writer, tutor & workshop facilitator. Researching narrative approaches to chronic illness in contemporary fiction at York. they/she.
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In a gloopy flare that makes thinking v difficult, it's reassuring to remember the generative, foggy, dizzy & playful potential in chronic illness writing.
Here's my piece for @the_polyphony on narrative shape, chronic illness and queercripping texts.
thepolyphony.org/2023/05/11/…
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Announcement 📣 🥳
We’re launching our 2024 Artist Development Programmes!
We’re bringing back 4 programmes for disabled creatives: emerging writers, fresh performers, experienced creators & company innovators. 💰 £600-£6000.
Apply NOW - 5 Jan 24
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ALT A turquoise vertical box on the left hand side reads ‘2024 Artist Development now open!' Above this are the CRIPtic Arts & Arts Council England Logos. The background is black, with repeated slanting turquoise text reading 'CRIPtic 2024'.
Our first zine is out next week, join us for some remote readings and discussion 💕 more info on instagram.com/theremotebody
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The MedHums 101 project @the_polyphony explores foundational concepts within critical medical and health humanities scholarship, inviting established and emerging scholars to have a say in [re]defining the field.
Want to contribute? Get in touch. Pls RT!
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the remote body are putting out a zine of writing by sick, crip & disabled writers from our remote writing workshop in October.
Aiming to keep it <£3 for a physical copy.
If you sell zines and would like to stock a few copies please get in touch!
Really looking forward to this, down with the arc, glory to crip narrative forms!!!
kidding, the arc is a great shape - but it's not the *only* way to do narrative imo & a crip approach to fragmented form is exciting to me 🔥🔥
Tickets are now available for our next workshop, Fragmentation as narrative cripping: a creative writing workshop with @Lottyyy. Thurs 28 Sept (5-6pm), book your place here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragmenta…
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PREORDER (31.10.23, @tombranfoot)
boar sees Tom Branfoot layer our contemporary polycrisis with the events leading up to the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Set in 14th-century Bradford, owned by John of Gaunt [...]
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ALT boat book cover. Crimson red cover, with the lines of a map laid over in black. 'boar' on white, freight text pro font, top left. 'Tom Branfoot' below the title, in white freight text pro font. 'Broken Sleep Books' in white Adobe Caslon Pro font, bottom left.
💚💚💚 get it
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‘A Series of Disparate Discomforts’, the second part of my creative-critical article on attempting a PhD with a chronic illness is now live on @the_polyphony. Thanks again to @AlyFixit for publishing! 🪻
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Excited to be back working with @GlasgowZineLib facilitating a workshop on waves as a framing device in writing for Glasgow Zine Fest '23!!glasgowzinelibrary.com/gzf-e…
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Our crowdfunder just made it over the £10,000 mark! We're over the moon 😍
Thank you for supporting us so we can keep publishing beautiful & revolutionary books 🥳
Can we reach 50% of our fundraising target before the crowdfunder closes on 31 May?
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Can't wait!
Announcing the fourth instalment of the poetry reading series More Song, taking place on Wednesday June 7th. We are hosting the wonderful @Lottyyy @BrandonThomasB @zensaidsummat and @mikefarren followed by an open mic! Free Entry. Poster by our in house artist @ben_brumpton ⛓️
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📣 CALLOUT 📣
CRIPtic is looking to connect with published disabled global majority writers for some upcoming paid events. Email [email protected] for more info, or feel free to share, recommend or link writers you know!
