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This Monday novelist Kit de Waal will be talking to our colleague Dan Taylor about working class writers and the class ceiling, part of our series, Borders in Literature, with @mklitfest.bsky.social
16 Mar, 7pm, Zoom. Tickets (free): bit.ly/mklfdewaal #classceiling #workingclasswriters #literature

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'My award-winning book was ignored by 60 agents' Margaret McDonald has won the the prestigious book prize for her debut novel Glasgow Boys.

Margaret McDonald says being raised working-class in Glasgow meant she was often self-deprecating and doubtful of her writing abilities.
More than 60 agents ignored her book before she finally secured representation.
#TheSentientOnes #workingclasswriters

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Magazine to boost working class writing launched in Newcastle The Bee aims to give working class writers a platform to publish their work and discuss literature.

"Much of the important writing being done today and so many of the best-loved stories come from ordinary working people"
#newwritingnorth #thebee #workingclasswriters

BBC News - Magazine to boost working class writing launched in Newcastle - BBC News
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Do I still count as a working class writer? Navigating identity, privilege, and the publishing world's latest attempt to fix its class problem.

Do I Still Count as Working Class?

I grew up on council pop and fish fingers.

What happens when identity becomes the gatekeeper?

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#WritingCommunity #WorkingClassWriters #TheBee #UKPublishing #SubstackWriters

Calling all #workingclasswriters - do enter this from nature writing prize via @natashacarthew.bsky.social & @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social It can be tough to break into publishing - this could just help. Good luck.

Some great weekend reading here.

Swap out one horrifying news story about fascism for this piece and feel infintely better about the world.

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This looks like a great opportunity for working class writers from @indienovella.bsky.social 👀

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Calling all working class writers. Indie Novella need essays for their new collection: Bread Alone: what happens when we run out of working class writers?

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And we run the Sid Chaplin Award for emerging working-class writers. More on our website about how to apply (deadline 20 March)

#AWritingChance #WorkingClassWriters #NewWritingNorthSupportedWriters #NorthernWritersAwards

Pic: Writers on A Writing Chance programme, photo by Dan Haworth-Salter

Such a great project - deadline is 24 December. The working class collective is kickstarting a great creative project. Check it out here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/loc...
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A storm without, and a storm within. What a truly remarkable book this is: ‘Neither bush nor shrub, to bear off any weather at all and another storm abrewing’. #workingclasswriters

I think you’re spot-on. The earth we grow from shapes every thorn, tendril and flower we form. If we’re fortunate & get a sunny spot, we might forget where our roots are, but we shouldn’t. Thanks for this (& for indulging the flowery metaphor!) #workingclasswriters