GOBS Collective

02/12/2025

Thank you to Movers, The Carousel and GB Cafe for letting us stick up our posters for this fab showcase coming up! Hope to see you there...

CONSTELLATION ✨
Sun 07 Dec, 3.30pm
Waterstones Nottingham

Tickets available from gobscollective.org/events

28/11/2025

✨ Meet our Constellation: dream seventeen ✨

“Finding Poetry” is a collection which merges poetry with other art forms, and plays with the age-old question: what is poetry, and how far can we push the boundary? Alongside this, the collection follows a fantasy journey, exploring the cost of becoming and how it shapes identity in the wake of loss.

To hear more from dream seventeen, as well as the 15 other rising stars who are launching their pamphlets as part of this unique event, come along to our showcase at Waterstones Nottingham on Sun 7 Dec at 3.30pm.

Tickets available from gobscollective.org.

24/11/2025

✨ Meet our Constellation: Armor Craw ✨

"When I got into a racing green Ford Cortina 25 years ago, I didn't think that one day my parents would be gone from this world, or that the house I grew up in would no longer be something I could return to. 'In Exile' is my first pamphlet of poems; these poems are about loss, grief, trauma, truth, love and, most notably, it's about letting go... Allowing my memories of Scotland, my beautiful Scotland, to now turn up like a long-lost friend."

To hear more from Armor Craw, as well as the 15 other rising stars who are launching their pamphlets as part of this unique event, come along to our showcase on Sun 7 Dec at 3.30pm.

Tickets available from gobscollective.org.

23/11/2025

A weekend for the (poetry) books! Celebrating 10 years of Nottingham Poetry Festival with two days of events – and our shining Cara Thompson hosting Saturday's spectacular lineup of poetry legends Lemn Sissay, Noelle Taylor, Salena Godden and Henry Normal in style. Today, we're working the stall at Metronome to grow more gobby poets.

The festival has been such a blessing for Nottingham's literary scene, and we're super thankful to the brilliant team who've worked so hard over the years to give our city another thing to proud of.

Here's to another 10 years 🥂

(Thanks to Rachelle Ruby Foster and Hongwei Bao for their photos of Saturday's event.)

14/11/2025

Camille talks about her debut collection, "I See More of You".

To hear Camille perform a sample of her pamphlet, as well as the 15 other rising stars who are launching theirs as part of this unique event, come along to our showcase Waterstones Nottingham on Sun 7 Dec at 3.30pm.

Tickets available from gobscollective.org.

10/11/2025

WHOA! Nottingham Poetry Festival turns 10 years old, and we'll be celebrating the fact along with some brilliant local pals.

Come along in a couple of weeks for a day of activities, stalls, performances and general hanging out with fellow word-lovers in our fine city. See you there?

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WHEN: Sun 23 Nov, 4pm-10pm
WHERE: Metronome
HOW MUCH? £0 / Pay As You Feel

07/11/2025

We invite you to CONSTELLATION: a poetry showcase and pamphlet launch taking place at Waterstones Nottingham on Sun 7 Dec.

Witness some of the most exciting emerging voices discuss and perform samples from their collections, and connect with the myriad emotions that make them shine uniquely and collectively.

CONSTELLATION is the culmination of GOBS Collective’s latest project: a development programme in which 16 local talents attended a writing retreat led by Anthony Anaxagorou and Vanessa Kisuule, followed by masterclasses in editing and curating a poetry collection courtesy of acclaimed indie press Bad Betty.

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Featuring:

Bridie Squires • Cara Thompson • Gail Webb • Camille McCawley • Nipa Uddin • Ruth Singleton • Sarah Wheatley • Ben Macpherson • Hilario Alves • Francesca Mesce • Hannah Norris • Rebecca 'Bep' Summerscales • Armor Craw • Richard Arkwright • Husna Khalid • Ferzana Shan

Copies of the pamphlets will be available to purchase on the night.

Doors open at 3pm for a 3.30pm start.

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More info and tickets from gobs-constellation.eventbrite.co.uk

11/06/2025

Fancy seeing your words in a great little zine you've made with your own two hands? This Saturday, join us at Nottingham Central Library for one of three 1-hr sessions with Sarah Wheatley, poet and zine-queen, for a relaxed and creative time turning your words into art!

Session 1: 10am
Session 2: 11am
Session 3: 1pm

Tickets are free or with a donation, but please reserve your place!

*This event is part of Nottingham Poetry Festival.*

Turn your words into a beautiful object with this special workshop by super-creative GOBS poet and mini-zine-maker Sarah Wheatley!

04/03/2025

Curious about a career in writing? 🤔

🖋 Get inspired with Writing for Life!

This event for young people aged 14-25 brings together professionals from various backgrounds to share their experience of using written and spoken language creatively in their jobs and careers.

💬 Talks and practical tasks
✍ Discover the many ways creative writing can be used in the workplace
👋 Meet stallholders and speakers to discover more about the world of writing

📆 Wednesday 19th March
⏰ 4pm - 7pm
🎫 Free with pre-booked tickets
🚗 Parking charges apply

🔎 Discover more and book your free place:
https://wollatonhall.org.uk/writing-for-life/

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04/03/2025

Thank you to LeftLion Magazine Nottingham for our lovely feature!

One of Nottingham’s leading poetry groups, GOBS Collective, turns five this year. With an impressive list of publications, events and live showcases under their belts, our Literature Editor Andrew Tucker talks about the need for such creative communities that help people find their poetic voice.