Anika Carpenter

@stillsquirrel

#Flashfiction writer and #collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK www.anikacarpenter.com

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Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 20d

This month's Art & Flash digestif, with art-inspired writing prompts and art-related recommendations, is here. 🔗 mailchi.mp/12b82164dce6...

Folded pink paper with the text - July’s Art & Flash digestif ‘crazy’ women and camping (kinda)
There are paint strokes and blotches on the paper

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 22d

This Wed. I'm rerunning the workshop I took to the Flash Fiction Festival. Join me for 1 hr of art-inspired writing & come away with 3-4 new story ideas/poems/characters/scenes... £15 per individual session £10 per session for block bookings 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Cream typewriter floating on a funky background with a pair of disembodies hands. The typing paper is dripping with blue paint.

Text reads -
festival rerun
Art & Flash ekphrastic writing workshops
Wednesday 22 July 8 -9 pm BST
www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 23d

An extract of my contribution to the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social anthology no.8.

Cover of the Flash Fiction Festival anthology no.8

The first paragraph of my story How We Love the Sound of the Leaves When a Gentle Wind Passes Through Them

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 23d

@sarahillswrites.bsky.social you hot, HOT chicken! Thank you for a @flashficfestuk.bsky.social workshop SO SEXY that it fed into pretty much every other workshop, including Heidi Clark's 'Make a Zine’. 🐓🫦 #flashfiction

Page of a zine with an image of a trumpet. Text reads:

a bit of background
darling,
I’m not saying
Angus had to
be kept
ballsy

enough

similar, a bad thing,

Angus’ specific touches,
ultra-hard
£3,350

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 23d

Thank you for such a playful & inspiring @flashficfestuk.bsky.social workshop @susmitab.bsky.social. The collective river created feels real to me still & I’m looking forward to playing around with horde/hoard in the context of bees, flowers & otters that should've been beavers. 🙏 #flashfiction

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 23d

Missing everyone and wishing I’d taken more than three photos at this year’s @flashficfestuk.bsky.social. Loved catching-up with @tiptreejen.bsky.social @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @fabwrites.bsky.social & meeting Ellen-Arwen Tristram. #flashfiction

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 23d

My small, but perfectly formed, book hoard from this year’s @flashficfestuk.bsky.social #flashfiction #FFF2026 Excited to read Mother Karma @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 🥰

Two flash fiction books and lanyard label from The Flash Fiction Festival, 2026

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 25d

Join me next week for an Art & Flash session packed with confessions and illuminations. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Mon. 11 am - 12 BST or Wed. 8 - 9 pm BST £15 per individual session £10 per session for block bookings 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Cream typewriter with floating hand on a swirly blue and cream background. The paper is dripping with light blue paint. Text on the paper reads - Art & Flash Ekphrastic writing workshops. www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· 26d

Evening Art & Flash sessions are moving from Monday to Wednesday nights. More details here - mailchi.mp/eb8fe3c2ea8a... #writingworkshop #ekphrastic #writingprompts #comtemporaryart

An illustration of two planets with one pointing to the other. The word Monday is on the first planet and Wednesday is on the second. Illuminated text underneath reads - p.m. sessions are moving

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jul 4

Art & Flash - ekphrastic writing workshops 🌞SPECIAL SUMMER OFFER! 🌞 Book today and get £5 off July’s Art & Flash session. www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Pink typewriter floating in the summer sky with two disembodied hands typing. Words of the paper read ‘Art & Flash Special summer offer'

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jun 19

Block booking for Art & Flash is open! Book for July, Aug & Sep for £30 or July - December for £60. And/or see you in-person at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social July 17 -19 #Bristol UK 🤩 #ekphrastic #writingworkshop #flashfiction #poetry #creativewriting 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Green typewriter on a yellow background, with disembodied hands typing. The paper in the machine is dripping with blue paint. Text on the image - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops. Block booking = £10 a session Individual dates = £15 Art & Flash www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jun 15

Want to enter a weird and wonderful world and see what stories lurk there? Fancy conjuring characters who fraternise with woodland creatures, clowns & spirits? Join me tonight for Art & Flash - anikacarpenter.com/workshops/ek... #Ekphrastic #writingworkshop #writingprompts #contemporaryart

Yellow typewriter on a pink background with disembodied hands typing. The paper in the machine is dripping with black ink. Text on the paper reads - Tonight 8pm
Other text reads -
Ekphrastic Writing Workshop
An hour of writing time and art appreciation
www.anikacaroenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jun 13

#Ekphrastic #WritingWorkshop In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist whose work makes you go ‘'𝗔𝘄 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲’ and ‘𝗢𝗛 𝗠𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗗!’ at the same time. Join me on Monday 11am or 8pm BST to find out more & draft up to four new stories or poems. Booking🔗 - tinyurl.com/2dvvehpr

Yellow typewriter on a pink background with floating hands typing. The paper in the typewriter is dripping with black paint and on it is the text - Art & Flash Monday, June 15th.

