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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What if it wasn't a glass slipper but a glass book? What if the action took place in a bookshop and not at a grand ball? Just a couple of questions answered in @ivygrimes.bsky.social witty and surreal collection Glass Stories. grimscribepress.com/glass-stories/

Painting of a figure in robes with a covered winged skull floating above them.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@kiklodge.bsky.social your collection is wonderful! Magical, smart and brilliantly weird. I love Karaoke in the Catacombs especially. It echoes like a gently devastating indie film. 💔 🔗 www.hive.co.uk/product/kik-... (UK) @stanchion.bsky.social (US)

Excerpt from Kik Lodge's story Karaoke in the Catacombs

Photo of Kik Lodge's collection Bully in My Pillow

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What to kiss goodbye to and how best to do it? If only there were a guide book. www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/art/Co... #collage

A collage of two surreal figures about to kiss.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In this month's Art & Flash Digestif: A brass bad, a rebel comedian, a #writingprompt, a submission opportunity and a promise of something delightfully monstrous to come. 🔗 mailchi.mp/38d67bc79ab3...

Bright green unfolded paper with the words - September's Art & Flash digestif brass bands and taking a stand. There is an image of a typewriter and splashes of light blue paint.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TONIGHT 8 - 9pm UK time ✍️ Come along to tonight's Art & Flash and write in response to artwork that gets people together to celebrate creativity, history and the power of community. #writingworkshop #contemporaryart #fiction #poetry 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Typewriter on a striped background. Disembodied hands are typing the paper is dripping with blue paint. Text on the image echoes the text on the post.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Joy, Play & Community #writingworkshop Join me on Mon or Wed to explore the work of an artist whose projects get people together to celebrate creativity, history and the power of community. Come away with 3 - 4 drafts and a glow in your heart. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Typewriter on a striped background. Disembodied hands are typing the paper is dripping with blue paint. Text on the paper reads Art & Flash Ekphrastic Writing Workshops. Other text reads - MONDAY sep 21 11 am - 12 UK TIME or WEDNESDAYS sep 23 8 - 9 pm UK TIME www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Quotes from a few regular Art & Flash attendees 🥰 #ekphrastic #writingworkshop 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Quotes on a stripy background. The quotes read -

Anika has such a positive, generous energy about the way she presents art to us - she makes quite complex artworks and artists accessible, and has such an innovative and quirky way of using the work to generate prompts for writing.

Anika's approach to her Art & Flash sessions has resulted in stories I didn't know were in me.

‘…the sessions have widened my understanding of art and introduced me to a myriad of new artists which has been wonderful. Each session is truly a joyful highlight of my month..’

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Join me once a month for an hour of art appreciation and writing time, and come away with 3 - 4 new drafts. Sign up here eepurl.com/i1v4GA for reminders, free writing prompts & art-related recommendations. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop #shortstories #flashfiction #poetry

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

𝗘𝗸𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 Join me for an hour of art-inspired writing. This month’s Art & Flash sessions have been inspired by a baroness, a much-maligned sentence and the very human need for sheer utter and nonsense. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

A cream-coloured typewriter on a stripy background. Disembodied hands are typing, the paper is dripping with pale blue paint. On the paper is the text - Art & Flash Ekphrastic Writing Workshops. Other text is - MONDAY Aug 17th 11 am - 12 BST, WEDNESDAY AUG. 19th 8 - 9pm BST www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This month's Art & Flash digestif, with art-inspired writing prompts and art-related recommendations, is here. 🔗 mailchi.mp/12b82164dce6...

Folded pink paper with the text - July’s Art & Flash digestif ‘crazy’ women and camping (kinda)
There are paint strokes and blotches on the paper

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This Wed. I'm rerunning the workshop I took to the Flash Fiction Festival. Join me for 1 hr of art-inspired writing & come away with 3-4 new story ideas/poems/characters/scenes... £15 per individual session £10 per session for block bookings 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Cream typewriter floating on a funky background with a pair of disembodies hands. The typing paper is dripping with blue paint.

