Join us at the Museum Ideas 2024 conference in London. Chaired by Dan Hicks, speakers include Iheanyi Onwuegbucha, Chloe Cousins, David Watson, and Désirée Reynolds. Find out more and book tickets museum-id.com/museum-ideas-2… #MuseumIdeas #museum

"White supremacy poses an urgent threat to our political stability, social cohesion and general security... it should be clear by now that any concession that is made to bigots does not satisfy but emboldens them." 5 years old but sadly still relevant. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“A groundbreaking cultural intervention that recovers, reclaims & retells our region’s racial history.” Dig Where You Stand Biennial features 14 artists' responses to stories in local archives. Our writer Rae on the exhibition & archival justice movement > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/dig-w…

Last week to catch the Dig Where You Stand Biennial. An exhibition and archival justice movement that “expands our collective definition of who can tell history, how, and what history is.” Read more in our Rae’s review and don’t miss it this week > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/dig-w…

Art lovers, there's lots in store for you at the #SheffieldShowcase. An open studio with ArtWorksSY. An installation on language and memory. Art in the Botanical Gardens. A textile postcards workshop. Nature art. An art competition for all. And more > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/shef…

And we're outta here! 1 month 5 exhibition venues 6 public events Over 1000 visitors  Countless new connections The DWYS Biennial 24 is now officially over. We're exhausted, but exhilarated by the response to our work. Thanks to everyone for engaging so meaningfully with us.

John Steinbeck, Six Rules for the Aspiring Writer

Thank you to the Dig Where You Stand Dig Where You Stand team for welcoming us in Sheffield last week. Their exhibition of archival stories and artist commissions at the Persistence Works was a beautiful, masterfully curated collection of writing, art and diverse histories of Yorkshire.

If you don't know this brilliant project, take a look. They are currently developing resources for young people and community groups who want to dig into their own histories: dwys.co.uk

Thank you 🙏🏾. Smaller orgs like this and committed people doing the heavy lifting as per. Plans are cooking 🥘 🧡 Dig Where You Stand

Minimise the use of similes, focusing instead on clear, direct descriptions. This creates a more immediate, unembellished connection with the reader. If you’re unhappy with your poetry process or progress check here rogerrobinson6.gumroad.com/l/kxevek #poetry #twentywaystobeabetterpoet

⏰Final Day ⏰ This is your last chance to see our free exhibition @stanley_arts today!! We are celebrating the hidden stories & the diverse voices of the South Asian diaspora. 🎟 Drop-in today ⏲️10am-3pm. 📍Gallery, Stanley Arts, 12 South Norwood Hill. #final #exhibtion

Get a library account and travel the world from the comfort of your living room (or bedroom, or bathroom, or checkout queue...). Peepal Tree aims to publish the very best of international writing from the Caribbean, its diasporas and the UK, and BorrowBox brings it to you!

Books shown: Come let us sing anyway by Leone Ross A little dust on the eyes by Minoli Salgado The frequency of magic by Anthony Joseph Seduce by Desiree Reynolds The ten incarnations of Adam Avatar by Kevin Baldeosingh Peepal Tree Press Anthony Joseph Désirée Reynolds BorrowBox

The holy mother of West Indian women writers whose pen is mighty and voice unwavering is Jamaica Kincaid. Without a single fail.

No we won’t forget and we see how you treat us. #grenfell

‘Talent is classless’: bold project launched to create centre for writing in north-east England | Newcastle | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

"People should not have to leave the north-east to live their dreams," says our Chief Exec Claire Malcolm in The Guardian this weekend. Walk through our plans to create a centre for writing and publishing in Newcastle 👇 theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Happy 90th birthday to poet, playwright, teacher, and activist Sonia Sanchez. Sanchez was one of our very first Retreat Faculty—just one of the many ways she paved the way for young Black poets in the world. 🎥 from her Legacy Conversation with Lucille Clifton, 2001

“I’m reminded of ⁦Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓⁩ point that fascists don’t turn up in fancy dress….However marginalised the rioters this summer might have been: and however marginalised the communities they came from might have been: they fed off mainstream encouragement.”