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Online Workshops POETRY WORKSHOPS Poet, critic and Tears in the Fence editor, David Caddy, has more than thirty five years experience teaching poetry and writing in a variety of universities and locations around th…

The current sequence of TITF poetry workshops is linked to the 2025 Festival theme: Connections. We hope some of the work generated will be represented at the Festival.
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Poem Thoughts of O'Hara in Wet Weather This poem won the 2025 Fosseway Writers Poetry Competition with the theme of 'absence'. I'm posting it on a sunny day although this one is contemplating a rainy one! Thoughts of O’Hara in wet weather ...

Just to say my grandson is constructing a website for me, and this poem is on there. Hope you like it. payhip.com/LesleyBurtPo...

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17 goal involvements this season 🔥

Cardiff friends, I'm going to this music event that's free Saturday afternoon--who will join me? www.ticketsource.co.uk/cardiffmusic...

And this morning the Shed is a goldfish bowl, with its landscape of perpetual surprise…

A little 1st April collage! In France it's April Fish Day, hence the fish. #collage

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No second state visit for Trump Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Old English, New English Michael Rosen on the Old English words used in daily life then and now, with Hana Videen.

#Radio Old English, New English
Word of Mouth
Thurs 15:30
BBC Radio 4
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social explores the Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. With the author of The Wordhord, @hanavideen.bsky.social.
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The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams The truth is paralysing. But after JD Vance met the far-right leader Alice Weidel in Germany, it is time to be clear about what we are seeing, writes Zoe Williams

Like many people, I often feel as if I grew up with the @Michaelrosenyes.bsky.social poem that starts: “I sometimes fear that / people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Let's bring back the Creative Writing A Level! Expression of Interest in Restoring the Creative Writing A Level in the UK with NAWE

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“The illegal seizure of power isn’t just another story to be swept away in the deluge of other stories. It’s the foundational framing to understanding everything…
We aren’t helpless but we need [to] start fighting back and take immediate steps to protect ourselves.”
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Modern Japanese Women's Tanka: writing tanka with Alex Corrin-Tachibana What are modern Tanka? How do they differ from Haiku? And what made Machi Tawara's 80s tanka so iconic in Japan? Join me to find out!

Excited about running this Modern Japanese Women’s Tanka writing workshop, on January 30th 10-11a.m.

10% off with code EARLYBIRDWARIBIKI until noon Jan10th.

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✨ It’s Tuesday, another chance to bring your words to life! Remember, every idea, every word, every draft helps you hone your craft. 📚

Keep writing, you've got this!🌟

Submit your #shortstories the Bristol Short Story Prize 2025: bit.ly/3ZjmdN8

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A gentle reminder that you should always resist the temptation to tag a creative person into a negative review of their work. It doesn't matter what your intentions are, it's kind of an asshole maneuver. You are free to say whatever you like, of course. Making it their problem, however, is not kind.

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Susie Dent's World of words - Word of Mouth podcast
9 January 2025
28 minutes

Susie Dent joins Michael to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins.

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In ten minutes or so, I'll be posting the cover reveal for my new book, VIANNE, coming out in May, 2025. So make yourself a cup of tea, and buckle up. It's a good one...

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.

If you're part of the writing community, could you please holla and RT so we can find each other?
I want to build up what we once had on Twitter (but better)
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To buy your copy, please go to tearsinthefence.com/pay-it-forwa... and scroll down for instructions - bit of a faff - sorry.
Alice Spins Her Glitter-Ball by Lesley Burt. Cover Artwork by Sonny Wakeling, the writer’s 13-year-old grandson. All proceeds will go into his University Fund Savings.