A first for Arvon! A writing retreat focussing on menopause and midlife. I'll be teaching alongside brilliant Miranda France. Arvon this August
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We may have been around for over 40 years but we're not fortune tellers. So we put together a survey to get your feedback to help shape our future programming. All poet/spoken word artists are invited to take part - every voice matters:
👉 Take the survey:
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gofund.me/58590242
After our window was smashed on Saturday night we have had an overwhelming wave of support from customers and the book community asking how they can help. We have set up a gofundme page. Thank you so much for your love and support.

Just me sitting over here talking to myself, or do you do this too? 😂

⭐️ EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY! ⭐️ Win a pair of weekend tickets to Capital Crime.

It’s an all-star lineup with over 100 authors and specialists appearing on over 30 events across our festival weekend. We’ll also be partying with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers!

PLUS we’ll be toasting…

My next event for Grief's Alphabet (Seren) is this Thursday evening at Burley Fisher Books in London with fellow readers Mary Jean Chan, Julia Copus, and The Typo King FRSL / FRSA! Get your ticket here: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/launc… RTs most appreciated!

Teaching children about creativity, emotions, and empathy is helping them to master the skills A.I. can’t. Drama is the perfect subject for this.

'I'm the Doctor, mate, who the hell are you?' ❤️❤️

Wishing the Fugitive Doctor, Jo Martin, a very happy birthday 🥳

Free poetry workshop alert!

Calling all young poets! As part of the Soundworlds and Songscapes challenge on Young Poets Network, we're running a Zoom workshop on Saturday 11 May, facilitated by the fantastic Polly Atkin 🐣

Book your free ticket now: bit.ly/PNNworkshop

This is so sad. He leaves an immense legacy in historical fiction.

This is very interesting to me because I’m at least a 7 and I think it affects the way I teach. I do try to remember though.

Calling all teachers, do you know about BookTrust Letterbox Club? Providing book bundles for disadvantaged children? Sam Sedgman & I are super happy to be supporting this wonderful scheme. Please share. Find out more here: booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/pro…

Big shoutout to Kathryn Harkup (she/her)'s excellent book #AisforArsenic which we refer to throughout our latest episode on Drugs in the 60s Agatha Christies - if you haven't already, you can hear the ep here: tinyurl.com/SwXtCT6D #SwingingChristies

Love that my buddies Women's Prize are making 20 FREE spaces available to this summer's #WomensPrize Live for writers on low income - Please share to get these tickets into the hands of those who need them most! Details: womensprize.com/womens-prize-l… #WomensPrize #workingclass #diversity

To celebrate #TerryPratchettDay , we're revisiting this touching piece from the archives where authors, editors, and fans told us about the enduring impact of his work and how it touched their lives ✨👇 bit.ly/3UtOPSz

'Officials plan to hold refugees who turn up for routine meetings at immigration service offices and will also pick people up nationwide in a two-week exercise.'

Pushed forward for the local elections.

Cynical, wicked & defunct. Tories. out. now.

#Rwanda #Sunak #ToriesOut

If you’re a member of the Society of Authors, tomorrow’s your last chance to register for the EGM happening on 2 May!

I think this may be the only time I'll have my name on a #1 Bestseller.

So, what the hell, I'm going to mention it.

(Neil Gaiman, Shelly Bond, #4colorpaperpusher since 1988, #MarkBuckingham and team Dead Boys - blinkin' flip.)

Tonight We Die as a Family

Mohammed El-Kurd’s poem, first published in the current issue of The Poetry Society’s magazine The Poetry Review has been striking a chord with thousands of readers over the world.

I live smack bang between Daphne du Maurier and Agatha Christie, and a bit below Ted Hughes. 😌