Katie Ward

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 March 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Illustrated Books. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The centre image is the Gemini Books logo of 2 twin elephants on a pale blue background.

Brightly coloured book cover: Lullaby Legends ABC of Bad Bunny, English and Spanish edition. The rapper Bad Bunny looks iconic in shades, gold jewellery, and black top. Published by Gemini Books.

Brightly coloured book cover: The Pocket guide to Gucci. The handbag looks very expensive. Published by Gemini Books.

Book cover: George Orwell's 1984 The Graphic Novel by Matyas Namai. Winston Smith is reading in the foreground. Big Brother is a menacing watermark in the background.

This time next week

📚 Meet the Editor at #WolseyWriters
✏️ SAT 7 MAR at 10:30am-12pm
🎨 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS

Our theme is Illustrated Books with special guest speaker Gemma Cooper from @geminibooks.bsky.social

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 March 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Illustrated Books. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The centre image is the Gemini Books logo of 2 twin elephants on a pale blue background.

Brightly coloured book cover: Lullaby Legends ABC of Bad Bunny, English and Spanish edition. The rapper Bad Bunny looks iconic in shades, gold jewellery, and black top. Published by Gemini Books.

Brightly coloured book cover: The Pocket guide to Gucci. The handbag looks very expensive. Published by Gemini Books.

Book cover: George Orwell's 1984 The Graphic Novel by Matyas Namai. Winston Smith is reading in the foreground. Big Brother is a menacing watermark in the background.

This time next week

📚 Meet the Editor at #WolseyWriters
✏️ SAT 7 MAR at 10:30am-12pm
🎨 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS

Our theme is Illustrated Books with special guest speaker Gemma Cooper from @geminibooks.bsky.social

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

The Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards is now open! Our joint programme with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social supports underrepresented, #non-fiction writers engaging with themes of #health and being #human.

Deadline: Weds 8 April 2026, 5pm

Apply: www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/project/well...

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 March 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Illustrated Books. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The centre image is the Gemini Books logo of 2 twin elephants on a pale blue background.

Brightly coloured book cover: David Bowie as a graphic novel, by Brian Freschi and Simone Pace. Bowie wears a pink tie and purple trench coat, and there are planets in the background. Published by Gemini Books.

Brightly coloured book cover: The Pocket Bubble Tea. The bubble tea is green with black blobs in the bottom, served in a clear plastic cup and straw. Published by Gemini Books.

Brightly coloured book cover: Can You Tickle A Tiger? A touch and feel book for very young readers, by Bobbie Brooks (the nom de plume of guest speaker Gemma Cooper) and Carrie Hennon. The tiger is very cute and cuddly. Published by Gemini Books.

📚 Meet the Editor at #WolseyWriters
✏️ SAT 7 MAR at 10:30am-12pm
🎨 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

#writingcommunity please join us for a workshop about Illustrated Books w/ Gemma Cooper from
@geminibooks.bsky.social

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

📚 Homework: Come up with an idea for an illustrated book, either for children or for adults. It could be your own original children’s story, nonfiction for children or adults, a pocket guide, biography or graphic novel.

Check the @geminibooks.bsky.social lists for inspiration

www.geminibooks.com

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 March 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Illustrated Books. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The centre image is the Gemini Books logo of 2 twin elephants on a pale blue background.

Brightly coloured book cover: David Bowie as a graphic novel, by Brian Freschi and Simone Pace. Bowie wears a pink tie and purple trench coat, and there are planets in the background. Published by Gemini Books.

Brightly coloured book cover: The Pocket Bubble Tea. The bubble tea is green with black blobs in the bottom, served in a clear plastic cup and straw. Published by Gemini Books.

Brightly coloured book cover: Can You Tickle A Tiger? A touch and feel book for very young readers, by Bobbie Brooks (the nom de plume of guest speaker Gemma Cooper) and Carrie Hennon. The tiger is very cute and cuddly. Published by Gemini Books.

