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Katie Ward
@katiewardwriter.bsky.social
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Neuroscience novel PATHWAYS, Fleet (UK 2024). Art novel GIRL READING, Virago (UK 2011). Award-winning author. katieward.co.uk

#WolseyWriters creative writing at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk wolseytheatre.co.uk/whats-on/
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🪑 Our first #WolseyWriters theme of 2026 is A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN.
🕰️ SAT 3 JAN at 10:30am-12pm
📓 New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich #suffolk IP1 2AS

How can we make the spaces where we write more conducive to creativity?

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#writingcommunity
A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 3rd January, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme: A Room of One's Own. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is an expressionist painting by Matisse of a simple room with a chair, table, pot plant, radiator and open window.
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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💜 THANK YOU so much to the amazing team at #NewWolsey Theatre @dougrintoul.bsky.social who gave us a wonderful welcoming space to meet all year inc box office, tech & cafe.

💜 And THANK YOU to every single writer who contributed ‘what you feel’ to keep our #writingcommunity sustainable. 2/2 #suffolk
Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing group that meets in the upstairs bar at the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich. People busy writing in their various notebooks or on devices. Mirror selfie in an arch window, with other pictures and fairy lights. Katie Ward, wearing a stripy jumper and holding the phone in front of my face. A reader on the mic sharing ‘the end’ of a story, possibly of a longer WIP: a woman with a Christmas jumper. A reader on the mic sharing ‘the end’ of a story, possibly of a longer WIP: a man wearing a blue jumper and blue trousers.
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The end of our creative writing year and our theme was Endings, a substantial topic and a proper study day. My goodness, you all rose to the occasion magnificently! #WolseyWriters 2025 was ONLY possible because of the good will and ongoing support of this fabulous community 1/2 #ipswich #suffolk
Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing group that meets in the upstairs bar at the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich. People busy writing in their various notebooks or on devices. Copy of a genuine 1975 New York Times obituary, headline reads 'Hercule Poirot Is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective,' with a photo of Poirot looking dapper. An extraordinary accomplishment for a fictional character. A reader on the mic sharing ‘the end’ of a story, possibly of a longer WIP: woman with a checked top and purple skirt. A reader on the mic sharing ‘the end’ of a story, possibly of a longer WIP: a man with a Christmas jumper.
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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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
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#WritingCommunity Do you know how your story ends?

🌗 Our #WolseyWriters theme is ENDINGS of stories, on the page and in performance.
🌘 SAT 6 DEC at 10:30am-12pm
🌑 Creative writing at New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Wolsey Writers logo, a black cat raising her paw on a turquoise background. Close up of a vintage typewriter carriage and ribbon. The words typed are 'The End'.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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A truly compelling #WolseyWriters today c/o of spymaster & guest speaker BOB PEARSON. THANK YOU to Bob for a wonderful talk & the amazing resources you shared. Thank you to new & existing members of Wolsey Writers. And Thank You as always #NewWolsey @dougrintoul.bsky.social #ipswich for welcoming us
Author and historian Bob Pearson on the mic reading an extract from his research. Bob wears a dark blue outfit with brown shoes. In front of him is a book display, including his nonfiction book Gold Run in English and Norwegian editions. Close up of a book cover: Gold Run: The Rescue of Norway's Gold Bullion from the Nazis, April 1940 by Robert Pearson. The cover shows a photo from wartime Norway. Closeup of a handout made by Bob Pearson in the style of a 'most secret' file with a red X over it: Operation 007 with a ref 17F/00/B19, to be kept under lock and key. Also a black and white photo of a WWII airfield. A very busy Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing group that meets in the upstairs lounge of the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk UK. Lots of writers busy writing after Bob Pearson's talk.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#WolseyWriters 2026
First Saturdays, 10:30am-12pm.
Creative #writingcommunity at New Wolsey Theatre, IP1 2AS #suffolk. Pay what you feel
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
SAT 3 JAN
SAT 7 FEB
SAT 7 MAR
SAT 11 APR⚠️
SAT 2 MAY
SAT 6 JUNE
SAT 4 JULY
(Not Aug)
SAT 5 SEP
SAT 3 OCT
SAT 7 NOV
SAT 5 DEC
Collage style poster and logos for Wolsey Writers 2026 showing a creative writing workshop in progress in the upstairs lounge at New Wolsey Theatre. Lots of people are busy writing. The text reads: WOLSEY WRITERS 2026. Meet. Write. Share. First Saturday, 10:30am-12pm. New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk P1 2AS. Pay what you feel. 3rd JAN. 7th FEB. 7th MAR. 11th APR. 2nd MAY. 6th JUNE. 4th JULY. Not in August). 5th SEP. 3rd OCT. 7th NOV. 5th DEC.
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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🛩️ This time next week! Our #WolseyWriters theme is SPY STORIES in fiction, film & real life.
🛩️ w/ special guest author & historian Bob Pearson.
🛩️ SAT 1 NOV, 10:30am-12pm
🛩️ Creative writing at #NewWolsey Theatre, Ipswich #Suffolk

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Book cover: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre. A crowd of male files in neutral colours, except one is dark and and looking over his shoulder at another who is red. Book cover: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming. A graphic 007 in ice blue and a flurry of snow. Book cover: The 39 Steps by John Buchan. A figure wearing a suit is running towards the viewer with a small plane and more people in the distance. It is evocative of the movie North By Northwest. Book cover: The Killing Floor (introducing Jack Reacher) by Lee Child. A highway in a flat American landscape. A man is watching a Greyhound bus pull away.
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🛩️ #WolseyWriters Are you ready to come in from the cold? Our theme this month is SPY STORIES w/ guest speaker Bob Pearson.
🛩️ SAT 1 NOV at 10:30am-12pm.
🛩️ Creative Writing at #NewWolsey Theatre #Suffolk IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#writingcommunity #booksky
Book cover: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. It shows James Bond in profile, his mind ablaze with espionage, a beautiful woman and playing cards. Book cover: The Spy Who Came in from The Cold by John Le Carre. It shows a figure standing in front of The Brandenburg Gate, the old boundary between East and West Germany. Book cover: Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene. A black and white photo of a vintage car. Book cover: At Risk by Stella Rimington. The author is the real former head of MI5. It shows a lit doorway.
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Thank you @burylitfest.bsky.social & Bury St Eds Library for a beautiful event yesterday celebrating East Anglian Voices. I was honoured to appear w/ Emily Buchanan, Ashley Hickson-Lovence & Lisa Brennan. A wonderfully energising & thoughtful conversation w/ a brilliant audience #suffolk #booksky 📚💙
Author Katie Ward on the mic, mid-flow, sitting next to debut Emily Buchannan. Katie is wearing a black dress. Emily is wearing a black top and green skirt. East Anglian Voices author event at Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival. It is a conversation in progress, held in a meeting room at Bury St Edmunds Library. L-R the panel are Katie Ward, Emily Buchannan, Ashley Hickson-Lovence and chaired by Lisa Brennan. The audience is listening intently. Book stock on sale. Titles include Pathways by Katie Ward; Girl Reading by Katie Ward; Send Flowers by Emily Buchannan; The 392 by Ashley Hickson-Lovence; Your Show by Ashley Hickson-Lovence. Three authors power-posing by the Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival logo banner. L-R Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Emily Buchannan, Katie Ward. The authors hold copies of their books.
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Thank you EADT Weekend for featuring me today 🖤

We talked about #WolseyWriters, the blended family love story at the heart of my novel PATHWAYS and @burylitfest.bsky.social

Do join us on Sat 11 Oct, 1:15pm, BSE Library
www.burylitfest.co.uk
www.burylitfest.co.uk/product-page...

#booksky #suffolk
Print edition of East Anglian Daily Times Weekend. The newspaper is folded at the top. The supplement is open to a photo of Katie Ward, author of Pathways. Headline reads: "Q&A. Author Katie Ward on Breast Cancer, Hilary Mantel and her new novel." Katie is wearing a black top. Print edition of East Anglian Daily Times Weekend. The supplement is open to the first page of the interview. Headline reads: "Q&A. Author Katie Ward on Breast Cancer, Hilary Mantel and her new novel." Print edition of East Anglian Daily Times Weekend and a copy of Pathways, a novel by Katie Ward, on top. A black cat is lying next to them looking unimpressed. Print edition of East Anglian Daily Times Weekend. The supplement is open to the third page of the interview with a photo of Wolsey Writers, a creative writing group at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Our first #WolseyWriters collab w/ #Ipswich Book Festival was amazing. THANK YOU to our awesome guest speaker David Wright (aka The Breaducator) author of Breaking Bread. David’s talk inspired the group to try their own book pitches and reflective nonfiction. #suffolk #booksky #creativewriting
Baker and author David Wright signing a copy of Breaking Bread. He wears a red cap and pale shirt. He gestures 'about this much' with one hand. Copies of Breaking Bread for sale and some Ipswich Book Festival tote bags. Wolsey Writers, a creative writing group that meets upstairs at New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich in the upstairs lounge bar. People busy writing. A man in a blue suit buying a copy of Breaking Bread from Ipswich Book Festival volunteers. He pays using contactless. The volunteers wear red t-shirts.
October 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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
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This time next week!
#WolseyWriters x #Ipswich Book Festival

📚 SAT 4 OCT at 10:30am-12pm
📚 'Write what you know' Nonfiction Masterclass w/ David Wright #Suffolk baker & author of Breaking Bread
📚 New Wolsey Theatre IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Poster in pale blue: Creative Writing event with David Wright, Saturday 4 October, 10:30am, upstairs, New Wolsey Theatre. How does a career crisis become a catalyst for creative expression? What is the process to publication? Discover more in this Wolsey Writers masterclass with The Breaducator. A photo of David holding up dough. Logos for Ipswich Book Festival and Wolsey Writers. Book cover: Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World by David Wright. Illustrations of various loaves of bread.
September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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I had a brilliant afternoon teaching a workshop at @writerscentre.bsky.social Norwich with an excellent group of creative writers. Our theme was dialogue, and how what characters say may not be exactly what they mean. Everyone worked incredibly hard.

I wish we could've spent longer on this topic 💙📚
Creative writing workshop in progress at National Writing Centre, Norwich. A boardroom style learning space with writers busily working away. Katie Ward sits at the front with a PowerPoint slide. Creative writing workshop in progress at National Writing Centre, Norwich. Sideview of Katie Ward at the front with a PowerPoint slide on her laptop. She is wearing a green top with grey jeans. Creative writing workshop in progress at National Writing Centre, Norwich. Printed colour street photography as writing provocations. Creative writing workshop in progress at National Writing Centre, Norwich. A boardroom style learning space with writers busily working away. Katie Ward sits at the front with a PowerPoint slide, chatting to one of the writers on her right.
September 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#WolseyWriters x #Ipswich Book Festival

A deep dive into writing what you know.

📚 SAT 4 OCT at 10:30am-12pm
📚 Nonfiction Masterclass w/ David Wright, baker & author of Breaking Bread
📚 New Wolsey Theatre, IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#booksky
Poster in pale blue: Creative Writing event with David Wright, Saturday 4 October, 10:30am, upstairs, New Wolsey Theatre. How does a career crisis become a catalyst for creative expression? What is the process to publication? Discover more in this Wolsey Writers masterclass with The Breaducator. A photo of David holding up dough. Logos for Ipswich Book Festival and Wolsey Writers.
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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.

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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
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#WolseyWriters is collaborating w/ #Ipswich Book Festival!

📚 SAT 4 OCT at 10:30am-12pm
📚 'Write what you know' nonfiction masterclass w/ David Wright #Suffolk baker & author of Breaking Bread
📚 #NewWolsey Theatre IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#booksky
Poster in pale blue: Creative Writing event with David Wright, Saturday 4 October, 10:30am, upstairs, New Wolsey Theatre. How does a career crisis become a catalyst for creative expression? What is the process to publication? Discover more in this Wolsey Writers masterclass with The Breaducator. A photo of David holding up dough. Logos for Ipswich Book Festival and Wolsey Writers. Wolsey Writers logo, a black cat raises her paw on a turquoise background. Book cover: Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World by David Wright. Illustrations of various loaves of bread.
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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If you took part in #wolseywriters today and would like to share your creative writing with Jade and @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social please email me.

Finally, thank you to our brilliant friends at #NewWolsey Theatre #Ipswich @dougrintoul.bsky.social for welcoming us back after the summer break. 3/3
Jade-Marie O'Grady on the mic talking about objects from the Ipswich Museum collection. The creative writers are in the lounge at coffee tables listening. Pieces of Saxon thrown pottery unearthed in Ipswich town, now in the Ipswich Museum collection. Post-it notes with feedback including 'I loved . . . seeing and touching the objects and hearing their stories . . . Imagining people thousands of years ago holding the objects' etc. Mechanical rope maker with a crank handle, unearthed in Ipswich town, now in the Ipswich Museum collection.
September 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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In turn, these inspired entirely new stories, poetry and original characters. The work shared in the room was as excellent and as compelling as ever.
Thank you to everyone who took part in this workshop, especially for your fabulous feedback. 2/3 #wolseywriters @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social
Bone gaming pieces, unearthed in Ipswich town, now in the Ipswich Museum collection. A printed handout: 'Creative writing provocation: Historical Fiction. Write the story of a character who used one of these objects in everyday life.' A creative writer reads her work on the mic. Jade-Marie shows a mechanical rope maker to a creative writer. An antler with a carved decoration used as a stamp, one of the objects unearthed in Ipswich town, now in the Ipswich Museum collection.
September 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A #WolseyWriters for the history books! THANK YOU to our wonderful guest speaker, Jade-Marie O’Grady from
@ipswichmuseums.bsky.social What an absolute privilege it was to be allowed to see and hold some of the fascinating, precious artefacts unearthed in Ipswich town. 1/3
Wolsey Writers, a creative writing group at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Jade-Marie O'Grady on the mic talking about objects from the Ipswich Museum collection. Wolsey Writers, a creative writing group at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Jade-Marie O'Grady on the mic talking about objects from the Ipswich Museum collection. The creative writers are in the lounge at coffee tables listening. A prehistoric hand axe, one of the objects unearthed in Ipswich town, now in the Ipswich Museum collection. Jade-Marie O'Grady showing an object to one of the creative writers.
September 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This time next week! A Historical Fiction workshop with real historical artefacts.

🚛 #WolseyWriters x @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social Jade-Marie O’Grady and 'Ipswich in a Box'
🚛 SAT 6 SEPT, 10:30am-12pm
🚛 #NewWolsey, #ipswich IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Wolsey Writers logo, a black cat raises her paw on a turquoise background. *Picture from Ipswich Museums collection: driving licence of local girl Pansy Wash, a heavy goods vehicle driver during the Second World War.
August 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Historical Fiction workshop inspired by real objects from historic Ipswich.

🐴 #WolseyWriters x @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social Jade-Marie O’Grady and 'Ipswich in a Box'
🐴 SAT 6 SEPT, 10:30am-12pm
🐴 #NewWolsey, #ipswich IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️ wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Wolsey Writers logo, a black cat raising her paw on a turquoise background. Pictures from Ipswich Museums collection: The Cornhill, Ipswich, William John Leggett 1842. An oil painting with a horse and cart in the foreground.
August 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A Historical Fiction creative writing workshop - with real historical artefacts!

⚱️ #WolseyWriters x @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social Jade-Marie O’Grady and 'Ipswich in a Box'
📜 SAT 6 SEPT, 10:30am-12pm
🏹 At #NewWolsey Theatre, IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
Wolsey Writers logo, a black cat raising her paw on a turquoise background. Picture from Ipswich Museums collection: the Boss Hall Brooch, 600-700AD. A round brooch adorned with gold and garnets.
August 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Thank you Jonesy and #DialLaneBooks for a brilliant Pathways book group. Such close readings of the novel that I have lived with, in way or another, for 24 years. So many perceptive and sensitive questions. I feel lucky to be part of this creative, bookish community x #ipswich #suffolk #booksky 💙📚
Dial Lane Books book group in progress. An audience of approx 15 people in a book shop. Katie and Jonesy in conversation. Dial Lane Books book group in progress. Katie Ward, author of Pathways, in conversation. She wears a black dress and is gesturing as she speaks. Dial Lane Books book group in progress. Katie and Jonesy in conversation. Jonesy, the host, wears a grey dress. Copies of Pathways, a novel by Katie Ward. The book cover is distorted as though under water, with a sink plug and a goldfish.
July 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM