Learning, networking, @ace_national mentoring for rural writers. Retreats, courses, workshops. Dialect Press/DIRT imprint. CIC run by @jlmmorton & @crappyliving
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Hello, hey, hi! New around here? We thought it was time to say a little more about what we do…
MEMBERSHIP - WORKSHOPS - COURSES – MENTORING - PUBLISHING
Dialect is an inclusive literary development platform for rural and edgeland writers. 🧵
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Writers in the North of England! The #NorthernWritersAwards 2025 are open for entries until 6 Feb 🏆
New to writing or already published? Fiction or poetry? Wherever you are in your journey, you could win cash prizes, mentoring, career support and more.
newwritingnorth.com/northern…
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**CONGRATULATIONS!**
So many possible nominees for The @PushcartPrize – but only six could go forward.
Here's to @CorinnaBoard, Hilary Menos, @mishiepoet, @_MicheleGrieve, @ninaparmenter and @SuyinDB.
Your nominations will be formally submitted soon.
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A massive thank you to @dialectwriters whose GROW mentoring scheme linked me to Caleb Parkin (now over on the blue side) who was an inspiration and really helped hone and craft ballerinibookpress.ch/produc… Here's his very kind words. Thank you!
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One summer, almost 25 years ago, a friend & I spent our holiday tramping round the Worcestershire/Herefordshire/Gloucestershire borders. We slept in church porches, under hedges, & in haystacks. We washed in public loos or used the occasional pub or pump.
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Guaranteed great night - always packed out for poetry at the crown and sceptre - and brilliant guest readers too!
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Our latest newsletter is out now on Substack, full of winter delights to keep you going through the dark days. Community and care first, always:)) Come and join our lovely community for writing, eating, walking and thinging!
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Dialect membership is open to writers in rural and edgeland places everywhere, and free for caregivers and anyone on a small income, just sayin’ :)) Come and hang out with us in the Meadow 🙌 @dialectwriters
dialect.org.uk/membership
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Absolutely agree that @BookStroud and Laurie Lee Prize is a fantastic platform for local, emerging writers
As is the fabulous, supportive @dialectwriters
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Absolutely agree that @BookStroud and Laurie Lee Prize is a fantastic platform for local, emerging writers
As is the fabulous, supportive @dialectwriters
Absolutely *thrilled* to see @LauraKinnear4 with this well deserved win! What wonderful news!! So glad the Laurie Lee Prize and @BookStroud exists to shine a light on rural writing talent like this ✨🌟🔥
Absolutely *thrilled* to see @LauraKinnear4 with this well deserved win! What wonderful news!! So glad the Laurie Lee Prize and @BookStroud exists to shine a light on rural writing talent like this ✨🌟🔥
Elated to have won the 2024 Laurie Lee Prize for Writing!
A big thank you to the judges as well as all the other shortlisted writers 💞
@BookStroud
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Always the last pick in PE, but two for two in my books being picked as Editor’s Choice in @thebookseller Over the moon about this. (thanks to @OziasMidwinter for the pic).
Tonight! Some tickets on the door - Stroud is so lucky to have this right on its doorstep, get amongst it!
Tonight, Thursday 7 November, let #StroudBookFestival24 illuminate & transport you!
@stroud_sub:
6.30pm: @williamnhutton
8.30pm: @oliverburkeman
@Lansdownhall:
6pm: TS Eliot-prize-winning poet
@adjoseph
8pm: USA-watcher @SimonWIParker
🎟️ tickets on the door.
Warming up for the inaugural Swing The Lantern at @ThePrinceAlbert! Tales told live by the people of Stroud - on the theme of Darkness and the Veil Between Worlds, mc’d by the maestro himself @alunowl
Still time to come and get some stories in yer ears! (Pickled onion optional)
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Starts in half an hour!! Join us online! 👻👻👻
It’s nearly time 👻
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is this month’s Hay Festival Book Club pick. Join @danny_robins and guests free online tomorrow for an evening of chilling readings and conversation.
Sign up hayfestival.com/p-22502-hay-…
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A 'Hornet' has landed on our blog.
@CalebParkin shares this visceral poem and a great discussion of toxic masculinity; 'muddling the bug, macho archetypes, and personal experience'.
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Buy the book 📗 buff.ly/4f7nnBO
Wow this looks amazing - non fiction writers - snap up a place!
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A brand new Note From the Edge for you, from photographer, blogger, writer and much loved Dialect member @Sagacious_Cat
A deep dive on writing process, understanding yourself, and moving beyond definitions
dialect.org.uk/blog/a-kind-o…
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Join us at #QuayWords on Saturday 9th November for PEAT POETRY - an evening of poetry at @ExeterCustom inspired by peatlands. Part of @RENEW_nature's Bog Talk project for @UniofExeter.
👉🏻bit.ly/QWpeatpoetry
@ExeterCultural @artsandculturex
(artwork by @roseferraby)
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Spent yesterday teaching life writing in a prison and it was one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as a writer. I also learned that the only way to keep me from constantly checking my phone is to have a security guard place it in a locker behind a series of iron gates.