📚 Meet the Editor at #WolseyWriters
✏️ SAT 7 MAR at 10:30am-12pm
🎨 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

#writingcommunity please join us for a workshop about Illustrated Books w/ Gemma Cooper from
@geminibooks.bsky.social

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

As ever, had a fab time at #WolseyWriters earlier, this time talking #RomeoAndJuliet
Thanks to all who came 🎭
If you want more on the play, I can recommend:
#InOurTime www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio R&J www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

If you were planning to come along tomorrow and haven't booked a ticket, it looks like you might be too late.
However, Katie always runs a great session, so you might like to get in quick for next month instead: www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...
#WolseyWriters #WritingCommunity #Ipswich

It was such a FULL group today, and I'm so happy because it was BRILLIANT. Thank You so much Andrea for fab workshop. And perhaps see you again at Wolsey Writers next year maybe...? 😉

Dr Andrea Smith mid-way through her talk at Wolsey Writers. She speaks on the mic without notes and gestures dramatically. She wears a blue dress and cardigan, and has her phone ready to play audio clips of Romeo & Juliet.

Two paperback books on a table: Shakespeare on the Radio, a Century of BBC Plays by Andrea Smith; and Romeo & Juliet.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers. The writers are listening to Andrea Smith.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, on a damp, grey day. The room is decorated with fairy lights. The writers are busy writing on notebooks.

THANK YOU @audioandrea.bsky.social for a sensational #WolseyWriters today. Andrea led us through the most iconic scenes in Romeo & Juliet and read from her brilliant new book #Shakespeare On The Radio. Thank You #NewWolsey @dougrintoul.bsky.social for hosting us too. Happy Valentine's Day 💘 #ipswich

If you're coming along, you might like to listen to this in advance: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
But no prior knowledge of #RomeoAndJuliet required. You don't even need to like #Shakespeare 🎭
See you Saturday!
#WolseyWriters #Ipswich #Suffolk
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 February, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Romeo & Juliet. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is a painting of Romeo and Juliet having a passionate kiss as Romeo descends from the balcony. By Frank Dicksee, 1884.

Book cover: Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays by Andrea Smith. The cover is purple and in a comic-book style, of skull wearing headphones, being held aloft in one hand.

Photo of Dr Andrea Smith, an academic at University of Suffolk, and author of Shakespeare on the Radio. She is wearing glasses and a navy blue dress, smiling into the camera. The background in brand-yellow.

#WolseyWriters is this time next week!

🥀 Creative Writing theme ROMEO & JULIET w/ @audioandrea.bsky.social author of Shakespeare on the Radio
💔 SAT 7 FEB, 10:30am-12pm
🗡️ New Wolsey #Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse... #writingcommunity

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 February, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Romeo & Juliet. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is a painting of Romeo and Juliet having a passionate kiss as Romeo descends from the balcony. By Frank Dicksee, 1884.

Book cover: Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays by Andrea Smith. The cover is purple and in a comic-book style, of skull wearing headphones, being held aloft in one hand.

Photo of Dr Andrea Smith, an academic at University of Suffolk, and author of Shakespeare on the Radio. She is wearing glasses and a navy blue dress, smiling into the camera. The background in brand-yellow.

#WolseyWriters is this time next week!

🥀 Creative Writing theme ROMEO & JULIET w/ @audioandrea.bsky.social author of Shakespeare on the Radio
💔 SAT 7 FEB, 10:30am-12pm
🗡️ New Wolsey #Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse... #writingcommunity

Apropos of nothing, you should read some Hilary Mantel.

Poster in Ipswich Town FC blue: 'Ipswich City of Culture, we're backing the bid'. The asset has been adapted with a Wolsey Writers logo (a black cat on a turquoise background), and a photo that has been sticky taped on of a Wolsey Writers workshop in progress.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, busy writing in notebooks. This was taken November 2025.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, busy writing in notebooks and reading printed handouts. Taken January 2026.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, busy writing in the winter sun. Taken December 2025.

Exciting times for Ipswich! SO much creativity is here, on the page and in performance.
#WolseyWriters is in our 11th year at New Wolsey Theatre.
Meet. Write. Share.
And #BacktheBid
Ipswich 100% deserves to be #cityofculture2029

More info: www.ipswich2029.com
#teamipswich2029. #cityofculture2029 💙

Poster in Ipswich Town FC blue: 'Ipswich City of Culture, we're backing the bid'. The asset has been adapted with a Wolsey Writers logo (a black cat on a turquoise background), and a photo that has been sticky taped on of a Wolsey Writers workshop in progress.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, busy writing in notebooks. This was taken November 2025.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, busy writing in notebooks and reading printed handouts. Taken January 2026.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, busy writing in the winter sun. Taken December 2025.

Exciting times for Ipswich! SO much creativity is here, on the page and in performance.
#WolseyWriters is in our 11th year at New Wolsey Theatre.
Meet. Write. Share.
And #BacktheBid
Ipswich 100% deserves to be #cityofculture2029

More info: www.ipswich2029.com
#teamipswich2029. #cityofculture2029 💙

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 February, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Romeo & Juliet. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is a painting of Romeo and Juliet having a passionate kiss as Romeo descends from the balcony. By Frank Dicksee, 1884.

Book cover: Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays by Andrea Smith. The cover is purple and in a comic-book style, of skull wearing headphones, being held aloft in one hand.

Join us for an audio dive into ROMEO & JULIET w/ Shakespeare on the Radio author @audioandrea.bsky.social

🥀 #WolseyWriters Creative Writing Workshop
💔 SAT 7 FEB, 10:30am-12pm
🗡️ New Wolsey #Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse... #writingcommunity

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 7 February, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme Romeo & Juliet. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is a painting of Romeo and Juliet having a passionate kiss as Romeo descends from the balcony. By Frank Dicksee, 1884.

Book cover: Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays by Andrea Smith. The cover is purple and in a comic-book style, of skull wearing headphones, being held aloft in one hand.

Join us for an audio dive into ROMEO & JULIET w/ Shakespeare on the Radio author @audioandrea.bsky.social

🥀 #WolseyWriters Creative Writing Workshop
💔 SAT 7 FEB, 10:30am-12pm
🗡️ New Wolsey #Ipswich #Suffolk IP1 2AS

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse... #writingcommunity

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, with crisp winter sunlight streaming in. The room is decorated with paper snowflakes and fairy lights. The writers are deep in conversation.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, with crisp winter sunlight streaming in. The room is decorated with paper snowflakes and fairy lights. The writers are busy writing on notebooks.

Book cover: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf. Penguin edition, embossed with a picture of a window with decorative curtains.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, with crisp winter sunlight streaming in. The room is decorated with paper snowflakes and fairy lights. The writers are deep in conversation.

Our first 2026 #WolseyWriters was fabulously busy. Thank You to all the amazing writers who braved the cold to join our theme A Room of One’s Own. You worked incredibly hard. And Thank You to #NewWolsey @dougrintoul.bsky.social for the warm welcome. A sprinkle of snow added a touch of magic #ipswich

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, with crisp winter sunlight streaming in. The room is decorated with paper snowflakes and fairy lights. The writers are deep in conversation.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, with crisp winter sunlight streaming in. The room is decorated with paper snowflakes and fairy lights. The writers are busy writing on notebooks.

Book cover: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf. Penguin edition, embossed with a picture of a window with decorative curtains.

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing community at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. A full upstairs lounge bar filled with writers, with crisp winter sunlight streaming in. The room is decorated with paper snowflakes and fairy lights. The writers are deep in conversation.

Our first 2026 #WolseyWriters was fabulously busy. Thank You to all the amazing writers who braved the cold to join our theme A Room of One’s Own. You worked incredibly hard. And Thank You to #NewWolsey @dougrintoul.bsky.social for the warm welcome. A sprinkle of snow added a touch of magic #ipswich

A stark, high-contrast black-and-white photograph captures a cluster of industrial and modern buildings under a clear sky. In the foreground, a low brick warehouse sits behind a metal fence. Behind it, a weathered, multi-story concrete factory with numerous grimy windows shows signs of decay. To the left, a tall, windowed structure bears the faint text "R & W PAUL LTD." To the right, a taller, contemporary building with sleek paneling and air conditioning units provides a sharp architectural contrast. A single white seagull flies centrally in the sky, adding a sense of movement to the still, urban landscape.

Vignettes of Ipswich

The gift that keeps on giving. The "crappy" end of the Waterfront.

#photography

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 3rd January, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme: A Room of One's Own. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is an expressionist painting by Matisse of a simple room with a chair, table, pot plant, radiator and open window.

A sepia photo of Virginia Woolf from NPG collection. She wears a dark jacket and pussy-bow blouse. She has short cropped hear, is looking over her shoulder and raising her hand mid-sentence.

Expressionist painting by Henri Matisse called 'Flowers In Front of a Window' 1922. There is a dish of grapes on the table and a view of the sea horizon outside.

This time next week!

🪑 #WolseyWriters theme A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN.
🕰️ SAT 3 JAN at 10:30am-12pm
📓 New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich #suffolk IP1 2AS

How can we make the spaces where we write more conducive to creativity?

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#writingcommunity

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 3rd January, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme: A Room of One's Own. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is an expressionist painting by Matisse of a simple room with a chair, table, pot plant, radiator and open window.

A sepia photo of Virginia Woolf from NPG collection. She wears a dark jacket and pussy-bow blouse. She has short cropped hear, is looking over her shoulder and raising her hand mid-sentence.

Expressionist painting by Henri Matisse called 'Flowers In Front of a Window' 1922. There is a dish of grapes on the table and a view of the sea horizon outside.

This time next week!

🪑 #WolseyWriters theme A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN.
🕰️ SAT 3 JAN at 10:30am-12pm
📓 New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich #suffolk IP1 2AS

How can we make the spaces where we write more conducive to creativity?

Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#writingcommunity

BBHMM.

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 3rd January, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme: A Room of One's Own. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is an expressionist painting by Matisse of a simple room with a chair, table, pot plant, radiator and open window.

🪑 Our first #WolseyWriters theme of 2026 is A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN.
🕰️ SAT 3 JAN at 10:30am-12pm
📓 New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich #suffolk IP1 2AS

How can we make the spaces where we write more conducive to creativity?

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#writingcommunity

🪑 Homework: Read or listen to A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929).

Online gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/020...

Audio open.spotify.com/album/3Z6eGo...

🪑 Homework: Read or listen to A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929).

Online gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/020...

Audio open.spotify.com/album/3Z6eGo...

A collage style poster, it reads: ‘Wolsey Writers. Meet. Write. Share. Saturday 3rd January, 10:30am-12pm. Creative writing theme: A Room of One's Own. Pay what you feel. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk. The New Wolsey Theatre, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS.’ The background image is an expressionist painting by Matisse of a simple room with a chair, table, pot plant, radiator and open window.

🪑 Our first #WolseyWriters theme of 2026 is A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN.
🕰️ SAT 3 JAN at 10:30am-12pm
📓 New Wolsey Theatre #ipswich #suffolk IP1 2AS

How can we make the spaces where we write more conducive to creativity?

Pay what you feel £0-£25 ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

#writingcommunity

Wolsey Writers in progress, a creative writing group that meets in the upstairs bar at the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich. People busy writing in their various notebooks or on devices.

Mirror selfie in an arch window, with other pictures and fairy lights. Katie Ward, wearing a stripy jumper and holding the phone in front of my face.

A reader on the mic sharing ‘the end’ of a story, possibly of a longer WIP: a woman with a Christmas jumper.

A reader on the mic sharing ‘the end’ of a story, possibly of a longer WIP: a man wearing a blue jumper and blue trousers.

💜 THANK YOU so much to the amazing team at #NewWolsey Theatre @dougrintoul.bsky.social who gave us a wonderful welcoming space to meet all year inc box office, tech & cafe.

💜 And THANK YOU to every single writer who contributed ‘what you feel’ to keep our #writingcommunity sustainable. 2/2 #suffolk