Other text reads - Ekphrastic Writing Workshop and www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· May 13

In this month’s #ekphrastic #writingworkshop we'll look at the work of ‘a misunderstood miscreant', ‘an immature fool’, ‘a trickster’. But most of all an artist who raises questions about power, morality and value. Art & Flash Mon. May 18th 11 am or 8 pm UK time 🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter

Pink typewriter on an orange background. Blue paint is dripping down the typing paper on which is the text - Art & Flash Ekphrastic writing workshop Monday, May 18th 11 am or 8 pm UK time

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Apr 22

April’s Art & Flash digestif, which includes an ekphrastic writing prompt and an art-related recommendation, is here: 🔗 mailchi.mp/06f6eeb2433d... #ekphrastic #writingprompt #contemporaryart

Orange typewriter on a blue background with blue paint dripping down the typing paper.

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Apr 19

This month’s featured artist employs wrapping, winding, & threading. Perhaps their work will inspire characters who do the same, or paragraphs & sentences that intertwine in unexpected ways? April 20th 11am or 8pm £15 for 1 session or £30 for 3 🔗 tinyurl.com/yt87xxs5 #exphrastic #writingworkshop

Pink typewriter on a paint-splattered background

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Apr 15

The month’s featured artist employs wrapping, winding, & threading. Perhaps their work will inspire characters who do the same, or paragraphs & sentences that intertwine in unexpected ways? April 20th 11am or 8pm £15 for 1 session or £30 for 3 🔗 tinyurl.com/yt87xxs5 #exphrastic #writingworkshop

Pink typewriter on a paint-splattered background. The paper in the typewriter has the text - Art & Flash Exphrastic writing workshop Monday, April 20th 11 am or 8pm GMT

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Mar 16

In this month’s Art & Flash digestif there’s a writing prompt to get snippy about. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Read it here - mailchi.mp/62f00ca76746...

A hand with orange nail varnish holding a pen. Text reads Art & Flash.

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Mar 16

Today at 11am or 8pm GMT Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation. There will be flies and truffles and A LOT of paint. Oh, and an Australian celebrity. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

Pink typewriter covered in paint on a painty background.

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Feb 6

Art and writing time and…boxing🥊 Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Photo of a yellow typewriter on a pink background. Black paint is dripping down the paper in the typewriter, The words Art & Flash have been typed.

Other text on the image:

Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops
Nest session:
Mon, Feb 9th
11 am or 8 pm GMT

www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jan 19

January’s Art & Flash digestif is here. Follow the link for an extra writing prompt and art-related recommendations. mailchi.mp/e8a06a3f46af...

Old typewriter with ‘Ekphrastic writing workshops’ typed onto a sheet on paint-splattered paper. Just in shot a hand with painted nails holds a smoking paintbrush over an ashtray. At the bottom of the image is the text - www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jan 19

Fancy a spot of writing time peppered with art-inspired prompts? Art & Flash starts at 11am. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Book here - www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Old typewriter with a paint covered sheet of paper in it. Text typed on the paper reads - Stop scrolling and grab an hour of writing time. Art & Flash starts at 11.00

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jan 12

In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist known as The Queen of Mischief. Come write something wild and irreverent! #ekphrastic #writingworkshop Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨

An old typewriter. Paint is dripping down the paper in the typewriter and the text reads Art & Flash.

Other text read:
Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops.
Next session, January 19th
11 am or 8 pm GMT

www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Jan 5

We moved last month and found many treasures under the ancient wallpaper. Including this, which I think is a farting mole holding a sword?

Roughly painted undermined object on bare board.

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Dec 7

Coming up - an artist who makes wildly colourful, participatory artworks & is preoccupied with ideas of losing oneself, the possibility of being obliterated, which, I think sits well with the reflections, anxieties, and celebrations that end-of-year festivities can bring. mailchi.mp/b005d79500f7...

Pink typewriter with green paint dripping down the paper. Test reads - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops. An hour of art appreciation and writing time with Anika Carpenter. Next session: Monday December 15th 11 am or 98 pm GMT www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Nov 29

New A5 notebook anyone? Limited edition of 10. #collage www.collage-studio.com/collages/p/a...

Image of an orange notebook. On the cover is a collage of two surreal figures.

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Nov 19

November’s Art & Flash Digestif, 300 Dolls and 1 Doll’s House is here - mailchi.mp/8f08e3ae8f2c... #Ekphrastic #writingworkshop #contemporaryart #writingprompts

An image of one of the doll sculptures made by artist Greer Lankton.

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Nov 6

In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation. 🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter #ekphrastic #writingworkshop

Photo of a yellow type writer on a pink. Art & Flash is typed on the paper, the paper is dripping with bright blue paint.

Text - Monthly ekphrastic writing workshops. A hour of art appreciation and writing time with Anika Carpenter NEXT SESSION Monday, November 17th 11 am or 8 pm BST www.anikacarpenter.com

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Oct 17

At the heart of this month's Art & Flash - dreams, sex and rebellion! Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation in the company of one of surrealism’s lesser-known artists. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel· Oct 9

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924 'Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age.’ - George Orwell, 1946 #BannedBooksWeek