On 4th October we will be hosting our first annual Youth Poetry Slam. Slam is a competitive form of poetry, where participants create original poems and perform them to an audience and judges. D/L - 4th Sept 2023

Only TWO DAYS until our Momentum Mentoring Scheme closes! Thinking of applying? Check out this interview with previous mentee & children's author Fiona Spence-Arnold for her advice to this year's applicants. Full interview ⬇️ bit.ly/WEMFIONA

Experience world-class poetry like you’ve never seen before ✨ Internationally renowned US poet Terrance Hayes will return to the UK stage, alongside the brilliant Rachel Long and 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus at this year’s Derby Poetry Festival 🎤 📚 Sat 7 Oct, 7pm bit.ly/DMDerbyPoetryF…

✨ Save the Date ✨ We're delighted our Autumn Edition is coming back to Derby QUAD this November! 😍 Festival Friends will be able to book tickets from 10am, Monday 25 September. Our general sale will begin on Monday 2 October at 10am. Full line-up to be revealed soon!

Magical day with Laura ⁦Derbyshire Writing School⁩ in sunny Buxton. Spent the day, writing, eating and drinking in excellent company. The magic is that we all made progress on our project, as working and sharing with other writers is incredibly productive! #writing #author #novel

Calling young writers of #Glossop. We want to hear your Christmas stories!

Join us at the Manchester Winter Book Fair on Saturday, Nov 25th at the House of Books & Friends! 📚 Get your winter reads and unique gifts from local publishers. Don't miss out on this festive literary celebration! 🎉 eventbrite.co.uk/manage/events/… #ManchesterBookFair #WinterReads

Let your creativity soar while boosting your confidence, and crushing loneliness with our FREE, ART OF HEALING sessions, running every week. You are cordially invited for the celebration of 1 year of Art of Healing sessions on 10th Nov'23 at 11 am - Charnwood St DE1 2GT #art

Come and join us on 25th November at House of Books & Friends for our festive book fair. It's a completely free book selling event featuring 9 of the biggest and best northern indy publishers! The amount of free tickets picked up so far has been amazing! eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester-w…

Happening this Saturday 👇 It's not too late to book your place, all you need to do is email: [email protected] Looking forward to seeing you Derby Libraries!

Still chance to book on this free event University of Derby with community, students & artists! #Civic #TheDerbyWay brilliant #partnerships with Derby Theatre Baby People and University of Derby special guests, tunes and food… Thursday, what a day you will be!

We'll be there! And we can't wait 📚

Calling all book-loving podcasters, booksellers, TikTokers & librarians! 6 northern indie publishers want to connect at our 1st influencer social. Let's talk reviews, reccs & boosting indie books. We'll bring 2024 proofs & goodies. Drinks on us in Mcr! eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-influen…

Two weeks to go until my next session for @NWStudio, where I'll be looking at Worldbuilding in Fantasy Fiction! eventbrite.co.uk/e/worldbuildin… #fantasy #fantasyfiction #fantasywriting #fantasywriters #workshop #workshops #writing #writers

Hello #PrimarySchools! 👋 I still have a day available during #WorldBookWeek! And lots of days in the weeks before/after. Get in touch if you want to talk about books, do some writing stuff and, most importantly, have a proper laugh 🤪 #WorldBookDay #WBD #WorldBookDay2024

Do we have any budding writers following us? If so, we’ve got a very special announcement coming your way on Monday morning at 10am! Stay tuned to find out more… ✍️

This Thursday, excited to have Culain Wood return as Guest Performer.

Our annual reading period will open May 1 - July 28 2024. We will be considering novels, short story collections, and poetry collections with a political focus. We are particularly drawn to quirky, thought-provoking, and feminist works that offer fresh perspectives.

Thank you Danielle 😊

We're delighted to announce our collaboration on a second Northern Publishers' Fair this year - a performance edition for the opening weekend of Manchester Literature Festival | ON BLUESKY! At the wonderful venue of Manchester Central Library, come along from 10.30am - 3.30pm to hear from the best northern