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katiewardwriter.bsky.social
Do you want to see 28 creative writers opening their Secret Santa Book Swap together…? Yes of course you do! This is how #WolseyWriters did Christmas 2024 New Wolsey Theatre. #writingcommunity #ipswich #suffolk
December 7, 2024 at 4:43 PM
keithruiter.bsky.social
Really excited to join #WolseyWriters for a session on branching narratives! If you’re in Ipswich on the 1st, come play!
katiewardwriter.bsky.social Katie Ward @katiewardwriter.bsky.social · Feb 10
'You see a castle and walk towards it...'

🧙‍♂️ Our #WolseyWriters theme is Text-based Videogames, with guest speaker @keithruiter.bsky.social from University of #Suffolk.
🍄 SAT 1 MAR, 10:30am-12pm
🦉 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
A castle with turrets, surrounded by mist. A cobble path leads towards it.
February 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
On Sat 4 Oct, 10:30am-12pm, #IpswichBookFest and #WolseyWriters present David Wright author of Breaking Bread.

Creative Writing at #NewWolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS. Pay what you feel via Box Office

www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#booksky #writingcommunity
September 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
We are really excited for your visit, Keith! #wolseywriters 🧙🏻‍♀️
February 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
audioandrea.bsky.social
If you're coming along, you might like to listen to this in advance: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
But no prior knowledge of #RomeoAndJuliet required. You don't even need to like #Shakespeare 🎭
See you Saturday!
#WolseyWriters #Ipswich #Suffolk
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
audioandrea.bsky.social
Looking for a new year's resolution that isn't about diet or exercise? How about taking up creative writing 📝
The first of @katiewardwriter.bsky.social's wonderful #WolseyWriters ✍️ sessions is this Saturday - and I get to come along and share the fun. More details below 👇
katiewardwriter.bsky.social Katie Ward @katiewardwriter.bsky.social · Dec 16
🃏 Our New Year #WolseyWriters theme is TWELFTH NIGHT with creative writing inspired by Shakespeare's play, self-delusion and chaos. Our very special guest is @audioandrea.bsky.social

🍇 SAT 4 JAN, 10:30am-12pm @NewWolsey #Ipswich Pay what you feel tickets ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
Malvolio, a character in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, tries to seduce his employer, the lady Olivia, by wearing foolish yellow stockings.
December 31, 2024 at 7:26 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
#WolseyWriters Callout for memoirs for The Universal Turing Machine "a new platform for #memoir, a mass participation project intended to become a unique storehouse of authentic non-AI generated human experience". First Deadline 31/01/2026 www.universalturingmachine.org

#writingcommunity #booksky
UTM Guide
www.universalturingmachine.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
On Sat 8 Feb we had our first #WolseyWriters One-day Workshop at NW2, New Wolsey Theatre. 'Journalling: Writing Personal Experience' was a deep-dive into private writing for wellbeing, daily writing habits, and how we might turn lived events and feelings into bold narratives. #ipswich #suffolk
February 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
#wolseywriters The BBC Writers Open Call submissions window runs between Tuesday 4th November 2025 at noon and Tuesday 2nd December 2025 at noon. Drama or Comedy/Drama scripts written for Film, TV, Radio, Stage or Children’s TV/Radio scripts, minimum of 30 pages.
www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
How to submit a script to us
Open Call is our system for receiving unsolicited original scripts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
This time next week! #writingcommunity

🌸 What does RENEWAL mean to you?
🌸 Our #WolseyWriters theme is Haiku 俳句 for the season of personal reflections & fresh energy.
🌸 SAT 5 APR, 10:30am-12pm, New Wolsey Theatre, IP1 2AS #Suffolk

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Yellow daffodils on a grass verge, in sunshine.
March 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social

Unpublished Crime Fiction authors should checkout Criminal Lines run by @orionbooks.bsky.social, Crime Monthly and A.M. Heath (my literary agent). Closes 7 February 2025.

#wolseywriters #booksky #crimefiction #writingcommunity

www.amheath.com/criminal-lin...
Criminal Lines
Please read the Rules and Eligibility sections carefully before entering the competition. Entry implies acceptance of all the rules and failure to comply may result in disqualification.  How to enterP...
www.amheath.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
'You see a castle and walk towards it...'

🧙‍♂️ Our #WolseyWriters theme is Text-based Videogames, with guest speaker @keithruiter.bsky.social from University of #Suffolk.
🍄 SAT 1 MAR, 10:30am-12pm
🦉 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
A castle with turrets, surrounded by mist. A cobble path leads towards it.
February 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
audioandrea.bsky.social
Great article about my wonderful friend @katiewardwriter.bsky.social in the EADT on Saturday. Have highlighted a couple of my fave bits #Ipswich #Shakespeare
I can also warmly recommend Katie's novel #Pathways 📙 - and if you're interested in writing yourself, #WolseyWriters is a fab place to start
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
No #wolseywriters in August while we rest and recharge for summer. Our #writingcommunity will meet again on Saturday 6th September. K x

#newwolsey #ipswich #suffolk 3/3
July 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
🃏 Our New Year #WolseyWriters theme is TWELFTH NIGHT with creative writing inspired by Shakespeare's play, self-delusion and chaos. Our very special guest is @audioandrea.bsky.social

🍇 SAT 4 JAN, 10:30am-12pm @NewWolsey #Ipswich Pay what you feel tickets ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
Malvolio, a character in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, tries to seduce his employer, the lady Olivia, by wearing foolish yellow stockings.
December 16, 2024 at 12:23 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
Creative #Writers in #Suffolk

Please join #WolseyWriters for a workshop about terrifying folklore, evil rituals & daylight dread.