Text reads -
festival rerun
Art & Flash ekphrastic writing workshops
Wednesday 22 July 8 -9 pm BST
www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

@sarahillswrites.bsky.social you hot, HOT chicken! Thank you for a @flashficfestuk.bsky.social workshop SO SEXY that it fed into pretty much every other workshop, including Heidi Clark's 'Make a Zine’. 🐓🫦 #flashfiction

Page of a zine with an image of a trumpet. Text reads:

a bit of background
darling,
I’m not saying
Angus had to
be kept
ballsy

enough

similar, a bad thing,

Angus’ specific touches,
ultra-hard
£3,350

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Thank you for such a playful & inspiring @flashficfestuk.bsky.social workshop @susmitab.bsky.social. The collective river created feels real to me still & I’m looking forward to playing around with horde/hoard in the context of bees, flowers & otters that should've been beavers. 🙏 #flashfiction

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Missing everyone and wishing I’d taken more than three photos at this year’s @flashficfestuk.bsky.social. Loved catching-up with @tiptreejen.bsky.social @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @fabwrites.bsky.social & meeting Ellen-Arwen Tristram. #flashfiction

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My small, but perfectly formed, book hoard from this year’s @flashficfestuk.bsky.social #flashfiction #FFF2026 Excited to read Mother Karma @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 🥰

Two flash fiction books and lanyard label from The Flash Fiction Festival, 2026

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Join me next week for an Art & Flash session packed with confessions and illuminations. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Mon. 11 am - 12 BST or Wed. 8 - 9 pm BST £15 per individual session £10 per session for block bookings 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Cream typewriter with floating hand on a swirly blue and cream background. The paper is dripping with light blue paint. Text on the paper reads - Art & Flash Ekphrastic writing workshops. www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Evening Art & Flash sessions are moving from Monday to Wednesday nights. More details here - mailchi.mp/eb8fe3c2ea8a... #writingworkshop #ekphrastic #writingprompts #comtemporaryart

An illustration of two planets with one pointing to the other. The word Monday is on the first planet and Wednesday is on the second. Illuminated text underneath reads - p.m. sessions are moving

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Art & Flash - ekphrastic writing workshops 🌞SPECIAL SUMMER OFFER! 🌞 Book today and get £5 off July’s Art & Flash session. www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Pink typewriter floating in the summer sky with two disembodied hands typing. Words of the paper read ‘Art & Flash Special summer offer'

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Block booking for Art & Flash is open! Book for July, Aug & Sep for £30 or July - December for £60. And/or see you in-person at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social July 17 -19 #Bristol UK 🤩 #ekphrastic #writingworkshop #flashfiction #poetry #creativewriting 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Green typewriter on a yellow background, with disembodied hands typing. The paper in the machine is dripping with blue paint. Text on the image - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops. Block booking = £10 a session Individual dates = £15 Art & Flash www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Want to enter a weird and wonderful world and see what stories lurk there? Fancy conjuring characters who fraternise with woodland creatures, clowns & spirits? Join me tonight for Art & Flash - anikacarpenter.com/workshops/ek... #Ekphrastic #writingworkshop #writingprompts #contemporaryart

Yellow typewriter on a pink background with disembodied hands typing. The paper in the machine is dripping with black ink. Text on the paper reads - Tonight 8pm
Other text reads -
Ekphrastic Writing Workshop
An hour of writing time and art appreciation
www.anikacaroenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#Ekphrastic #WritingWorkshop In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist whose work makes you go ‘'𝗔𝘄 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲’ and ‘𝗢𝗛 𝗠𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗗!’ at the same time. Join me on Monday 11am or 8pm BST to find out more & draft up to four new stories or poems. Booking🔗 - tinyurl.com/2dvvehpr

Yellow typewriter on a pink background with floating hands typing. The paper in the typewriter is dripping with black paint and on it is the text - Art & Flash Monday, June 15th.

