Happy April! IT'S NOT RAINING and I can hear curlew and lapwing from my house. For a gentle, reflective five minutes, here's a lyric essay from me and Anna Chilvers on how we shape place and how place shapes us. blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/the-bog-an...

"I see you. I hear you". Truly seeing and listening can be the most profound, transformative experience. On 15th April, Anna Chilvers and I host this workshop on bogs and "The Art of Close of Observation". Link below. writingbogwise2.eventbrite.co.uk

A rainy weekend ahead, so treat yourself to a warm, cosy morning of writing poetry at home. 50% proceeds go to Full of Joy animal sanctuary, who took in this little fella when he needed help.

A rainy weekend ahead, so treat yourself to a warm, cosy morning of writing poetry at home. 50% proceeds go to Full of Joy animal sanctuary, who took in this little fella when he needed help.

There’s still time for you join Hannah Hull and me at this poetry and visual art experience on 25th March, looking at ‘The Haunted House of the Poem’. Who doesn’t love a ghost story?👻 Click below to boo-k your place. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-haunte...

Here's my latest substack, on writing a blurb for your own poetry, pulling your own oars and drinking your own wine. It's free to access, just click the link. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/pulling-yo...

2 days until our first Writing Bogwise session. If you like wild places and wild writing, literature without borders and binaries, this one’s for you. Perfect for fans of 30 Days Wild. Click the link — or scan the QR code — to book your place. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo...

My latest Substack post. This one’s about my mum and my Niamh, and about Kim Moore’s new book. Subscription to Shaw and Moore is free, and it means you can access all the articles Kim Moore and I post almost every week. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/you-were-t...

I have two a year. Happy Parents Day!

3 DAYS NOW! Hit the link to book your place.

The countdown begins! 6 DAYS until our first Writing Bogwise session. Come with Anna Chilvers and me as we immerse ourselves in the unique ecology, fascinating folklore and haunted histories of bogs, asking…what can we learn from them? Book your place here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo...

The countdown begins! 6 DAYS until our first Writing Bogwise session. Come with Anna Chilvers and me as we immerse ourselves in the unique ecology, fascinating folklore and haunted histories of bogs, asking…what can we learn from them? Book your place here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo...

Please can I have a round of applause? 1. I did a jigsaw. 2. I found the jigsaw in a skip. Only one piece is missing. 3. The jigsaw is a map. A jig map. 4. Getting through winter. All of us.

Last shout for the Sheffield launch of The Book of Bogs: Stories of a Yorkshire Moor and Other Peatlands. 6pm tonight (11th March) at Hallam University - five readers, admission free, all welcome!

Self-care can also look like rootling around in skips for beautiful discarded things. All of these maps came from the same skip. I flipping love maps.

I’ve been rummaging in owl pellets again! All of these bones - and a tonne of compressed fur - in just three pellets.

In our first Animal Sanctuary workshop, we raised enough - with the support of a generous donation from a participant - to buy a hedgehog incubator! I'm running the workshop again on March 28th, 10-12.30, to raise money for a second incubator. Details below.🦔 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/animal-san...

"If you’re joining a Stop the War rally this Saturday (which you should), then with every breath you have please ALSO speak up, denounce and fight the fascist and murderous government of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the same time. Every time you say Stop the War also demand the end for this

"If you’re joining a Stop the War rally this Saturday (which you should), then with every breath you have please ALSO speak up, denounce and fight the fascist and murderous government of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the same time. Every time you say Stop the War also demand the end for this

It's MARCH! February is GONE! I've seen a curlew and heard a lapwing! I'm launching a new substack collaboration on bogs, moors and marshy places with Anna Chilvers!

I'm stupidly excited to launch of this new collaboration - eight monthly workshops exploring what bogs and moors and deep ecology can teach us about writing — please book a place and share the excitement! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo...

THIS SUNDAY, from 10am-12.30, join me for an online workshop in aid of Full of Joy animal sanctuary. We’ll reimagine our relationships with the creatures who surround and enrich us, and blur the boundaries between human and more-than-human. Tickets still available⬇️ animalsanctuary.eventbrite.co.uk

The ‘We’ll be Reet’ Jax Hagan Award is back! £750 AVAILABLE Tell us about a creative thing and your chosen people/community, and why you’re the right person to do this lovely thing. Keep to one side of A4 and paste into an email, or email a BSL message. Send to [email protected] by 31st MARCH

I spent St Brigid’s Day up at the Bridestones mapping gulleys and peat hags with Bridestones Rewilded. In the dusk I walked in the woods. The bulbs are through and Spring is on its way.

