Overjoyed that my poetry collection 'A love the weight of an animal' is coming out this year! 😊 Expect queer joy, Manchester wanderings, body positivity and fluidity, cats, geese, foxes, and frogs 🐸 I've written the poems I always wanted to read, and can't wait to share them 🌈

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Our second Writing about Grief workshop details are out!

A free workshop for 18-35 year olds in collaboration with Let's Talk About Loss
GRUB (Manchester) - 3rd May, 6 - 8 PM led by writer + actress Lauren-Nicole Mayes
Lauren-Nicole Mayes

Sign up here: buff.ly/3Q8rUJU

At 6pm, 7 May, we'll be in conversation with Wes Brown - MA Programme Director of Creative Writing and pro wrestling champion about his autofictional account of his time as a wrestler, the fictions of masculinity and the blurring of fact and fiction 👇

bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_…

Next in our features of fab Squad 11 writers - Annie Dabb ! Find out more about Annie’s work here writingsquad.com/squad-writer/a…

📣 Calling all #Manchester #Writers ! 📣

Join writer Chloe Elliott on this three week course at @mcrpoetrylib 📚

Suitable for new & established writers looking to write about what we contain within & what we find without our bodies.

Book: bit.ly/CF-MCR-1

A huge thank you to everyone who attended my talk ‘Making Invisible Illnesses Visible’ for this year's Festival of Debate . I was able to share my journey of medical gaslighting, racism, mental health and misdiagnosis. Theatre Deli Sheffield #FoD

One of my absolute favourite podcasts features an old poem of mine in this week's episode, which is all about ME.
I haven't listened just yet, but I'm excited to hear the Erins break down the messy scientific history of my disability into easily digestible chunks!

📢 Have you ever attended one of our Young Writers programmes? 📢

We're eager to reconnect with our amazing alumni to find out where your journey has taken you and hear your memories of the programme 📚✍️

Please take a few moments to complete our survey: airtable.com/appHl8y5gqlltq…

I get to spend time with one of my writing besties when Flora Carr and I are the ‘ones to watch’ at Stratford Literary Festival on Sunday 5th May. Come and hear us talk about #TheListofSuspiciousThings & #TheTower #booktwitter stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/jennie-…

Happy International Haiku Poetry Day!⁠
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For #TheFutureIsOursFestival 2023, @pabitez created a series of beautiful haikus - here's one of them that was displayed on a billboard to share with the city.

#Haiku #Haiku CelebrationDay #InternationalHaikuDay #Haiku Day #CreativeSpace

you only have until the end of tomorrow to pick up your copy of issue 5!

issue 5 is made up of 40 beautiful spreads of art and writing by northern creatives, and every single penny of the profits we raise will be donated to palestinian aid charities

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Come write with me in May Manchester Poetry Library ! 🫶🎉

Adding to the above, I’m also doing an event at Waterstones York next week! Tickets here: waterstones.com/events/in-conv…

THE TOWER is going on tour! 🏰

I’m so excited for all the events we have lined up over the next couple of months - I can’t wait to see you
Cobham Bookshop, Blackwell's Edinburgh, Waterstones Trafalgar Sq., Night Owl Books, Stratford Literary Festival and West Kirby Books.

Ticket links in my bio!

My podcast featuring poets Suzannah Evans Dr Pam Thompson Matt Lydia Allison Angelina D'Roza among others discussing influence, craft & the long game of writing #twowaypoetry twowaypoetry.podbean.com

My first ever piece for THE LINE of BEST FIT ! Cheers Paul and Sophie Leigh Walker for the opportunity and the brilliant Chiedu Oraka (The Black Yorkshireman) for the fascinating conversation ❤️

The free drop-in sessions will be run twice: at 12pm-1pm and 1.30pm-2.30pm. You can also pop in to meet B!TEZ🫀, Jeremy Pak Nelson + #IlishaThiruPurcell and hear them discuss their #poetry and approaches from 11.15am-11.45am. bit.ly/PoCIDropin

Make sure to sign up for B!TEZ🫀’s drop in session focusing on meaning making in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

Princess will provide interactive prompts and exercises for participants to inform her work for the Poets of Colour Incubator

Tickets: tinyurl.com/55wbys7r

A story beautifully told by one of my favourite writers Jay Mitra (they/he) 🚩🏳️‍⚧️ about one of my favourite artists Chiedu Oraka (The Black Yorkshireman) told in Hull, our hometown. These are two names you’ll want to remember