Other text reads - Ekphrastic Writing Workshop and www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In this month’s #ekphrastic #writingworkshop we'll look at the work of ‘a misunderstood miscreant', ‘an immature fool’, ‘a trickster’. But most of all an artist who raises questions about power, morality and value. Art & Flash Mon. May 18th 11 am or 8 pm UK time 🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter

Pink typewriter on an orange background. Blue paint is dripping down the typing paper on which is the text - Art & Flash Ekphrastic writing workshop Monday, May 18th 11 am or 8 pm UK time

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

April’s Art & Flash digestif, which includes an ekphrastic writing prompt and an art-related recommendation, is here: 🔗 mailchi.mp/06f6eeb2433d... #ekphrastic #writingprompt #contemporaryart

Orange typewriter on a blue background with blue paint dripping down the typing paper.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This month’s featured artist employs wrapping, winding, & threading. Perhaps their work will inspire characters who do the same, or paragraphs & sentences that intertwine in unexpected ways? April 20th 11am or 8pm £15 for 1 session or £30 for 3 🔗 tinyurl.com/yt87xxs5 #exphrastic #writingworkshop

Pink typewriter on a paint-splattered background

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The month’s featured artist employs wrapping, winding, & threading. Perhaps their work will inspire characters who do the same, or paragraphs & sentences that intertwine in unexpected ways? April 20th 11am or 8pm £15 for 1 session or £30 for 3 🔗 tinyurl.com/yt87xxs5 #exphrastic #writingworkshop

Pink typewriter on a paint-splattered background. The paper in the typewriter has the text - Art & Flash Exphrastic writing workshop Monday, April 20th 11 am or 8pm GMT

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In this month’s Art & Flash digestif there’s a writing prompt to get snippy about. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Read it here - mailchi.mp/62f00ca76746...

A hand with orange nail varnish holding a pen. Text reads Art & Flash.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Today at 11am or 8pm GMT Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation. There will be flies and truffles and A LOT of paint. Oh, and an Australian celebrity. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

Pink typewriter covered in paint on a painty background.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In Art & Flash this month we’ll be writing in response to work by an artist described as a rebel, a playful genius, a pioneer, a cultural icon. Come and write characters as huge as her canvases, as wild as her brushstrokes. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

A pink typewriter on a surface covered with paint. Green paint drips down thw paper on which is written - Art & Flash Ekphrastic writing workshop Monday, March 16th 11am or 8pm GMT

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The February Art & Flash Digestif is here. This month the focus is bodies: the assumptions made about certain bodies, the restrictions placed on some bodies, the portrayal of bodies, and how we experience our bodies. #exphastic #creativewriting #contemporaryart mailchi.mp/149cd1d6f69c...

Hand with orange nail varnish holding a pen and drawing a squiggle purple line. Behind the hand is a bright yellow circle. The text ART & FLASH is in the bottom left hand corner.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Art and writing time and…boxing🥊 Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Photo of a yellow typewriter on a pink background. Black paint is dripping down the paper in the typewriter, The words Art & Flash have been typed.

Other text on the image:

Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops
Nest session:
Mon, Feb 9th
11 am or 8 pm GMT

www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

January’s Art & Flash digestif is here. Follow the link for an extra writing prompt and art-related recommendations. mailchi.mp/e8a06a3f46af...

Old typewriter with ‘Ekphrastic writing workshops’ typed onto a sheet on paint-splattered paper. Just in shot a hand with painted nails holds a smoking paintbrush over an ashtray. At the bottom of the image is the text - www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Fancy a spot of writing time peppered with art-inspired prompts? Art & Flash starts at 11am. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Book here - www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Old typewriter with a paint covered sheet of paper in it. Text typed on the paper reads - Stop scrolling and grab an hour of writing time. Art & Flash starts at 11.00

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist known as The Queen of Mischief. Come write something wild and irreverent! #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨

An old typewriter. Paint is dripping down the paper in the typewriter and the text reads Art & Flash.

Other text read:
Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops.
Next session, January 19th
11 am or 8 pm GMT

www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

We moved last month and found many treasures under the ancient wallpaper. Including this, which I think is a farting mole holding a sword?

Roughly painted undermined object on bare board.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

A rom com, a poetic tree and more🎄 The Art & Flash monthly digestif is here - mailchi.mp/adec416514d7... #ekphrastic #writingworkshop

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Coming up - an artist who makes wildly colourful, participatory artworks & is preoccupied with ideas of losing oneself, the possibility of being obliterated, which, I think sits well with the reflections, anxieties, and celebrations that end-of-year festivities can bring. mailchi.mp/b005d79500f7...

Pink typewriter with green paint dripping down the paper. Test reads - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops. An hour of art appreciation and writing time with Anika Carpenter. Next session: Monday December 15th 11 am or 98 pm GMT www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

New A5 notebook anyone? Limited edition of 10. #collage www.collage-studio.com/collages/p/a...

Image of an orange notebook. On the cover is a collage of two surreal figures.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It’s that time of year when I choose an artist whose work could, in some tangential way, be considered 'Yuletidey'. Expect something shiny and wildly colourful, deeply psychological and at times, totally immersive. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Book for Dec 15 here - tinyurl.com/mvfy3ncb

Photo of a pink typewriter on a red background. Green paint is dripping from the typewriter paper on which are the words Art & Flash.

Other text - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops

An hour of art appreciation
and writing time
with Anika Carpenter

NEXT SESSION:
Monday, December 15th
11 am or 8 pm BST

www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

November’s Art & Flash Digestif, 300 Dolls and 1 Doll’s House is here - mailchi.mp/8f08e3ae8f2c... #Ekphrastic #writingworkshop #contemporaryart #writingprompts

An image of one of the doll sculptures made by artist Greer Lankton.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation. 🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter #ekphrastic #writingworkshop

Photo of a yellow type writer on a pink. Art & Flash is typed on the paper, the paper is dripping with bright blue paint.

Text - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops. A hour of art appreciation and writing time with Anika Carpenter NEXT SESSION Monday, November 17th 11 am or 8 pm BST www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

At the heart of this month's Art & Flash - dreams, sex and rebellion! Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation in the company of one of surrealism’s lesser-known artists. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924 'Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age.’ - George Orwell, 1946 #BannedBooksWeek

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Excited to be running Irreal, Surreal and Just Plain Weird #FlashFiction at this year’s WordFest, & to be on the open mic panel with the BRILLIANT @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social & Sue Walker! Loads of workshops, talks & performances to choose from. #Sussex #literaryfestival shorehamwordfest.com

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

September’s Art & Flash digestif is here. Grab yourself a slice of art, a spot of poetry and a writing prompt. Plus, a hint of what’s to come in October. shorturl.at/6noNR

A cake that looks like it’s smiling. Perhaps it is smiling, it’s in a library after all. Plus it has cherries for eyes, and maybe they’re even more powerful than rose-tinted glasses.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Art & Flash TONIGHT 8pm UK time #ekphrastic #writingworkshop #inspiration On tonight’s menu: hot tailors, a strange bouquet, birds emerging from an unexpected place, a collection of men. All from an artist who viewed painting as ‘an act of love’. 🔗 www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Hey @neitherfishnorfoul.com I’ve found the happiest, cheekiest cake at Brighton’s Jubilee Library.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Art & Flash - September 15th #ekphrastic #writingworkshop This month’s featured artist was an accountant by day & an artist by night & viewed painting as an act of love. Join me on Monday to find out more, & write some beautiful new words in the process. www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Loved @poetclare.bsky.social's The Modern Fairies so much that I read Delphi straight afterwards. Women sharing stories is at the centre of both. Both speak of wealth, power & powerlessness & Delphi felt like the reflective pause we never had in the rush/push to get ‘back to normal’.

A photo of Clare Pollard’s book The Modern Fairies

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Join me tomorrow for an hour of art appreciation and writing time. 11 a.m. or 8 p.m. BST #ekphrastic #writingworkshop 🔗 www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

Yellow typewriter on a bright yellow background.

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