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.

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

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.

So happy to be bringing my poetry collection to my hometown of Wigan 😊 www.waterstones.com/events/local...

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'. www.writingsquad.com/heather-chap...

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 www.writingsquad.com/sadie-pearso...

Sadie Pearson longlisted for Women's Playwriting Prize www.writingsquad.com/sadie-pearso...

Carmen et Error Issue 13.5 is out today, featuring work from 🛏️ Patricia Russo 🦌 Alex McCrickard 🪱 @baphomart.bsky.social carmenerror.com?page_id=606

Great news from us!!

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...

All the chaotic and roundabout lines lead to Newcastle today for our artist’s book making workshop with Stevie Ronnie

Announcing the braag 2025-6 line up in our most recent newsletter! .... app.beehiiv.com/posts/46fac6...

Delighted that the work we've been publishing in our micro-journal, Carmen et Error, is getting the recognition it deserves! @corinnaboard.bsky.social's brilliant poem 'A dunnock's prayer' was highly commended in this year's Forward Prizes!

The last episode of this series of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with the excellent Mary Jean Chan. We spoke about book structure, the intersections of queer poetry and line breaks. Check out the conversation wherever podcasts can be heard. Linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

A poem from this week’s guest on The Poems We Made Along The Way. Always worth checking out a poem from Mary Jean Chan.

Nasim Rebecca Asl named one of @theskinnymag Next Generation of Scottish Writers www.writingsquad.com/nasim-rebecc...

Don't forget to book your free tickets to Rewrite, featuring Squad Writers Elizabeth Gibson and Tallulah Howarth with @McrLitFest 16th October at 6:30pm at @anthonyburgess www.writingsquad.com/event/rewrit...

All lines lead to the Castle Museum York today for a strange poems and alternative histories with Squad grad Kym Deyn!

Why is it that MPs feel more overwhelmed than ever by their inboxes and messages from constituents, but most constituents they don't feel like they ever hear from their MP, and have less trust than ever in them? Find out why & how to fix it our paper published today 👇 demos.co.uk/research/a-t...

I published Anthony Cartwright's novella in micro-fiction via @thebraag.bsky.social yesterday! It's incredible, deeply weird, searching, moving through alternate histories, leviatha as industrial process, capitalism as death cult, all deepy moored in the landscape of the black country.

All lines lead to Leeds today for the first of our Autumn workshops, looking back and Mapping Memories with Malika Booker

If you get a chance to catch this brilliant, funny, heartbreaking play by Writing Squad team member Emma Adams - then late your way to Bradford!!

Check out Mat’s blog here. Invested interested as some very nice words are said about The Poems We Made Along The Way.

…Nearly gone! 3 tickets left for Otherhood ahead of our opening night tonight 🎉 After releasing more tickets at Thornton Community Centre & The Beacon, those flew out the door too. Last chance: 🎫 bradford2025.co.uk/event/otherh... @bradford2025.co.uk #Bradford2025 #UKCityofCulture #OtherhoodPlay

Starting to chat more shit on substack Not writing essays yet just chatting shit and I need attention substack.com/@bethbwestbr...

If you haven’t checked it out yet, I had a wonderful conversation with Rishi which you can eavesdrop on, wherever you find your podcasts.

Trinity Robinson becomes Media Teacher at Gateshead College www.writingsquad.com/trinity-robi...

Princess Arinola Adegbite will perform as part of the Poets of Colour Incubator showcase at @northernstage 27th September. www.writingsquad.com/event/poets-...

Where can I hear a conversation with the brilliant Lewis Buxton about sonnets, mini cheddars and how to build an audience I hear you cry! Coincidentally you can now check out the new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way where I talk to Lewis Buxton about all these things and more.

TOUR DATES 🎭 The Beacon @ Lister Park –23/9 7.30pm (BSL) 🎭 Thornton Community Centre –26/9 7.30pm 🎭 Caroline Street Social Club –27/9 7.30pm 🎭 Keighley Creative –3/10 7.30pm 🎭 Mind the Gap – 4/10 7.30pm -touch tour 6pm 🖐 🎭 BD Arts Centre –16/10 7.30pm 🔗 bradford2025.co.uk/event/otherh...

Obviously creative work has never been highly valued - and the internet has been so helpful for novel writers etc., - but for emerging writers in my field, the opportunities that would have allowed them to go fully freelance just a few years ago no longer exist.(4/4)

📣 Tickets are flying out the door for Otherhood! If you’re planning on coming, best book quick. Three shows have sold out and there are just a few left for the rest... 🔗 bradford2025.co.uk/event/otherh... @bradford2025.co.uk #Bradford2025 #UKCityofCulture #OtherhoodPlay

A sample piece from Necrosmologies, available here: thebraag.co/product/necr...

Jay Mitra's new poem 'Running: A Golden Shovel' published in new anthology of South Asian Poetry with Renard Press www.writingsquad.com/jay-mitra-pu...

Charlotte Cropper is a Finalist of Words First and will perform at Words First Talent Showcase Sunday 21st September. www.writingsquad.com/charlotte-cr...

Imogen Cassels next pamphlet Peach machine will be published by The Last Books on 1st November 2025. Peach machine comprises nine months of poems, tracing a recurrent cycle of sickness, heartbreak, reparation, and recovery from late summer back into early Spring. www.writingsquad.com/new-pamphlet...

Helen Bowell is joining the @arvonfoundation team as part-time maternity cover as Learning Manager, she’ll be programming school visits to the residency sites, and running workshops in primary schools across London.

Hi, A longside the tour of Otherhood we are also running writing for wellbeing workshops though September and October 25. For further info check the thread below🧵

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is a conversation with the wonderful @katiescribbles.bsky.social We spoke about traveling to the Antarctica, favourite libraries and mentoring young writers through @thewritingsquad.bsky.social Find the podcast on your platform of choice.

My debut pamphlet with @fourteenpoems.bsky.social is out very soon! I’m so happy (and impressed at how many I can hold in each hand) link here www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/mango-s...

Don’t forget, this Saturday we’re at #StoryhouseChildless to give insight into the development process of Otherhood using real life testimony from those who are childless/free & share a snippet of the play from the rehearsal room 📅 13/9 5pm 📍 Storyhouse, Chester 🎫 www.storyhouse.com/seasons/stor...

@Lydia_Marchant has co-written Never Too Late with @vertigofilmuk and @channel5_tv www.writingsquad.com/lydia-marcha...

If you can make it to Manchester's Fairfield Social Club this Saturday - grab your comfies and head to Croppa Chopper's 2nd Birthday Special comedy Slumber Party www.writingsquad.com/event/croppa...

Enjoyed reading and reviewing this book. Recommend buying the book. I also hear there is a launch event in Liverpool on Sunday. Sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon.

TOUR DATES 🎭 The Beacon @ Lister Park – 23/9 7.30pm (BSL) 🎭 Thornton Community Centre – 26/9 7.30pm 🎭 Caroline Street Social Club – 27/9 7.30pm 🎭 Keighley Creative – 3/10 7.30pm 🎭 Mind the Gap – 4/10 7.30pm - touch tour 6pm 🖐 🎭 BD Arts Centre – 16/10 7.30pm 🔗 bradford2025.co.uk/event/otherh...

✨ Behind the scenes of Otherhood ✨ Rehearsals are in full swing as we bring to life our story of radical love & found family 📸 A peek into the rehearsal room with Lisa Howard, Beth Organ & Marf shaping something truly special @bradford2025.co.uk #Bradford2025 #UKCityofCulture

Your remind that this weeks episode I interviewed Luke Kennard. Let me know what you think of it.