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Katie Ward
@katiewardwriter.bsky.social
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/
🪑 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
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
💜 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
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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 ⤵️
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#writingcommunity
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#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...
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#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
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🛩️ 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...
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🛩️ #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
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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 📚💙
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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
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#booksky #suffolk
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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
October 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
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...
September 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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 💙📚
September 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#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
September 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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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September 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#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
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
September 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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
September 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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
September 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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...
August 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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...
August 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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...
August 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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 💙📚
July 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM