Writer | FHEA @LiFTS_at_Essex | Founder/Curates @ColWriteNight l Project Coordinator @EssexBookFest @manifesto4essex | CW Tutor @ACLEssex | Primary QTS
University of Essex
Joined June 2010
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Creative writing classes starting @ACLEssex in Clacton on Wednesday 21 October. All welcome - link below. Please share @TendringMag @CVSTendring @CultureEssex? Many thanks 🙏
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Publication day! And a great collection - not just because I'm in it! A previously unpublished Graham Greene too!
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Having a go at a regular journal!
Autumn Creative Writing Energy: Podcasts, Class Prompts, and Novel Progress ekpey.com/2026/10/11/autumn-…
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Poetry. Identity. Finding your voice. 🗣️
Festival Patron Robin Ince returns to Felixstowe Book Festival to share Let the Quiet Ones Rise — a powerful collection of poems about standing up, standing out and being heard.
🎟️ Book your tickets 👉 felixstowebookfestival.co.uk…
This is our first session of the year, really looking forward to it !
Author Ben Pester will be visiting next week to discuss writing short fiction and his surreal novel, #TheExpansionProject shortlisted for The Goldsmith’s Prize & the Nero Prize for Debut Fiction last year 🙌 We’ll all interview and then write together, you’re welcome to join us
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Second post live now!
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@anagarsor @val_in_italy @ekittl
@feklistova @RachelENewsome
@rodgeglass @FictiveDream @gisellekleeb
@divyastweets
@natashacarlish
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Another great @ColWriteNight session on Symbols this week hosted by talented local writer Clare Shaw. Thank you Clare and everyone who comes along and joins in! Next session is our pre-Christmas party on 24 November. See you there #WritingCommunity
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We’re meeting this evening - 27 October. The brilliant Clare Shaw is leading on Symbols! Everyone is welcome to join us for writing activities and refreshments. Pls RT? @TendringMag @wivenhoebooks @waterstonescol #WritingCommunity
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CŌNFINGŌMAGAZINE – ISSUE 24. John Saul reviews Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai and Imogen Tomlinson discusses the controversial posthumous publication of Notes to John by Joan Didion. Plus stories, poems and photography. Available for £7 plus p&p: confingopublishing.uk/shop
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Excited to see my poetry prompt shared for this year’s National Poetry Competition! 📚📚📚📚@PoetrySociety @NineArchesPress #poetry
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new novel about Elizabeth Gaskell on pre-order promotion!
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On my way home!
Happy publication day @saltpublishing @nicholasroyle and all! 🎉
@TheENSFR #amreading #writingcommmunity #bestbritishshortstories2025
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Great new episode about Nicholas Royle and his brilliant new collection:
youtube.com/watch?v=jJRQEkpt…
@CathStaincliffe @publishingdeb
@Publishing_MMU @marioacaldara
@theresatom14846 @Confingo
@mjadamson15
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Really enjoyed this faceted look at the short story with @LiviMichael, Sonya Moore and @nicholasroyle. Writing, submission, publishing, advocacy, and crucially the importance of the right train seat - it's all there.
Great new episode about Nicholas Royle and his brilliant new collection:
youtube.com/watch?v=jJRQEkpt…
@CathStaincliffe @publishingdeb
@Publishing_MMU @marioacaldara
@theresatom14846 @Confingo
@mjadamson15
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We’re meeting up tonight, 22nd September, for our monthly writing catch up! WriteNight regular Penny Benedetti is leading on ‘What’s the subplot?’ Writing activities, refreshments included! All welcome 🤗
Pls rt? @TendringMag @wivenhoebooks @colchculture Thank you!
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Had a great day out in Maldon. Was so excited to meet one of my favourite authors @CaraHunterBooks who was so inspirational and gave a fabulous talk. Also fab to bump into @ekittl
Congrats @LiviMichael - a great series on writing long term and the reality of the publishing world 👏🏽
and finally...
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@anagarsor @val_in_italy @ekittl
@feklistova @RachelENewsome @rodgeglass
@FictiveDream @gisellekleeb @divyastweets
@natashacarlish
Here is my spotlight on writing short fiction for the @TheENSFR website (many thanks Ines Gstrein and Paul Anthony Knowles) The challenge was only answering three questions and with 75 words each…! #WritingCommunity #shortfiction @SylphSea
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