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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In other news, hope. On Monday I’ll be starting a new series of Writers Refuge: creative writing workshops for asylum seekers in Halifax. This week we’ll focus on the swallow, which travels 6000 miles from Africa and Asia to Europe and symbolises hope, love, home. And we’ll read Emily Dickinson.

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Got my customary rejection letter from the Arts Council today. To anyone else who got theirs, empathy. One of the hardest things about being a freelance writer is having no bigger body to validate my work. Gonna spend today planning the new book anyway. Other suggestions for softening the blow?

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“By the age of 10, children with ADHD will have experienced critical and corrective comments 20,000 times more than their neurotypical counterparts.” How experiences of exclusion inspired accessible boggy events, including this year’s Poetry at the Parsonage blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/neurodiver...

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Neurodiversity, accessibility, bogs and Brontës.

How boggy landscapes - and living with ADHD and autism - inspires us to create exciting, accessible events, including this year’s Poetry at the Parsonage.

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After a morning workshop with Anna Chilvers and me, the afternoon session will feature an incredible line-up of the UK and Ireland’s best contemporary eco-poets. Expect a friendly and accessible event where you can be as creative as the performers. Book here: www.bronte.org.uk/events/poetr...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tomorrow morning, 9–11am. We’ll be talking about autumn as a season of leaving — how migration and migratory species can inspire our writing. There’s still time for you to join us. Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anybody who can make it to Hastings tomorrow 26th Sept ... let's show strength in numbers and get the Far Right off the streets.

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

LAST CALL with less than half an hour to go. Book your ticket — either to join us live, or to receive access to the recording when it’s released. We’d absolutely love to see you. Here’s the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

45 MINUTES TO GO! Still just enough time for you to book your place. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tonight at 7, Anna and I will chat about walking — how we’re the landscapes of those we love, and those landscapes are stories in themselves. Recording available if you can’t join us live. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tonight we’ll discuss walking with grief. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT, 7–8PM. TICKETS £5, OR FREE TO B(L)OG SUBSCRIBERS. Recording available. At this month’s Reading Bogwise session, Anna and I will share new writing on the (literal) peaks and troughs of the long-distance walks we each took this summer. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Walking the Distance: online reading with Anna Chilvers & me, Wednesday 23rd Sept 7pm. This Summer, I walked the Pennine Way while Anna walked the Welsh coast. We'll share poetry and stories from our treks, and discuss how walking feeds the writing process. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

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Walking the Distance with Clare Shaw and Anna Chilvers

How walking feeds the writing process: stories from the Pennine Way and the Welsh Coast.

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A week today I’ll be hosting our next Wild Writing Sundays session, which will be on the subject of migration; how autumn is a ‘season for leaving’, and how this leaving can inform our writing. It would be lovely to see you there. Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Shaw and Moore paid subscribers: this one’s for you. Join us on Monday evening at 7.30pm for a self-portrait-themed online open mic. Not a paid subscriber yet? Here’s more info on how to secure your slot at Monday’s open mic, and how to subscribe: shawandmoore.substack.com/p/self-portr...