Guest blog by Rachel Toye

Words, Rhythm & Sound/Craft Lab
16 November 2022, 6.30pm
£8 / £5 concessions (including Inscribe members)

Words, Rhythm & Sound Craft Lab is a poetry workshop that will combine music and sound as a backdrop accompaniment for your spoken word!

The Bookseller has today written about Glimpse, the forthcoming Inscribe anthology, edited by Leone Ross:

INFINITUM: Afrofuturist Sequential-Based Narratives
Led by Tim Fielder
Date: Saturday 11 December 2021
Time: 1:30pm – 6:30pm GMT
Venue: Online Zoom
Book online

The Alchemy of Place: Creating Immersive Settings
Led by Marcia Douglas
Date: Saturday 4 December, 2021
Time: 1.30-6.30pm GMT/UTC
Venue: Online Zoom
Book online

How can our writing present both commonplace as well as fantastical worlds with dimension and interest? And what tools can we use to establish those worlds as places integral to our characters’ lives?

Thursday 25 November 2021, 6-8pm GMT/UTC
Book online
Online event

Are you a Black Writer in Britain interested in writing for TV and film? Then read on.

About this event

If you want to reach wide audiences with your writing, Taking Black Writers Seriously is an introductory session, with a Q&A, to find out why choosing a career to create and write feature films and drama series is now a good choice.

by Nikheel Gorolay

To be honest, I haven’t learnt any new writing tips or tricks over the past year and a half – just finding the time to write at all has often been a challenge. The pandemic has been tough, both personally with the loss of friends and family, and professionally, as what was already set to be a busy time for me was compounded by an inflated workload, as a direct result of the actions taken by the government in response to the outbreak. 

Seven Notes for a Young Writer

Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay

Call for Submissions — Magma 82, Obsidian

The past year has been the first time when I actually considered quitting writing and the arts industry as a whole. It was tough and not because of lockdown. I’ve been freelance for all of my adult working life, so working from home, feeling isolated, living with a sporadic financial landscape has been the norm.