The Lake District writing retreat focused on writing about the Rural. Supporting new voices.
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My book is finally here in all its solid, holdable, paper-and-ink reality. Thank you publishers, @MedlarPress and everyone who has helped in its creation. Thank you.
#Rivers #streams #Exmoor #flyfishing #conservation
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
Our @RuralWriting friend @MichelleWerrett wrote a book - ‘Song of the Streams’ - published in Autumn 🎉
Michelle knows #Exmoor, & #rivers, & #ecology. Her words enchant and invite the reader in ✨ With worsening state of UK rivers & nature, her insight is vital (& beautiful)🐟📚
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The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
Springtime! It's hard not to be drawn to the wonders of nature
From chirping of birds to blooming flowers, it feels great to be alive
Explore your creativity & enhance your knowledge in my Nature and Place Writing course
Starts May 15th
Level 1 newbies
kathrynaalto.com/nature-writ…
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
All the feels tonight for @RuralWriting classmate @NJPitchford WINNING the first ever @NaturePrize! Can't wait to get the anthology & read all the shortlisted essays!
Huge congratulations to inaugural winner @NJPitchford. So great see these brilliant writers on zoom and in the room this evening at @KendalBookFest.
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
So pleased for & proud of my talented @RuralWriting buddy @NJPitchford for winning the @NaturePrize 🎉
Good to hear extracts from the essays at @KendalBookFest yesterday. I love writing that asks Qs & helps me see the world a little differently - these essays do that 👏
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The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
If of interest, in 1 month, I'll be teaching Nature Writing for aspiring & intermediate writers.
The class is live, online, and -- yay! -- global. It is limited to 14 people as I give detailed handwritten feedback on every essay.
What are we reading?
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The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
I'm chuffed (and not a bit surprised) that my @RuralWriting buddy @NJPitchford made the longlist for the @NaturePrize 🎉 her writing is beautiful, observant, intimate, searching✨
Lots of other great writers here too📝looking forward to reading the anthology
🧵The LONGLIST is as follows:
A Parable of Arable Land, Nicola Pitchford
@NJPitchford
Anthem to My Hometown, Paula Hillman
@pj_hillman
The Story Fox, Kerry Andrew @kj_funk
None of This Should Be Here, Joanna Pocock
@joannaofottawa
The Garden, Nicola Healey ...
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
🧵The LONGLIST is as follows:
A Parable of Arable Land, Nicola Pitchford
@NJPitchford
Anthem to My Hometown, Paula Hillman
@pj_hillman
The Story Fox, Kerry Andrew @kj_funk
None of This Should Be Here, Joanna Pocock
@joannaofottawa
The Garden, Nicola Healey ...
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
Thank you again to @anicolson for a memorable candlelit after-dinner conversation and reading at Inn on the Lake from your @wainwrightprize The Seabird's Cry.
@herdyshepherd1 @jane_janeclarke @kathrynaalto
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
Such talented fellow writers. I can't wait to find out what creative works will emerge out of these conversations like hay meadow flowers raising their heads to catch the sun.
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
A beautiful time with old & new RWI @RuralWriting friends immersing in writing, rural life & nature. Plus, curlews from my shepherd’s hut 😍
I love and value this community 🙏
Thank you @kathrynaalto @herdyshepherd1 @theshepherdswi1 (& good to meet you @anicolson & @amy_may📚)
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
A sublime few days in Cumbria with wonderful fellow writers from around the World. Thank you so much for the warm welcome, teaching, networking, challenges, gorgeous food, authors @kathrynaalto @herdyshepherd1 @theshepherdswi1 @RuralWriting @anicolson @amy_may @jane_janeclarke
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
My tribe of writers. All those distinct voices. Honoured to know you! Thanks @RuralWriting @kathrynaalto @herdyshepherd1 @theshepherdswi1
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
What an experience! Writing advice by best selling authors @kathrynaalto @herdyshepherd1 combined with learning about fell farming in the Lake District. Thank you all for inspiring and 'conspiring' for better farming!
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
Had the most magical time taking part in the @RuralWriting over the bank holiday 📝✨
Thank you so much @herdyshepherd1 @kathrynaalto for creating such a safe, inviting, and inspiring space for us to share our ideas and to @theshepherdswi1 + family for the delicious food!
The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
I'm teaching creative nonfiction this summer. If of interest -
▪︎Learn techniques & approaches
▪︎20 instruction hrs
▪︎Practice & learn in friendly setting
▪︎Bestselling author as teacher
▪︎Every other Monday starting June 20
Check it out:
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The Rural Writing Institute retweeted
In this scene I look like I know what to do as a writer: sit in deep thought on a Lake District hillside.
