
@SotonEnglish enthusiast, exploring #DiverseCapacities in the Solent with @ahrcpress, amateur beekeeper, trustee for @artfulscribe & @WinPoetryFest
Joined October 2015
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Bridges not Borders, our ACE and AHRC-funded (@SotonEnglish), project is coming to a celebratory close with a ten-day exhibition @PortsmouthGhall of South Asian art on fabric, wood and canvas by local artists. Also included, display of community art & poetry produced at workshops
Watch the incredible @ahrcpress funded panel organised by @AiyshaJahan & @Susmitatweets on cross-border mentoring and publishing with @storyvilled @AmitaMurray @SabynJaveri @FRiversong here:diversecapacities.wordpress.…
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Join us on 19th June for @storyvilled's talk and three others all about languages, writing and mentoring across cultures and borders. Register here: forms.office.com/e/UDGjAP97X…
How can artists engage with local government? With the help of Warli art & @Susmitatweets! Great to share @ahrcpress @Soton_SIAH #DiverseCapacities findings with @MakingsJournal ahead of @sotonDH showcase next week @Daniel_Ashton @AiyshaJahan makingsjournal.com/postcards…
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It’s publication day! 💫 So much went into making Hot Sauce a reality, I’m overjoyed to be sharing it with you.
Massive thanks to @BloodaxeBooks, @NCLA_tweets and @Malikabooker
for helping this book come to fruition.
Can’t wait for the Newcastle launch next month!
Amazing debut panel from @JCPattz @kayceepoet @patiani @SarahWimbush @WinPoetryFest & great to hear mentoring w/ @AvivaDautch @Malikabooker helped @kayceepoet to @BloodaxeBooks collection #HotSauce
100 Queueing Persons for #100QueerPoems - thanks to @AMcMillanPoet for an affirming & heart-stopping F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture @HumanitiesUoS @SotonEnglish @OctoberBooks @Soton_SIAH @CMCWsoton - the best anthologies bring us together for one moment in one magic place!
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We are delighted to announce the mentees for #writebeyondborders 2023-24 - a transnational mentorship programme
Find out who they are!
writebeyondborders.co.uk/202…
Celebrate #NationalPoetryDay by booking yourself a free place online or in-person to come and and hear @AMcMillanPoet give the F.T. Prince Lecture next Tuesday! eventbrite.co.uk/e/ft-prince… @WinPoetryFest @Artfulscribeuk @SotonForward @PortsCreates @PoetrySociety @SotonEvents
"Poetry" is the thing with freshers (and mystery is a travelling dude) @SotonEnglish - amazing first-years writing some ace first lines in their first #PoeticLanguage lecture @HumanitiesUoS
We're impossibly glad to say @AMcMillanPoet is giving the @SotonEnglish #FTPrinceLecture in October - book your free tickets below!
@Soton_SIAH @SotonEvents @WinPoetryFest @OctoberBooks @Soton_Pride @Artfulscribeuk @PoetryDayUK @vintagebooks @UoSLGBT
eventbrite.co.uk/e/ft-prince…
**MENTORING SCHEME FOR EMERGING WRITERS OF SOUTH ASIAN BACKGROUND**
Amazing chance for writers to join @Susmitatweets & @AiyshaJahan @ace_national project - application deadline 11/09/23 @Artfulscribeuk @HantsCulture @LedburyCritics @SthAsianWriters
writebeyondborders.co.uk/the…
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#CFP Write Beyond Borders: South Asian Perspectives on Creative Writing. We are accepting abstracts until 16th August, please RT & consider sending your proposals. @_saikatmajumdar @NoreenMasud @AiyshaJahan @Carrie_Etter @VaseemKhanUK call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed… #AcademicTwitter
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We are excited to share a unique opportunity to exhibit your creative works on the High Street.
Together with Southsea Library we are piloting the use of the library’s large front window space to showcase creative works by local artists and creatives.
portsmouthcreates.co.uk/2023…
**PAID COMMISSION OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATIVE FREELANCERS IN THE SOLENT*
Application deadline extended to this Friday! @PortsCreates @chaosouthampton @GosportCouncil @GetHampshire @ActionHants @HantsCulture @Soton_SIAH @IOWNews @ArtsUniSouth @ace_southwest
diversecapacities.wordpress.…
Rejoice! It's the @SotonEnglish PGR seminar, and we kick off the amazing papers from @jess_payn and @renee_hoogland with Stevie Smith singing in the pub to W.H. Auden
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Congratulations to @Joanna_Nissel & Tabitha Hayward for your longlisted poems in the #NationalPoetryCompetition, it's great to see your wonderful writing recognised in such a way!
Congratulations to all the poets longlisted in the #NationalPoetryCompetition 2022!
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#NPCAwards2022
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Great to see research from the @ahrcpress Towns & the Cultural Economies of Recovery project, from @CHPPC_IHR & @Soton_SIAH, in this @guardian piece on #Southend. @Essex_VCH researchers made a big contribution - their book's coming soon! @UoLondon @SASNews
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Congratulations to the incredible @drtorhumphreys on the publication of her novel #NotTheWorkOfAnOrdinaryBoy - definitely not the work of any ordinary writer!
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ArtfulScribe's LIT FEST 2023 is live.
10-12th March @MASTStudios
Supported by @ace_national, @Soton_SIAH & @art_asia
We have built an ambitious, community-focused programme of showcases, masterclass & free events.
Book Here: mayflowerstudios.org.uk/what…
Read below for our programme.

























