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Writing for Gaza - Stories of Resistance of Hope

On June 29th we held our second online workshop with Shahd Alnaami, a talented writer based in Gaza. Joined by people all around the world, the title of the workshop was 'Writing for Gaza - Stories of Resistance and Hope' and Shahd used Palestinian…
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My piece 'Mother' - performed at Norwich Writers Rebel Open Mic

I run Norwich Writers Rebel and every year we hold on an open mic in the Quakers Meeting House. Every time, I go through the customary panic of worrying that not enough people will come (they always do) or that they won't enjoy it (never the…
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Resisting a Road

I've been really enjoying recently making connections with other local groups that Norwich Writers Rebel can collaborate with (Writers Rebel is the writing arm of Extinction Rebellion and I started a local Norwich group the year before last).…
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How to Write the Land

I have a friend who runs Ecotherapy East, bringing nature and mindfulness-based workshops to people, mainly from their rewilded land that they steward in Suffolk. It's a beautiful place and I visited a while ago with my family to help…
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Norwich Writers Rebel and #WordsInTheWild

Inspired by the publication of my poem 'Colourless' with Writers Rebel back in July, along with a friend here in Norwich, we decided to set a local offshoot of Writers Rebel, a collective of writers and poets who could gather together in person…