👒 FOLK HORROR
👀 SAT 5 JULY, 10:30am-12pm
🐾 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse... #booksky 💙 📚
Wolsey Writers logo. A black cat raising her paw on a turquoise background. A dog in a sunny cornfield, looking at the viewer. Possibly friendly. Possibly not.
June 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
'I will smile; I will do everything that thou wilt have me.'

You can hear the whole BBC R3 production of Twelfth Night starring David Tennant as Malvolio on BBC Sounds
#Shakespeare #WolseyWriters

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Shakespeare on 3, Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's comedy of disguise, madness and love, with David Tennant as Malvolio.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
An opportunity to share your prose & poetry at @burylitfest.bsky.social. Following Helen Ivory's performance there will be an Open-Mic on Friday 10th October, 7.30pm, Unitarian Meeting House £10 (£5). #creativewriting #WolseyWriters

www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...
burylitfest.bsky.social Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival @burylitfest.bsky.social · Aug 25
Friday evening at Bury Lit Fest is dedicated to the spoken word. This year, our poet is Helen Ivory, reading from her latest collection CONSTRUCTING A WITCH, followed by our annual OPEN MIC in association with @poetry_aloud

Book now to guarantee your spot! www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
💚 How lucky we are for an incredibly beautiful and inspiring #wolseywriters w/ Emily Buchanan today. SEND FLOWERS is a novel of radical love. Huge Thank Yous to #Ipswich Book Festival, Dial Lane Books, #newwolsey Theatre @dougrintoul.bsky.social for supporting us #creativewriting #booksksy #clifi
Author Em Buchanan reading an extract from her debut Ecofiction novel Send Flowers. Em wears a sage green dress. Em Buchancan signing a copy of Send Flowers for a reader 'fangirling' (her words over in Instagram)! The reader wears a purple top. Wolsey Writers, a creative writing community, collaborating with Ipswich Book Festival today. In the upstairs bar of the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. 2 Ipswich Book Festival volunteers selling copies of Send Flowers. They are in red festival t-shirts.
October 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
🔑 Homework: Who is your favourite spy? We’ll discuss this as a group. #wolseywriters
October 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
For creative writers in #ipswich #suffolk this Spring

#WolseyWriters One-day Workshop
JOURNALLING: WRITING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

✏️ Sat 8 Feb, 10:30am-3:45pm
✏️ Keeping a diary, regular writing habits & autofiction
✏️ New Wolsey Theatre IP1 2AS
✏️ Tickets £55/£44

www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
Journalling: Wolsey Writers One-day Workshop. Writing Personal Experience. Autofiction. Diaries. Logo of a black cat holding a quill.
January 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
audioandrea.bsky.social
As ever, had a fab time at #WolseyWriters earlier, this time talking #RomeoAndJuliet
Thanks to all who came 🎭
If you want more on the play, I can recommend:
#InOurTime www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio R&J www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
This time next week

🌗 #WolseyWriters theme ENDINGS
🌘 SAT 6 DEC, 10:30am-12pm
🌑 Creative writing at New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich IP1 2AS

Happy, tragic, ambiguous - the ENDING changes everything in your storyworld.

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
#writingcommunity
Wolsey Writers logo, a black cat raising her paw on a turquoise background. Photo of an old yellow and black street sign that says 'End' and is covered in stickers. It stands on the edge of a coastal route, the land dropping away to the sea and a clear blue horizon.
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
This maybe of interest to #WolseyWriters #writingcommunity #booksky visiting @burylitfest.bsky.social Sat 11 Oct, especially 'How to Get Published' at 4.30pm, Unitarian Meeting House w/ Emma Shercliff, Laxfield Literary Agency & Phoebe Morgan, Simon & Schuster.

www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...
Poster with a background of a writing desk with a laptop, notebook and paperclips. The text reads: GOLD DUST, MENTORING WRITERS, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP DAY. Sat 11th October 2025. 10.30am DO YOU HAVE A NOVEL IN YOU? with Jill Dawson. 11.45am HOW TO WRITE MEMOIR with Midge Gillies. 2.30pm STRUCTURING YOUR NOVEL with Louise Doughty. 4.30pm HOW TO GET PUBLISHED, £10/5 with Jill Dawson, Phoebe Morgan (Simon & Schuster) & Emma Shercliffe (Laxfield Literary). £40 per workshop or £130 for the FULL DAY including lunch & 2 tickets to author events across the festival. Bury St Edmunds Literary Festival. QR code.
September 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
katiewardwriter.bsky.social
Creative writers in #suffolk with a new project or WIP:

#WolseyWriters One-day Workshop
WRITE THE BEGINNING: A VERY GOOD PLACE TO START

🌱 Sat 29 Mar, 10:30am-3:45pm
🌱 Opening scenes & first chapters
🌱 New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich IP1 2AS
🌱 Tickets £55/£44

www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
Collage-style poster showing a vintage typewriter and an angle-poise lamp. Text reads: 'Write the Beginning: Wolsey Writers Workshop. Sat 29 Mar, 10:30am-3:45pm. £55 (£44). First page. Chapter One. Opening scenes. New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, IP1 2AS. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk'
February 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM