Since it's #IWD today, we're so excited to release the poster and booking link for our one-day conference Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On, on Friday 28 June 2024. Reserve your FREE ticket here: tickettailor.com/events/beyondt… Full programme of panels and papers to be announced soon👀

Coming soon! As #CommonPeople approaches its 5-year anniversary on 1 May, a piece by Greg Wright in The Yorkshire Post on working-class people in literature and publishing New Writing North NorthEnglishes Professor Katy Shaw @[email protected] @unbounders @YSJPublishing

Tomorrow! I'm talking The Yorkshire Post about perennial problems of class and regional diversity in UK literature and publishing New Writing North NorthEnglishes @YSJPublishing

Reposting this for the weekday crowd

What role can arts and culture play in placemaking? Don’t have time to read all 126 studies investigating this theme? Not to worry. Researchers @johnwrightart, Ava Podgorski & Kyla Tully have drawn out the key findings👀 Read our new research digest 👇: culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources/r…

"Diversity on the page is intimately connected to diversity in terms of the workforce... if the people in senior roles in publishing are not diverse, that is going to affect which stories get heard." Loving this fab interview with Dr Katherine Greenwood 🔥 yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/worki…

Today, we've launched the Creative UK Manifesto, delineating why radical, new action is needed across the Cultural and #CreativeIndustries. Be part of the change. Support our Manifesto & sign Land of Hope and Story's open letter now: manifesto.wearecreative.uk #OurCreativeFuture

Ahead of our in-person conference, we are also pleased to be hosting a pre-conference online event on 25 June exploring the importance of feminist print, publishing and archives! Find out more info + sign up for free tickets here: buytickets.at/beyondthefragm…

"In contemporary Britain, where social class remains a powerful force, the challenges of integrating the working class into a literary industry and culture are considerable," says Dr Katherine Greenwood. This is profound, and it must make us think of India, where class and caste meld.

So sad - a magnificent writer

After nine years at the helm of beautiful, unique Totleigh Barton, I am stepping aside to focus on Arvon's ever-growing artistic programme. So we are looking for a new Director to start at Totleigh this summer. Please share - this is truly a dream job! arvon.org/careers/

🏆🩶We're celebrating our 25th #NorthernWritersAwards this year!🩶🏆 Thread: Through these Awards, we've found over 400 Northern writers. We've provided them with thousands of pounds worth of support & life-changing chances. Winning an award can change a writer's life. But...

Historian David Olusoga on inequality, the key challenge facing the next UK government after July’s election.

'It still doesn’t feel like a level playing field for the north ... talent here is still struggling to make connections, it needs investment' Claire Malcolm on the importance of funding for literature in the north and retaining home-grown talent theguardian.com/books/article/…

My doctorate is official! And I'm wearing the outfit to prove it (it's quite an outfit). Seriously grateful to everyone who helped me get there, especially Professor Katy Shaw Anna Disley A Einhaus