To mark the end of Writing Hours, Kim Moore cooked a delicious meal, Niamh and I made millionaire shortbread, I got thrashed at Uno, and we did a Tiffany dance tutorial. 31 days of poetry workshops – it’s always hard work, always rewarding, and I feel deep-down lucky to work with my best friend.

In case anyone needs reminding of the exquisite beauty of the wonky, imperfect and discarded.

So excited to be reading about bogs, moss and foxgloves at Wardle Library on 3rd February, alongside Zaffir Kunial and local poets Seamus Kelly and Elizabeth White. Sammy Weaver is hosting what will be a fabulous event, and there are a few free tickets left. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spoken-wor...

Love poetry? Love animals? Join me on the morning of 22nd February for a fun, generative workshop exploring and celebrating the more-than-human. 50% of proceeds will support Full of Joy’s amazing work. Scan the QR code, or follow the link, to book your place. www.eventbrite.com/e/animal-san...

Since January Writing Hours began on the 1st, hundreds of people have met online every day to read and write poetry together, inspired by the magic of words and community. New people join us every day. Weekly tickets £25, Pay-what-you options available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished. I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy. Time to melt ICE.

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

I love quiet days of sunshine and bitter cold. I love mince pies and morning mist. I love snow, dark mornings, blackbirds and robins. I love new books and detective programmes. I love dusk in the late afternoon, long evenings. I love January.

I cannot overstate how much I LOVE Ursula Le Guin.

In December’s subscriber-exclusive interview, Anna Chilvers & @clareshawpoet.bsky.social — editors of 'The Book of Bogs' — speak to Tallulah about bogs as living presences, the need to restore our visceral connection with the land, and the suck and ooze of the peat steady.page/en/caughtbyt...

Over on Shaw and Moore, we’re experimenting with putting on an event each month for our paid subscribers. So we thought this month that we’d host an Online Open Mic night with you as the stars of the show! Please join us on December 21st at 7.30pm. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/shaw-and-m...

Here’s what I found in the woods yesterday. “even the ubiquitous, common-as-muck Blue Willow gives itself up in infinite variations when it is broken…Let that be my story for today. I am a broken thing, and I am beautiful". Read the rest of this post for free here. open.substack.com/pub/shawandm...

I’m absolutely chuffed with my this beautiful letter press printed, hand bound limited edition pamphlet featuring a poem by Ian Humphreys and inspired by Kate Bush! Only 6.50 and all funds raised go to More Song poetry reading series in Bradford. £6.50 incl P&P. www.littlehirundine.co.uk

Poetry for Christmas: buy a signed book for someone you love (including yourself) with a personalised message, and I’ll pay the postage. Flood: £9.95 Towards a General Theory of Love: £10.99. Drop me a DM!

The Whys, Why-Nots, and How-Tos of Writing about Trauma - my latest Substack for Day 14: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-14-16-...

"We do not define wild women by biological birth/gender assignation but by soul and spirit.” On Thursday, 29th January 7- 8.30 pm, enter the magical world of bogs, peatlands and other threshold spaces with Clare Shaw, Alys Fowler, Nic Wilson and Annie Worsley. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

JANUARY WRITING HOURS 2026 - any/every day in January for poetic inspiration and writing exercises in a friendly online space - £75 for 31 workshops - facilitated by two acclaimed poets and teachers - laugh, learn, relax — and write loads of new poems! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

Thrilled that 2025's proudest achievement - The Book of Bogs - is December's Book of the Month! Featuring an extract from my chapter, " A Love Story of Walshaw Moor". www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/book...

For Day 11 of 16 Days of Activism against Gendered Violence, here's my 2019 critique of Borderline Personality Disorder. I hope you read it - but it contains some challenging language and realities, so please take care of yourself. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-11-16-...

You know the particular horror of not saving a document and losing hours of hard work? That. But I managed to remember and rewrite it, so here’s my latest Substack for Day 10 of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Violence. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-10-16-...

Australia and me.

Making friends in Australia.

Australian sights.

Me and my sis in Aus.

Join us online this Wednesday (3rd December) 7-8pm for the digital launch of Anna Chilvers' beautiful new novel, Orca and Bird. Anna will read from the book, and we'll chat about woodlands, cyborgs and the meaning of life and love. Get your free ticket here. www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...

My poem “The Healing of Little Woolden Moss” is now displayed in the waiting room of St Mary’s Hospital Chest & Allergy clinic, along with poems by Imtiaz Dharker, Anne Bronte, Lemn Sissay. Thank you, Imtiaz, for reading the poems at the opening, and the Poetry Pharmacy, for leading this project.❤️