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Word Up North
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Word Up North is an Arts Council NPO arts charity that raises UP voices, stories and writers in the north ✍️ wordupnorth.org.uk

We also produce the longest-running literature festival in the north @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social 🍂
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You can book your space on any of our online workshops now at wordupnorth.org.uk or by calling us on 01943 816714 🖋️
Word Up North
wordupnorth.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We’ve all come up against certain ‘rules’ in writing before - guidance intended to improve our craft. But in this workshop, New Northern Poet Nóra Blascsók explains how breaking these rules can work as an exciting jumping-off point to push boundaries in your poetry.

Book now: buff.ly/39JzWvN
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.

Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Discover how to serve up a sensory feast on the page and have your readers craving seconds in this workshop with award-winning food writer, Shahnaz Ahsan.

Book now: buff.ly/Z9C6oQv
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In this unique workshop, New Northern Poet and doctor Nigeen Dara shows you how poetry and creative writing can help to tackle feelings of exhaustion, cynicism and detachment and help you to care for your mental wellbeing.

Book now: buff.ly/mX8VOG1
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Journey to the dark side of folklore and develop your wyrd writing in this folk horror fiction online masterclass led by Costa Award-winning author and 'master of menace' Andrew Michael Hurley.

Book now: buff.ly/HcWRiZP
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Your daily commute to work. The bus into town. A train out of the city. These journeys might feel unremarkable, but there’s a spark of a poem within each of them. Explore how to turn the ordinary extraordinary in this workshop with New Northern Poet Vanessa Napolitano.

Book now: buff.ly/xUT5tTc
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You can book your space on any of our online workshops now at wordupnorth.org.uk or by calling us on 01943 816714 🖋️
Word Up North
wordupnorth.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We’ve all come up against certain ‘rules’ in writing before - guidance intended to improve our craft. But in this workshop, New Northern Poet Nóra Blascsók explains how breaking these rules can work as an exciting jumping-off point to push boundaries in your poetry.

Book now: buff.ly/39JzWvN
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Was there a story you read as a young person that transformed your thinking, ignited your imagination and stayed with you long after you turned eighteen? Learn how to write your own YA masterpiece with award-winning writer Liz Hyder.

Book now: buff.ly/FYiu4Qh
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Discover how to serve up a sensory feast on the page and have your readers craving seconds in this workshop with award-winning food writer, Shahnaz Ahsan.

Book now: buff.ly/Z9C6oQv
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In this unique workshop, New Northern Poet and doctor Nigeen Dara shows you how poetry and creative writing can help to tackle feelings of exhaustion, cynicism and detachment and help you to care for your mental wellbeing.

Book now: buff.ly/mX8VOG1
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Journey to the dark side of folklore and develop your wyrd writing in this folk horror fiction online masterclass led by Costa Award-winning author and 'master of menace' Andrew Michael Hurley.

Book now: buff.ly/HcWRiZP
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Your daily commute to work. The bus into town. A train out of the city. These journeys might feel unremarkable, but there’s a spark of a poem within each of them. Explore how to turn the ordinary extraordinary in this workshop with New Northern Poet Vanessa Napolitano.

Book now: buff.ly/xUT5tTc
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ilkley Literature Festival
Home page -
ilkleylitfest.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM