Anika Carpenter

Join me this time next week for an hour of writing and art appreciation. Find our more here - www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

Bamboo Silk by Rosaleen Lynch | Issue #40 Pillow talk turns to silk; real or faux. In winter’s lowlight, smoke rises from the bedside ashtray, as the hotel window keeps the lunchtime city at bay.

"She tells him, real silk shimmers, warms in the hand. A shadow of cloud darkens the room’s margins, where earlier they’d cast-off their clothes."

Bamboo Silk by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social deftly weaves in place, uses white space so well, doesn't waste a word.

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A pink typewriter on a surface covered with paint. Green paint drips down thw paper on which is written - Art & Flash Ekphrastic writing workshop Monday, March 16th 11am or 8pm GMT

In Art & Flash this month we’ll be writing in response to work by an artist described as a rebel, a playful genius, a pioneer, a cultural icon.
Come and write characters as huge as her canvases, as wild as her brushstrokes. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop

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Lovely to hang out 🥰

A Stage for the Nation | Campaign for the Arts The UK Government is reviewing the purposes and funding of the BBC. It's vital that they consider the arts and culture, and the unique role that the BBC plays

The UK Government is reviewing the purposes and funding of the BBC. Curtesy of @campaignforthearts.org here is a link to the BBC Charter Review - Public Consultation form where you can share your views.
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Yes!!! 🎉

We've recruited three lovely new readers but we'd like three or four more, particularly if you consider yourself underrepresented in the literary world. Not essential though. We just want good readers. Get in touch at info@thin-skin.com

Congratulations, Beth! Brilliant news. 🎉

Read it in one sitting. 💙

Adore the hands on hips shirts in the background. The present talking to the past. #collage

Tania’s workshops are brilliantly inspiring. Scared or not, she'll help you conjure up some wonderful stuff.

SEAN THOMAS DOUGHERTY: The Woman Wants To Know About The Weather Creative Non-Fiction By Sean Thomas Dougherty The Woman Wants To Know About The Weather If it snows her father won’t visit. They will spend Thanksgiving apart. Don’t start teary eyeing. It’s n…

‘If her father doesn’t visit, the woman will run out of cigarettes. If she runs out of cigarettes this will go bad.’

The Woman Wants To Know About The Weather Creative Non-Fiction By Sean Thomas Dougherty #flashfiction

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Submissions for the ‘Ritual’ themed edition of our é-zine are open until 28th Feb.

Check out the past editions on our website for inspiration: www.epoquepress.com/past-editions

We look forward to another tough selection process.

#epoquepressezine #litmag #stories #poetry #art

Many Nice Donkeys | Poetry Contest Many Nice Donkeys is hosting it's very first poetry contest. Please review the guidelines carefully before sending in your submission.

The lovely folk at Many Nice Donkeys are running a #poetry comp.

www.manynicedonkeys.com/poetry-contest

Sound advice 🦌

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The February Art & Flash Digestif is here. This month the focus is bodies: the assumptions made about certain bodies, the restrictions placed on some bodies, the portrayal of bodies, and how we experience our bodies.

#exphastic #creativewriting #contemporaryart

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Thrift Store Perfume by Alice M See here, o ye wistful, see here! The sweat of God, bottled. Collected from His pits. A drop grants salvation. Smell here, o ye damned! Open thy nostrils, thou wretch, smell the funk of divinity! Anim...

'See here, o ye wistful, see here! The sweat of God, bottled. Collected from His pits.'

Thrift Store Perfume by Alice M #FlashFiction

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‘For the two philosophers, love did not barge through the barn door of animal passion — it entered slowly, quietly, through the sun porch of shared ideals and mutual respect.’

As ever, so much to love and be inspired by in The Marginalian.

Was a proper treat talking cheese and art with you. 😊

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

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...

The Creatives Grant let's make art less middle class

£500 given out to a working class writer every month.

Details in link.

Please share :)

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

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...

Maybe young Leonard Cohen with cute rabbits 🙏

Got a story for National Flash Fiction Day?

The theme is BRIDGES.

Hopefully 🥹

Super stonking! If, unlike me, you can go do!

Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for underrepresented writers is officially open! ✍️⁠

It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟

The theme this year is 'Material'.

⁠Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026

#WritingCommunity

'For the background I used that wallpaper we stashed in the garage. Remember? Beige, with the egg-yolk coloured teddy-bears?'

I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage by @sagreene1.bsky.social #flashfiction

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

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