Poet. I love moss, mudlarking and broken things. Proud to be Northern, non-binary and neurodivergent. https://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mrhxswdi622nTOMORROW MORNING! Our first Wild Writing Sunday session, taking place on none other than World’s Most Wuthering Heights day, will appropriately focus on the moors and mountains of Wuthering Heights. There’s still time for you to join us. Book your place here: https://thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing-sunday-sessions25 Jul 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhxswdi622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mr6exkoy2k2nFINAL CALL for tomorrow morning’s workshop, where we’ll explore how peatlands offer us a new way of looking at writing and living. Expect carnivorous plants, generative writing prompts, and a whole lot of fun. I could not be more excited. Book your place here: bogwisequeerlandscapes.eventbrite.co.uk21 Jul 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6exkoy2k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mr6dqpgngc2kCatch me this summer. For the full menu of every reading and every generative workshop I’m leading between now and the end of September, click here: https://shawandmoore.substack.com/p/on-the-road-summer-workshops or scan the QR code on the picture of Kim and me, en route to Moniack Mhor.21 Jul 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6dqpgngc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mr3shnhenk2tOur first Wild Writing Sundays online session is THIS SUNDAY — which also happens to be World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day. Come and explore Cathy and Heathcliff’s moors and mountains with us, and let them inspire your writing. Book your place here: https://thewritingschool.co.uk/wild-writing-sunday-sessions20 Jul 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3shnhenk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mr3ppvooh22oMY NEW BOOK — I SAW WHAT I KNOW — WILL BE OUT IN JUNE 2027 WITH @bloodaxebooks! (I am shouting in capitals because I am excited). Preorder your copy here: https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/i-saw-what-i-know-142420 Jul 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3ppvooh22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqw7xfxjgs2w‘Writing gives me community, friendship, a place to belong. I hope it gives you the same.’ My latest Substack, on poetry friendships, neurodivergence, and niche obsessions. Featuring Kim Moore’s Waffles the Hamster, and exciting upcoming events! Read here: https://shawandmoore.substack.com/p/a-sense-of-belonging18 Jul 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqw7xfxjgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqracxejqk2aIt's a fascinating and brilliant shortlist for the Forward Prizes -congratulations to all! Massive congratulations also to all the poets who made it onto the longlist. Biggest congratulations of all to everyone who wrote poetry this year, and did it with their whole heart.16 Jul 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqracxejqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqqyfplhdc2f"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.uk16 Jul 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqyfplhdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqp4uuabyc2mFINAL 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: https://blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/wuthering-wuthering-wuthering-heights15 Jul 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp4uuabyc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqmrltov222iAnna 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.com14 Jul 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmrltov222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqmegzswe22pMy latest b(l)og Substack. I’m second from the right, looking surprisingly buxom. Don’t let it distract you from the fact that Dr Claire O’Callaghan will be talking about moors and the Brontës this Wednesday night at Reading Bogwise. Read the article here: https://blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/wuthering-wuthering-wuthering-heights14 Jul 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmegzswe22phttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqhjr2qpuk2vJoin us for our next Writing Bogwise session, ‘Queer Landscapes’, coming up on Wednesday 22nd July, 10am. In this writing workshop, we’ll explore the bog as a place that defies binaries, inviting us to imagine different ways of belonging. Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bogwise-queer-landscapes-tickets-1993689378600?aff=oddtdtcreator12 Jul 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhjr2qpuk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqh7wq2cik2rA reminder of our next Reading Bogwise session, this Wednesday (the 15th), 7pm, with our guest reader Dr Claire O’Callaghan. For Brontë, moor and bog fans everywhere. Read our latest b(l)og article here (it includes info on how to book your place): https://blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/on-the-wily-windy-moors12 Jul 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqh7wq2cik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mq5ki5x4xk25FREE 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.08 Jul 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5ki5x4xk25https://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mpwikrarxk2tOur 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! https://blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/on-the-wild-and-windy-moors05 Jul 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwikrarxk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mpqnfk4lhs2lBOG 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 £405.03 Jul 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqnfk4lhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mpnyji6cmc2hThe latest Substack by Anna Chilvers and me, on Wuthering Heights, relationships, moorland ecology, and the fight to save the moors. Includes news of our next Reading Bogwise guest, Brontë expert Claire O’Callaghan. Read the post here, for free. https://blogsandbogs.substack.com/p/on-the-wily-windy-moors02 Jul 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnyji6cmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mpbtmeyaak25Join 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.27 Jun 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbtmeyaak25https://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mp4ff2q2ok2dIn 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-25 Jun 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4ff2q2ok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mozyatuaoc25FINAL CALL! Tonight, 7, online. Cool off with us at Reading Bogwise, where Polly Atkin will read from her new collection. £5 per ticket (free for B(l)og Substack subscribers) and recording available if you miss it due to melting or combusting! Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-dream-an-evening-with-polly-atkin-tickets-199055758331624 Jun 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozyatuaoc25https://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mozpqtpslk2fRead my Substack article ‘Neurodivergent in Nature’ — featuring writing exercises for you to try out, and a link to where you can book your place on the final exciting sessions of Wild Writing June 2026. https://shawandmoore.substack.com/p/neurodivergent-in-nature24 Jun 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozpqtpslk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mozouhk5wk2dMy 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!): https://shawandmoore.substack.com/p/emergency-dream24 Jun 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozouhk5wk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3moxqatggmc2wI 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-23 Jun 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxqatggmc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3moxlzfbzf22qCool 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: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-dream-an-evening-with-polly-atkin-tickets-1990557583316 or scan the QR code on the picture.23 Jun 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxlzfbzf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3moszhviees2hTomorrow’s Wild Writing June session, with me, where we’ll explore ‘Restoration’ through our writing. Feel free to come as a one-off…but we’re now offering all NINE remaining generative nature writing workshops at a bumper price of £41.50. View all details, here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing- https://thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-21 Jun 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3moszhviees2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mopvvwykpk2zCurlews 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-20 Jun 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopvvwykpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3moponlfns22vNine online Wild Writing Workshops, £41.50, starting this Monday. thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-20 Jun 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3moponlfns22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/clareshawpoet.bsky.social/post/3mopoaw3sn22vAn 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.20 Jun 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:md5roo34ec4squqv2baojqtp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopoaw3sn22v