Writing East Midlands

Our book & poetry publishing masterclass is THIS SATURDAY! 🚨

Publishers speaking: Troubador, Global Words Press, Comma Press, Bad Betty Press, Bearded Badger and author Charlie Novak. ✍️📖

This is your LAST CHANCE to buy tickets. Get yours here: ➡️ https://bit.ly/ARTPWEM

Our book publishing panels come to Nottingham next week! 📢

Here are some of the books published by the publishers (and author) who will be sharing their advice with you all. 📖✍️

Find out more and book your tickets here: bit.ly/ARTPWEM

LGBTQIAP+ book recs from East Mids authors! 🌈📖

🔖 Self-Portrait as a Banana, Hongwei Bao (poetry)
🔖 Fat Man Found, Ben Macpherson (poetry)
🔖 Tart, Becki Jayne Crossley (YA romance)
🔖 The Final Child, Fran Dorricott (thriller)
🔖 Licked, Charlie Novak (romance)
🔖 Q***r Nottingham, CJ DeBarra (nonfiction)

More to come this Pride Month 2026. 🏳️‍🌈

Our FREE writer development programme is OPEN for applications. 📝 Here are some FAQ's and our answers to them. ✍️

Full info & application window on the website here: bit.ly/WEMMENTOR

Or send us an email: [email protected] 📧

We're celebrating q***r writers of the East Mids this Pride Month 2026. 🌈✍️

Dr Hongwei Bao is the academic, poet and author of both nonfiction books and poetry collections such as Q***r Literature in the Sinosphere and Self-Portrait as a Banana. 🍌 His works often explore q***r, diasporic, East Asian identity.

You can find his books at local bookshops such as Five Leaves and The Pride Shop in Nottingham. 📚️