a mountain pass, each of our ten poets crosses…
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October 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Heather Chapman has been published in a new anthology 'Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle'.
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Laura Attridge has been interviewed for Opera Now in Gramaphone. www.writingsquad.com/laura-attrid...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Laura Attridge has been interviewed for Opera Now in Gramaphone. www.writingsquad.com/laura-attrid...
Sadie Pearson has been longlisted for the Women's Playwriting Prize
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Sadie Pearson longlisted for Women’s Playwriting Prize - The Writing Squad
Sadie Pearson play VENUS: THE BODY has been longlisted for the Women’s Playwriting Prize. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting was founded in 2019 to champion and produce plays by female and non-binary…
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October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sadie Pearson has been longlisted for the Women's Playwriting Prize
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Sadie Pearson longlisted for Women's Playwriting Prize
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Sadie Pearson longlisted for Women’s Playwriting Prize - The Writing Squad
Sadie Pearson play VENUS: THE BODY has been longlisted for the Women’s Playwriting Prize. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting was founded in 2019 to champion and produce plays by female and non-binary…
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October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sadie Pearson longlisted for Women's Playwriting Prize
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Carmen et Error Issue 13.5 is out today, featuring work from
🛏️ Patricia Russo
🦌 Alex McCrickard
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🛏️ Patricia Russo
🦌 Alex McCrickard
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Issue 13.5 - Carmen et Error
No Blanketsby Patricia Russo They wanted the bed to be comfortable. It was the most they could do. Not the only, but the most. But there were no more blankets left in the world, and the birds no longe...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Carmen et Error Issue 13.5 is out today, featuring work from
🛏️ Patricia Russo
🦌 Alex McCrickard
🪱 @baphomart.bsky.social
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🛏️ Patricia Russo
🦌 Alex McCrickard
🪱 @baphomart.bsky.social
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Great news from us!!
Alexa von Hirschberg, publishing director of W&N, has joined the board of The Writing Squad as chair 👇 #BookSky
Alexa von Hirschberg joins board of The Writing Squad as chair
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October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great news from us!!
Heather Chapman is Verve Poetry's Poem of the Month www.writingsquad.com/heather-chap...
Heather Chapman Verve Poetry’s poem of the month - The Writing Squad
Each month, Verve Poetry Festival interview a poet behind Poem of the Month, their rolling competition for the poetry community. In September, that poem was ‘Unsent Letter as a Means of…
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October 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Heather Chapman is Verve Poetry's Poem of the Month www.writingsquad.com/heather-chap...
Helen Bowell joins team at Fourteen Poems as Co-editor www.writingsquad.com/helen-bowell...
Helen Bowell joins Fourteen Poems as Co-editor - The Writing Squad
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October 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Helen Bowell joins team at Fourteen Poems as Co-editor www.writingsquad.com/helen-bowell...
All the chaotic and roundabout lines lead to Newcastle today for our artist’s book making workshop with Stevie Ronnie
October 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
All the chaotic and roundabout lines lead to Newcastle today for our artist’s book making workshop with Stevie Ronnie
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Announcing the braag 2025-6 line up in our most recent newsletter! .... app.beehiiv.com/posts/46fac6...
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Announcing the braag 2025-6 line up in our most recent newsletter! .... app.beehiiv.com/posts/46fac6...