@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Poet. I love moss, mudlarking and broken things. Proud to be Northern, non-binary and neurodivergent.
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialLess 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialIn 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.
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialGot 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?
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social“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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialAfter 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialTomorrow 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialAnybody who can make it to Hastings tomorrow 26th Sept ... let's show strength in numbers and get the Far Right off the streets.
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialLAST 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social45 MINUTES TO GO! Still just enough time for you to book your place. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialTonight 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialTonight we’ll discuss walking with grief. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialTOMORROW 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialWalking 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialA 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialShaw 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialFinal 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.
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialAutumn 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialFor 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!
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialPeatlands 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...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.socialMy 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...
