The Writing Well @TheWriting_Well
#writingworkshops UK & beyond; Spoken Word events, #writingforwellbeing & drop-in Online Writer’s Group Host @kate_oldfield_ the-writing-well.com Oxford, England Joined September 2023-
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Starting to load up forthcoming #poetry workshops for the new year. Cant wait for this corker with the lovely @PoetSarahDoyle the-writing-well.com/bookings/p/ekp… Take a keek… #WritingPrompts
Announcing the winners of the @CanalOxford Poetry Competition. Judge @rmcfarlane63. What an amazing day in the Spoken Word Tent. Read the poems and more about the poets here: the-writing-well.com/canal-fest-win… Thank you @PoetrySociety & @CanalRiverTrust
Congratulations to the Shortlisted Poets in the Under 12s and 12-18s categories @CanalOxford Poetry Comp. Thanks to fab judge @rmcfarlane63. We have been overwhelmed by the amazing response from some very talented young poets. See website for more the-writing-well.com
Very grateful to be shortlisted for @CanalOxford poetry competition judged by @rmcfarlane63 🌞. Congratulations to the other shortlisted poets.
3/3 Shortlist continued… @estherdaponte I dropped Simon Armitage in the Bath Leanne McClements A Canalside Jamboree Beth McDonough Sounding out the Firth Sujatha Menon Swimming Lesson III @sax_joe.Reynolds A Hoar Frost Sukie Shinn The Old Marlin and the Sea
2/3 shortlist continued… @helen_angell73 Two Ways with Water @petedevonald Let the River Run Free Kristina Diprose Ask me about my Theory … Kristina Diprose Minthe the Malevolent @PoetSarahDoyle Sea Dreams @dragontripper The Stir Beneath a Fall of Willow
1/3 Congratulations to Shortlist Poets for @CanalOxford 18+ Poetry Comp. Judge @rmcfarlane63 Canal laureate. Winners announced at festival Sat 21st Sep. Prizes include feedback from Oxfordshire poet @nessalampert
Happy #SealeyChallenge! Today Dawn Sands recommends Raymond Antrobus' (@RaymondAntrobus) All Names Given (@picadorbooks).
The 2024 National Poetry Competition is now open. The competition, run by The Poetry Society, is one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for a single unpublished poem. More information at poetrysociety.org.uk/npc
Only 1 week to go… encourage all those young poets to get their watery words in! #poetry -#poetrychallenge @CanalRiverTrust @PoetrySociety @CanalOxford @rmcfarlane63
Only 1 week to go… encourage all those young poets to get their watery words in! #poetry -#poetrychallenge @CanalRiverTrust @PoetrySociety @CanalOxford @rmcfarlane63
Still a couple of places left on this #writing for #wellbeing #workshop on the edge of @NorthYorkMoors - as part of their Mindful Month. Includes fabulous food from High Paradise tearooms. 15% off workshops this bank holiday Code BANKHOL15 the-writing-well.com/bookings/p/way…
15% off all writing & wellbeing workshops at the-writing-well.com this bank holiday weekend. Use code BANKHOL15. Next up Mindful writing in North Yorkshire with @kate_oldfield_ and Zuihitsu with @CorrinTachibana and much more…!
Join us for a #writingforwellbeing day at beautiful High Paradise Farm. Sun 1st Sep. Wild #northyorkmoors behind and ‘the most beautiful view in England’ [James Herriot] below Small, supportive group – all levels welcome Fab food, local ingredients the-writing-well.com/bookings/p/way…
We’re extending the 2 Under 18s categories for OxCanalFest24 Poetry Comp until end August! Please pass to all budding young poets! Judge @rmcfarlane63 Winners invited to read (optional!) at @oxfordcanalfest, Sat 21st Sep. #poetrycommunity the-writing-well.com/ways-of-water @PoetrySociety
After sellout July workshops on Zuihitsu and Japanese Women's Poetry @poetrybusiness & @TheWriting_Well, I'm enjoying designing materials for 6 weeks in Sept! Onegaishimasu 🙏 @Writing5chool @A_J_Lester @Nettie31 @Tamiko_Dooley eventbrite.co.uk/e/travelling-t…
~lovely way to spend a Saturday morning 🌸 thank you @CorrinTachibana and @TheWriting_Well for delivering such a fab workshop about Japanese women's poetry. I'm now feeling inspired, with the beginnings of 3 new poems~ ✨
So honored and delighted that you introduced my poem with great poets and writers Sei Shōnagon, Kimiko Hahn, @Tamiko_Dooley in your workshop. Many thanks, Alex-sensei @CorrinTachibana ! @TheWriting_Well x.com/A_J_Lester/sta…
So honored and delighted that you introduced my poem with great poets and writers Sei Shōnagon, Kimiko Hahn, @Tamiko_Dooley in your workshop. Many thanks, Alex-sensei @CorrinTachibana ! @TheWriting_Well x.com/A_J_Lester/sta…
Thank you to @TheWriting_Well for hosting @CorrinTachibana 's workshop on Japanese women's #poetry. A terrific intro to zuihitsu past and present -- Sei Shōnagon, Kimiko Hahn, @Tamiko_Dooley, @hidekosueoka. Perfect prompts, deep feelings. 🙏
Deadline 23:59 tonight! Keep ‘em flooding in all you brilliant and lovely #poets. #poetrycompetition @rmcfarlane63 @kate_oldfield_
Deadline 23:59 tonight! Keep ‘em flooding in all you brilliant and lovely #poets. #poetrycompetition @rmcfarlane63 @kate_oldfield_
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