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⏳ Just 2 weeks left! Got a story to tell? ✍️ Our Creative Writing Competition closes 16 Sept. Theme: ROOTS 🌱 Dig deep. Grow wild. Surprise us. 📚 Kids + adults 🏆 Prizes at our Nov celebration See entry form for details! #WritingCommunity #WritingCompetition

Thanks to you all for this initiative, filling the gap left without The People's Friend’s weekly chat. I can’t promise to join in every week but will enjoy catching up and reading posts later.

Unknown writer of poetry: Anon Unknown writer of epic poetry; Anonanonanon.

“The Last Laugh” by Steven Lemprière🇪🇺🇮🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧(of my youth) ✍🏻 is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting

We've uploaded the whole ten minutes of Janet's special meeting with Aaron, Eddie, Jason and Tripps to our YouTube channel 🫶 Thank you for showing Janet all the love 🥹

Enjoying this story in ⁦The New Yorker⁩ I wish more general magazines in the UK regularly published fiction. I read fiction because it gives me news and comment, just like the magazines do

Apparently there's controversy over GCSE Maths questions being printed in invisible ink, but I don't see the problem.

People were drawn to her #unearthly beauty, usually by her tentacles. "Am I pretty?" she would ask as she dangled them in front of her eldritch maw; she took their screams as affirmation. #vss365

#Newcastle #poetry fans! Join Opt Indie at Jesmond Library, Newcastle, 3pm on 1st November for a special afternoon in conversation with translator Rahul Soni to celebrate the English translation of Shrikant Verma’s Magadh, published by And Other Stories. Book here >

Saturday 1st November, 3pm at the Library - In conversation with Rahul Soni. Magadh by Shrikant Verma was first published in 1984 in Hindi. It is widely regarded as one of the most important works of modern Indian poetry. Tickets from ticketsource.co.uk/optindiebooks

Saturday evening 1st November, 7pm at Jesmond Library Join us for an evening of poetry & music with poet Harry Gallagher & musicians Miggins Fiddle telling the story of Ballast Hills Burial Ground in nearby Ouseburn Valley. Tickets £5, pay at the door.

This Thursday 6th November, 6pm at the Library,we will be welcoming Moz Murphy to tell us more about the magic of cheese. Admission £3, pay at the door.

The results show! Come and join us on Saturday 22nd November at 6pm when we will award this year’s Creative Writing prizes to our talented local writers. Enjoy an evening of stories and poetry.

AT LAST! #KeanuReevesIsNotInLoveWithYou has a new publisher. So go out and buy it again, buy it for friends, for family members, for colleagues or buy 500 for yourself and build a small fort with them. After the original publisher went into administration owing me thousands and

Phase 1a works have begun: repairs to a leaking skylight & rotting fascias, first step to make our beautiful Grade II listed library warmer and more energy efficient - while caring for its unique 1963 heritage. If you can help us: justgiving.com/campaign/green… Thank you!

When you feel down, start washing the floor with your hands, without gloves. My grandmother used to say: "The brain must return to the body." You feel the dirt, the effort, the weight, the cold and gradually you regain control. It's not about cleanliness, it's about grounding.

We have a festive offering this Thursday 11 December at 7:30pm - Axum folk band will be playing a special set of seasonal songs. Tickets £5, payable at the door.

Final reminder of tonight’s concert - it’s going to be a good one!