Can't wait for Anna Smith Spark A SWORD OF BRONZE AND ASHES to join us for our final Impossible Café! (Though a slight errata to the poster - we'll be starting things at 7:30 for this one!)

Its a Friday for sleepy puppies

Showcase sign ups close this Friday!! Even if you haven’t signed up, come along to watch and support creatives reading out their work 🤍

One of the many reasons that our Creative Writing students University of Hull are the best - excellent work from Percy & Ellie yesterday!

*NEWS*

From 22nd Oct #HowtobeBrave is coming to the stage; not just East Riding Theatre & Hull Truck Theatre but a 22-date tour including York, Yarm, Bridlington. I'm so excited and proud. More soon.

There's an appeal for help too so any support is appreciated.

hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats…

It is Wednesday my dudes and that means it's time for a creative livestream! 6pm via twitch.tv/edhurst - we'll be diving for sushi and talking all things Creative Writing. All are welcome!

📢 NATURE, MY TEACHER IS OUT NOW!!

This 'powerful and moving' collection of intimate essays from world-leading environmentalist, eco-lawyer and Zen priest James Thornton shares 'the great wisdom [of] the natural world'.🌿

Available worldwide! 🌍
👉barbicanpress.com/book/nature-my…

New show 💕 Baby, He Loves You by Maureen Lennon. A new play that weaves together original music, aerial acrobatics and storytelling under the intense gaze of a wedding party on Stage @TheDock in Hull (19-28 April) bit.ly/3uqnO8G

In or near California? The wonderful Village Well in Culver City are hosting the launch event for James Thornton's NATURE, MY TEACHER on Wednesday April 17th. Entry is FREE! Come along for a Q&A and grab a signed copy of the book! ☕📗✍️

👉shop.villagewell.com/events/35460

Apparently #DeadManTalking is currently unavailable on Amazon.
I choose to believe this is due to a massive surge in sales.
🤑🤑🤑
You can still order it from actual bookshops, or direct from the publisher:
bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/deadm…
Thank you!

Tired as a Pickle at the point of midweek? Well wake yourself up with a Creative Livestream! 6pm via twitch.tv/edhurst - all are welcome!

In a rare occurrence, I am teaching The Essay today. As a treat I'm allowing myself to re-read Kristin Domebek's 'Letter from Williamsburg.' Still, I maintain, one of the most beautiful essays I've ever read.

‘Mrs Van Gogh’ is back in the Globe and Mail’s Historical Fiction bestseller list at #6 (for the week ending 6 April 2024). Thank you, lovely Canadians. @harpercollinsca @onemorechapterhc #mrsvangogh

So proud of you! I can't wait to read it.

Would like to share with you all this wonderful anniversary present I received over the weekend. It's my book cover on a cushion! (Corgi for scale...!)

I'm very proud I've written a book, and I would like people to read it. Unfortunately, the only way this is likely to happen is if I talk about it.

So, ya know. I've written a book.
#DeadManTalking
#NewBooks
#WritingCommunity
#reading

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic

Stuart, Adrian & David know their stuff - you don't want to miss out on this 👇

A beautiful cover for an exceptional book

Sometimes Pickle just likes to sit on the other side of the garden and stare at me... If you too are feeling distant from your community, then feel free to tune in to our next Creative Livestream! Tonight at 6pm via twitch.tv/edhurst