"Queer Landscapes" - on 22nd July, Anna Chilvers and I will explore how bogs, moors and other peatlands suggest new possibilities for living and writing. I'm SO excited about this workshop! bogwisequeerlandscapes.eventbrite.co.uk

FINAL CALL FOR TONIGHT! A session on Tonight’s Reading Bogwise session is £5 (so sorry for previous errors saying it was £10, this was a mistake) or free to subscribers of b(l)og. For fans of moors, the Brontës, and Wuthering Heights. Book your place here: blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/wuthering-...

Anna Chilvers & I are running a retreat within minutes of the North Yorks Moors. Time to write, workshops, readings, a boggy outing, 11 acres of private grounds & a secret path to the sea! Full board & single rooms from £405. For info, contact annaruthchilvers@gmail.com or shaw_clare@hotmail.com

FREE IN-PERSON WRITING WORKSHOP! THURSDAY 9th 2pm, Trawden Community Centre Really looking forward to leading this friendly 2-hour writing workshop, where we’ll use creative writing to explore the significance of moors, and create our own stories and poems celebrating the moors around Trawden.

Our next Reading Bogwise session will be with Dr Claire O’Callaghan, on all things bogs, moors, and the Brontës. Click the link to read our latest b(l)og article, which includes details of how to book your place. Paying b(l)og subscribers can come for free! blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/on-the-wil...

BOG TIME! Anna Chilvers and I are running a 3-day writing retreat at Cober Hill. Expect workshops, readings, time to write on your own and with others, a visit to an extraordinary bog, and 11 acres of private grounds with a secret path to the sea! Full board and single occupancy starts at £405.

Join me tomorrow morning, for an hour of writing on urban wilderness…how the natural world’s beauty resilient pushes up through the cracks in walls, pavements, in derelict buildings. Just like us! Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the picture.

In tomorrow’s Go Wild on Fridays session with me, we’ll be writing about BATS!🦇 Day tickets available for £10, as well as tickets for the rest of the course for £41.50 (5 workshops for £8.30 each!). Join us tomorrow for our final Go Wild session of 2026. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

My latest Substack, on Polly Atkin’s brilliant new collection Emergency Dream (Seren), which she’ll be reading from, tonight, at 7pm, at Reading Bogwise. Read the article here (it includes details on how to book your place at Reading Bogwise tonight!): shawandmoore.substack.com/p/emergency-...

I can’t WAIT for tomorrow’s Wild Writing June workshop on ‘Queer Nature’, with me. I’m planning it all out now, and I don’t think I’ve been this excited about leading a workshop for a very long time. 9–10AM TOMORROW. Day/full course tickets available. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

Cool off with us tomorrow night, at Reading Bogwise session, with Polly Atkin, who will be reading from her outstanding new collection Emergency Dream, newly published by Seren. It’s set to be a beautiful evening. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-... or scan the QR code on the picture.

Curlews are one of our most endangered birds - critically endangered in the UK, close to extinction in Ireland. We wrote this group poem today in Wild Writing. All are welcome at our daily online workshops through June: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

Nine online Wild Writing Workshops, £41.50, starting this Monday. thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

An accumulation of shards. Collecting with mosaic-making in mind gives me a different appreciation of these broken pieces: the shattered glaze is a landscape all of its own. Feathers, deltas, wings in flight.

Join me for tomorrow’s Wild Writing session, on the curlew, bird of the wild coast and sweeping moor. Day tickets available, as well as tickets for the remainder of the course. Book your place here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the picture.

FINAL CALL! It’s “The World of Moss” — we’re all just living in it! Join Anna Chilvers and me tomorrow at 10am for our next Writing Bogwise session. Expect fascinating facts, generative writing prompts, and all-around moss wonder. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990041216...

Week 3 of Wild Writing June 2026 commences tomorrow! Here’s what we’ve got planned. From bears to bogs, there’s something for every nature lover. Join us from 9–10AM, EVERY DAY IN JUNE. Day, week, month tickets available. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the pic.

We’ve got a hare-raising Wild Writing session planned for tomorrow! Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’re going wild on Saturday rather than Friday this week and we’d love it if you joined us. Day, week, month tickets available, here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the pic.

Join me for tomorrow’s Wild Writing session, when we’ll explore the relationship between biodiversity and neurodiversity, and why they need each other. It’s set to be a fun, fascinating session for writers of all neurotypes. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the pic.

Wild Writing Day 7: Miriam prompted us with “Write about closely observing, ‘zooming in’, paying ‘radical attention’ to something however ordinary” so I had a look at recent photos on my phone.

Ready for Week 2 of Wild Writing June? We are. Here’s the exciting stuff we’ve got planned. Week tickets available — join us for seven great sessions of generative prompts to get you scribbling and celebrating nature. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the picture.

Day 6 of Wild Writing. Here’s my response to yesterday’s session on creepy crawlies. There’s still time for you to join us. Day and week tickets available, with heaps of exciting sessions coming up. Let’s get you writing. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- or scan the QR code on the pic.

One of the sparrow chicks who lives in my bathroom vent. I used to have a ventilation fan, but I switched it off when the sparrows indicated they would like to live there. Now the fan is full of twigs and my bathroom is full of the sound of baby sparrows.

My spiny friend invites you to tomorrow’s Wild Writing session, ‘Consider the Hedgehog’, where we’ll write about these very important creatures. Day tickets available; week tickets are available too if you’d like to join us for 7 great writing workshops. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

Did you know we’re offering day tickets for Wild Writing? Tomorrow, I'll host “We are All Lichen Now”. We’ll use poetry and creative non-fiction to examine this fascinating, overlooked life form. Click this link for more details — and to join us! thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

Wild Writing with Clare Shaw and Miriam Darlington: a different wild topic every day in June. Book now, here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

Join us for the next Writing Bogwise session, ‘Deep Peat: The Bog as a Living Archive’. Peatlands aren’t only a vital ecosystem — they hold our histories. Scan the QR code to book your place on this fun, generative workshop. Can’t make it? No problem. A recording will be shared for ticket holders.

6 days left to book your place for our next Writing Bogwise session, ‘The Bog as a Living Archive’. Let’s time travel. Scan the QR code to book your place — or follow the link. Why not unveil more ghost voices? Sign up for the series and come to the rest of the Writing Bogwise workshops…

9 days to go until the next Writing Bogwise, ‘Deep Peat: The Bog as a Living Archive’. You can absolutely attend this workshop as a one-off…but why not join us for the rest of the series? We’ve only just begun! Scan the QR code, or follow the link, for more. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-peat-...

Something to celebrate. Both Green.