Great company, delicious food and a beautiful building! What a place to write in!

Gladstone Library; Hawarden, Wales.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett, especially as an identical twin.

Compelling characters, beautiful language flowing like a thread throughout and important messages about race and privilege. It has stayed with me.

Thoroughly enjoyed this! I work in Handsworth and it's so familiar!

Thoughts and prayers with Venezuelans 🇻🇪

The period between Christmas and new yesr when no-one knows what day it is, we live in our pyjamas and survive on chocolate and cheese!

Everything about this, I love! ( Brian Bilston's 'Needles.'🎄

Inspired by recent news events, I wrote a poem.

Read it! Wow! Well done, Nina.

My poem and painting at the Carers' Voices exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
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#carersvoices
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We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

Where does the working class fade and the middle class begin? Some musings from a working-class writer.

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Chester Himes was a Black American writer known for his crime stories set in Harlem. His books often showed the tough realities of racism and life in the city, mixing mystery with social issues.
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Writing the 'sunset scene' while watching the sunset 🌅

Are writing development programmes worth it? A reflection essay after finishing New Writing North's A Writing Chance programme for working-class writers. Learning how to belong in a world that doesn't belong to you.

Are writing development programmes worth it?
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This is a wonderful concept.

Writing brought to a halt, due to an obstruction on the page!

Please come and see the exhibition throughout August!

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