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NEW interview with CJ DeBarra! 🌈✍️We sat down with Nottingham LGBT+ Historian, CJ DeBarra ahead of the launch of the sec...
03/06/2026

NEW interview with CJ DeBarra! 🌈✍️

We sat down with Nottingham LGBT+ Historian, CJ DeBarra ahead of the launch of the second volume in their 'Q***r Nottingham' history trilogy 📚

"I have 200 interviews done with LGBT+ people aged 18 to 93 and no plans to stop. The motivation has always been the same as it has been with journalism – the desire to know more."

Click here to learn more about CJ's work and Nottingham's LGBT+ History 💻️
https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/cj_debarra_interview/



Our FREE writer development programme runs throughout 2027 but 🚨 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW. 🚨Writers in the East Mids! 📢...
03/06/2026

Our FREE writer development programme runs throughout 2027 but 🚨 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW. 🚨

Writers in the East Mids! 📢 Apply now for your chance to be chosen for one year of FREE, dedicated craft and career guidance from an established writing mentor.

Deadline: 5th August 2026. APPLY HERE ➡️ bit.ly/WEMMENTOR

Mentee profile: Sophie Diver ✍️📚️🌟 ABOUT SOPHIE 🌟Sophie Diver is a writer and poet from Nottingham.She is also a singer ...
02/06/2026

Mentee profile: Sophie Diver ✍️📚️

🌟 ABOUT SOPHIE 🌟
Sophie Diver is a writer and poet from Nottingham.
She is also a singer and lyricist of post-punk band . A BBC New Creative her radio drama aired on in 2021 and in 2023 supported Brian Bilston's SOLD OUT show.

🌟 DURING THE MENTORING SCHEME 🌟
Sophie entered the scheme with the intention to concentrate on the poems she’d already produced, her mentor Clare shaw’s support went far beyond that. Sophie came away with a much stronger grasp of how to approach editing.

The 2026 Mentoring Scheme opens TOMORROW!🚨



Here's 3 East Mids events to kick off Pride Month '26! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 European Poetry Festival, 6th June🌈 The Tree Book Laun...
02/06/2026

Here's 3 East Mids events to kick off Pride Month '26! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🌈 European Poetry Festival, 6th June
🌈 The Tree Book Launch, 6th June
🌈 Shaded Writers QTIBIPOC Workshop, 13th June

All from q***r writers in the East Mids. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/WEMWHATSON

Mentee profile: Claire Miller ✍️📚️🌟 ABOUT CLAIRE 🌟Claire Miller is an ecopoet and MA Creative Writing graduate based in ...
01/06/2026

Mentee profile: Claire Miller ✍️📚️

🌟 ABOUT CLAIRE 🌟
Claire Miller is an ecopoet and MA Creative Writing graduate based in Nottingham. Her poems have been published in Magma, Structo, Firewords, Popshot Quarterly, and on a big wall in Nottingham city centre.

🌟 DURING THE MENTORING SCHEME 🌟
My mentor was Jake Wild Hall of , his fresh perspective and ideas really helped when I hit major roadblocks, and now the difference between my first and most recent drafts is palpable.

The Mentoring Scheme opens on WEDNESDAY this week! 🚨



Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🎉We're celebrating by spotlighting the many brilliant LGBTQIAP+ authors, poets and writers from t...
01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🎉

We're celebrating by spotlighting the many brilliant LGBTQIAP+ authors, poets and writers from the East Midlands. ✍️ Join us in honoring our local q***r creative scene: Read their books, come along to their events and find out more about their projects. 🌈

Stay tuned for book recs and event highlights from us. Happy Pride! 💖

SUBMISSIONS ✍️ NOW 📝 OPEN 📖Poets of the East Mids, this is your chance to get published in 2027! Send a sample of your w...
01/06/2026

SUBMISSIONS ✍️ NOW 📝 OPEN 📖

Poets of the East Mids, this is your chance to get published in 2027! Send a sample of your work to Notts-based publisher Bad Betty Press to be considered.

DEADLINE 30th June. FULL guidelines here ➡️ bit.ly/BADBETTY

30/05/2026

Got questions about Indie and Self-Publishing? We've got you! ✉️

📚 Alternative Routes to Publishing
📅 Saturday 20th June, 12-3pm
📍 Waterstones, Nottingham

Join us for TWO panels with Troubador, Bad Betty Press, Comma Press, Bearded Badger Publishing and Global Wordsmiths plus Q&A and networking time.

Tickets available from our website:
https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/product/alternative-routes-to-publishing/

Mentee profile: Coral McCormack ✍️📚️🌟 ABOUT CORAL 🌟Coral McCormack’s first novel ‘We Were Witches Once’ was written duri...
29/05/2026

Mentee profile: Coral McCormack ✍️📚️

🌟 ABOUT CORAL 🌟
Coral McCormack’s first novel ‘We Were Witches Once’ was written during the mentorship programme and is currently out with literary agents. She has also written the draft for her second novel ‘Sweet Tooth’, in the gothic horror genre inspired by her short fiction ‘Eclipse’ which was longlisted for the Edinburgh Short Story Award 2025 and published in their anthology ‘Heartsick’.

🌟 DURING THE MENTORING SCHEME 🌟
Coral was paired with author, Emma Pass who provided meaningful support through editing, zoom chats and getting the draft of her manuscript submission-ready. Coral says that Emma was able to pull out what she couldn’t see for herself.

The Mentoring Scheme opens NEXT WEEK on Weds 3rd June! 🚨



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