Less than two weeks until Actually the Coolest Poetry Event Ever! Interactive workshops; readings; make your own Book of Bogs; quiet space; open mic; bog-themed disco! In Haworth, 10am—5pm. Drop in for a session or stay for the day. For tickets and more details: www.bronte.org.uk/events/poetr...

In other news, hope. On Monday I’ll be starting a new series of Writers Refuge: creative writing workshops for asylum seekers in Halifax. This week we’ll focus on the swallow, which travels 6000 miles from Africa and Asia to Europe and symbolises hope, love, home. And we’ll read Emily Dickinson.

Got my customary rejection letter from the Arts Council today. To anyone else who got theirs, empathy. One of the hardest things about being a freelance writer is having no bigger body to validate my work. Gonna spend today planning the new book anyway. Other suggestions for softening the blow?

“By the age of 10, children with ADHD will have experienced critical and corrective comments 20,000 times more than their neurotypical counterparts.” How experiences of exclusion inspired accessible boggy events, including this year’s Poetry at the Parsonage blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/neurodiver...

Neurodiversity, accessibility, bogs and Brontës.

How boggy landscapes - and living with ADHD and autism - inspires us to create exciting, accessible events, including this year’s Poetry at the Parsonage.

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After a morning workshop with Anna Chilvers and me, the afternoon session will feature an incredible line-up of the UK and Ireland’s best contemporary eco-poets. Expect a friendly and accessible event where you can be as creative as the performers. Book here: www.bronte.org.uk/events/poetr...

Tomorrow morning, 9–11am. We’ll be talking about autumn as a season of leaving — how migration and migratory species can inspire our writing. There’s still time for you to join us. Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing...

Anybody who can make it to Hastings tomorrow 26th Sept ... let's show strength in numbers and get the Far Right off the streets.

LAST CALL with less than half an hour to go. Book your ticket — either to join us live, or to receive access to the recording when it’s released. We’d absolutely love to see you. Here’s the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

45 MINUTES TO GO! Still just enough time for you to book your place. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

Tonight at 7, Anna and I will chat about walking — how we’re the landscapes of those we love, and those landscapes are stories in themselves. Recording available if you can’t join us live. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

Tonight we’ll discuss walking with grief. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

TOMORROW NIGHT, 7–8PM. TICKETS £5, OR FREE TO B(L)OG SUBSCRIBERS. Recording available. At this month’s Reading Bogwise session, Anna and I will share new writing on the (literal) peaks and troughs of the long-distance walks we each took this summer. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

Walking the Distance: online reading with Anna Chilvers & me, Wednesday 23rd Sept 7pm. This Summer, I walked the Pennine Way while Anna walked the Welsh coast. We'll share poetry and stories from our treks, and discuss how walking feeds the writing process. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

Walking the Distance with Clare Shaw and Anna Chilvers

How walking feeds the writing process: stories from the Pennine Way and the Welsh Coast.

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A week today I’ll be hosting our next Wild Writing Sundays session, which will be on the subject of migration; how autumn is a ‘season for leaving’, and how this leaving can inform our writing. It would be lovely to see you there. Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing...

Shaw and Moore paid subscribers: this one’s for you. Join us on Monday evening at 7.30pm for a self-portrait-themed online open mic. Not a paid subscriber yet? Here’s more info on how to secure your slot at Monday’s open mic, and how to subscribe: shawandmoore.substack.com/p/self-portr...

Self-Portrait Open Mic!

By Kim Moore

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Final call for our Writing Bogwise session tomorrow morning. In true autumnal fashion, we’ll be allowing the eerie and beautiful stories, myths and folklore surrounding bogs to inspire our own writing. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-of... or scan the QR code on the flyer.

Autumn is coming and soon it’ll be time for ghost stories round the fire. So next Wednesday from 10am—12pm, join me online to write your own stories and poetry of moors, bogs and other liminal places. Recorded so you can catch up later if you miss it. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-of...

Stories of bogs: nature and myth.

an online creative writing workshop with Clare Shaw

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For all lovers of bogs, peatlands, prose and poetry, here’s what’s on this autumn. From readings to workshops, we’ve got everything to satisfy your boggy needs. Click here for more: blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/sharing-th... — and don’t forget to subscribe to b(l)og if you haven’t already!

Sharing the Love: forthcoming boggy events

For all lovers of bogs, peatlands, prose and poetry - we have a full schedule of online and in-person events running through Autumn!

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Peatlands hold the key to our survival — yet for centuries, they’ve been rendered vulnerable to destruction by the ways we describe them. Now we’re turning the tide in literature, science and art. Is it too late? Read my Substack article on b(l)og here: blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/nature-cul...

Nature, Culture and Myth: the Story of Bogs

For centuries, these vital landscapes have been rendered vulnerable to destruction by the ways we describe them. Can literature turn the tide?

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My next Wild Writing session — “A Season of Leaving: Migration”. Sunday 27th September, 9–11am. Hosted by the Writing School, we’ll look at species who head to warmer climes for the winter, how this relates to us, how it can shape our writing. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing...

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There’s still time for you to join us at TOMORROW MORNING’S Wild Writing Sundays session, where we’ll be writing about DEEP OCEANS and all that they hold. Come and take a deep dive with us. Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing...

Read my latest Substack for one of the poems I’ll read TONIGHT at 7.30pm, at EXPOSED: an online sharing of new and unpublished poetry by me and Kim Moore. This Substack post also offers a little portrait of what it’s like to actually live with ADHD. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/exposed-po...

EXPOSED: poetry and risk taking

plus a free link to tonight’s reading for our paying subscribers

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FINAL CALL for tomorrow’s Reading Bogwise Passion for Peat session on the secret life of soil, with the wondrously passionate soil scientist, author and Guardian Country Diarist Jen Jones. Recording available if you can’t join us live. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-passion-...

A Passion for Peat

Online reading and discussion with Jen Jones - soil scientist and author. Hosted by "Reading Bogwise".

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Nature lovers! Peatheads! Bog fans! There’s no one in the UK more passionate about peat than Jen Jones, leading soil scientist, author and Guardian Country Diarist. Join her online at 7pm on Wednesday 26th (recording available). Book here: passionforpeat.eventbrite.co.uk

A Passion for Peat

Online reading and discussion with Jen Jones - soil scientist and author. Hosted by "Reading Bogwise".

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FINAL CALL for tomorrow’s Writing Bogwise workshop on RESTORATION. We’ll focus on the restoration of our moors and peatland, exploring how creative writing can bring new hope and insights to the challenges we’re facing. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo...

Writing Bogwise: Restoration

an online creative writing workshop with authors Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw

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Day 16 of the Pennine Way — we made it. Thanks to all who have come with us virtually. Our last day of walking led me to reflect on faith, words, how Niamh is my landscape and I’m hers. Read my Substack here: shawandmoore.substack.com/p/walking-th... It features info on exciting events coming up.

Walking the Pennine Way: Day 16

Windy Gyle to Kirk Yetholm

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Day 15 of the Pennine Way. “There is no darkness and no mistake that cannot be moved on from…We must hold on to each other. We must be kind. We must keep each other warm.” Read today’s Substack post here: shawandmoore.substack.com/p/walking-th...

Walking the Pennine Way: Day 15

Byrness to Windy Gyle

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Day 14 of the Pennine Way. Today’s Substack post is on finding a way forward through nature in these tumultuous times. Read it here: shawandmoore.substack.com/p/walking-th...

Walking the Pennine Way: Day 14

Bellingham to Byrness

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This coming Wednesday — our next Reading Bogwise session! Our guest is Jen Jones, scientist and nature writer, whose book about soil is forthcoming from Bloomsbury. She’ll guide us through the hidden world of soil, the life and secrets it holds. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-passion-...

A Passion for Peat

Online reading and discussion with Jen Jones - soil scientist and author. Hosted by "Reading Bogwise".

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‘I learnt today that sometimes we can put down our heavy loads and let other people lift us’. Day 13 of the Pennine Way. Hadrian’s Wall, Niamh’s A-level results, blisters, and ice lolly related random acts of kindness. Read my Substack post here: shawandmoore.substack.com/p/walking-th...

Walking the Pennine Way: Day 13

Haltwhistle to Bellingham

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