.The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025 hosted a diversity and inclusion panel with no wheelchair access
I spoke to Kirsty ♿️👩‍🦼 about her experience of being excluded from said panel as a result, and asked the organisers how this happened
Read the full article below
mayoaowrites.substack.com/p/access-denied

🔔 Unusual #journorequest 🔔

Is there anyone from #yorkshire who was inspired to study veterinary medicine at university after watching All Creatures Great and Small + anyone who became a vet after being inspired by James Herriot’s books who would like to chat for a The Yorkshire Post feature?

Finished reading Only Here, Only Now by the v talented Tom Newlands BLOWN AWAY. Connected with it so much (who knew Scots and Yorkshire folk could be so similar 😂)! You're all going to LOVE Cora and the journey she takes you on. Out 13 June. Thank you Tom for my proof! 👟

Writers! The Tempest Prize closes for entries at 12pm tomorrow. For unpublished LGBTQ+ writers in the North of England. £1000, mentoring and access to wider New Writing North support. Details here:

newwritingnorth.submittable.com/submit/285539/….

It was so special to bring #AWritingChance to The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025 for a headline event this afternoon ✨

We had a thoughtful discussion about persisting in moving the dial on access & representation in the creative industries. Thanks to everyone who came along – it was a full house!

1 WEEK until we head to The Cooper Gallery for a #NorthernWritersAwards Roadshow!

Learn about getting started as a writer & pathways to publication from Andrew McMillan Sarah Brooks Taiba Ahmad Adam Bennett-Lea prototype Tammie Rachel Mann
eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-wri…

Exciting times!!

Long time no tweet!

But I wanted to shout to say I've recently gone freelance again👋

So if you/anyone you know is in need of an excellent reader/writer/copyeditor/proofreader then you know where to find me, my DMs are open or I can be reached at [email protected]📩

“After this slowdown, there'll be no more diversity, we'll have gone back 20 years in terms of only the elite being able to afford to work in the industry”

'No pension, no career, no future': Grim reality behind the scenes of British TV and film industry

Read more 🔗

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Are working-class creatives truly welcome in the arts?

There is a lot more this industry could be doing to make working-class creatives feel welcome – and it isn’t just tick-box schemes and small print, says writer Kat Rose-Martin (Kat Rose-Martin) 👇 thestage.co.uk/opinion/are-wo…

If you're a working-class writer with free time this weekend, I'd highly recommend applying to the #AWritingChance scheme, which closes on Monday. Can't wait to see who benefits from this incredible package of financial & developmental support from the brilliant New Writing North!

Exciting to see my novel Only Here, Only Now highlighted by BBC Arts alongside so many other great books which are released next year (including works by impossibly talented Orion-mates Emily Howes and Ali Millar)

bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

If the film & TV industry really wanted to support diverse & working class talent, it would do more for producers who are diverse & working class. Instead, they price us out of opportunities that could change our careers & only work with rich producers from London. #FedUP

The opening of the Auntie Malorie exhibition at the British Library was such a brilliant event. So many amazing Black British authors were there including the legend herself.
The exhibition is a triumph. Moving, inspirational, powerful and also free! Make sure you go see it

If michael sheen 💙 tells you to apply for A Writing Chance… you do it 📝

We're so excited to announce A Writing Chance 2024/25🧾

Together with media and publishing partners, we're offering career-changing opportunities for writers from working-class and lower-income backgrounds.

Applications are now open 👇

newwritingnorth.com/a-writing-chan…

I missed this by Tammie when it came out but it's very touching newstatesman.com/culture/a-writ…

Michael Sheen introduces writers from under-represented backgrounds to reveal truths from the margins of society.

🎧 Margins to Mainstream