An Alternative Writing Retreat
In 2019 we launched Alton Towers, a Residency Book which records the results of a weekend residency at one of the UK’s oldest and weirdest theme parks. For anyone who couldn’t make the launch in Stoke-on-Trent, we’ve put together some video clips of the readings…
A Google search for “Voldemort’s grave” will return more than 100,000 results, most of them pointing to Greyfriars Kirkyard – a modest graveyard in the middle of Edinburgh, best known as the final resting place of Greyfriars Bobby…
There are 24-hour gyms open around the clock in most cities and towns in the UK. Here we examine the daily rhythms of these strange, liminal spaces…
“Crystal Palace Park still carries the name of something that is no longer there, a building of plate glass and iron from the high Victorian age…”
We’re excited to be able to nominate a few of our wonderful writers for a Pushcart Prize this year. The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (published every year since 1976) collects together the best essays, poetry, and fiction published in the small press…
Gaynor Jones participated in the Alton Towers Residency in April 2019. We spoke to her about making the complex simple, Alton Towers memories, and how fear becomes creativity.
Claire Fuller participated in the Alton Towers Residency in April 2019. We spoke to her about abandoned structures, sculpting, and how her writing career began…
Julia Deakin participated in the Alton Towers Residency in April 2019. We spoke to her about landscapes, writing poetry, and her connections to Alton Towers…
Dawn Hart participated in the Heathrow Airport Residency in September 2018. We spoke to her about another recent residency, her MA studies, and beekeeping.
Sean Wai Keung participated in the Heathrow Airport Residency in September 2018. We spoke to him about identity, food, poetry, and editing…