James McDermott 🌈

On holiday in Montpellier and I was thrilled to spot my @NineArchesPress poetry collection Wild Life in Le Bookshop, the English language bookshop!

Amazing cover

Excited to run this 5 week Intro To Playwriting online course for @theatre503 this October More info and booking link below

🖋 James McDermott (Jab) leads Introduction to Playwriting. 🔗 buff.ly/TUjr4M5

📣 WRITERS! Want to completely transform your skills before the end of the year? Well, we've got a treat for you! 😉 Theatre503 Writers' Programme returns for an Autumn season! 🍂 Dive into our lineup of courses that are now live on our website. 🚀 🔗 buff.ly/wFHBMoU

Loved Target Doctor Who Book Club today, organised by @gossjam Highlights: Rob Shearman read from his forthcoming Chimes of Midnight novel! Future Target Aliens of London was announced! I got to meet @DrMatthewSweet & chat about soaps, insomnia & writing Gorgeous geeky day

Joyful night @gallycab Sadie Miller played her Mum Lis Sladen in a School Reunion spoof Carole Ann Ford was in the royal box A Leeds stamp won the cos-play competition In short, a typical Gallifrey Cabaret... #gallifreycabaret #gallycab

Cannot! Wait!

Proof that you lived is that you kept notebooks. —Fanny Howe

Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in July 2025. Best of luck & pls share! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…

Such a lovely time teaching a day of poetry workshops on the coast at The Grove for @CromerArtspace Ta to the 11 writers who thought, wrote and shared so much: it was a joy spending the day with you & good luck with your writing x

Met Belinda Chandra and as you can tell from my face, I was very happy about it Now after 2 thrilling but tiring days at comic con, 'GET ME HOME DOCTOR'! #LFCC #DoctorWho

Just listened to Jodie's return as 13 in her first audio story for @bigfinish & it was a blast. Fun scary romp full of twists, laughs, heart, character development and pitch perfect performances. Roll on September for Episode 2 ❤️❤️

The Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz are back in action! 🌈🎧 Join Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill for #DoctorWho: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures on audio, from @bigfinish. Order now ➡️ bbc.in/4lwRghT

NEW ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOP ON SALE TODAY! Following April's grief writing workshop that I delivered for @arvonfoundation, I'm delivering another online in November If you came to the last one, this workshop will feature all new exercises and poems arvon.org/writing-course…

A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project, exploring place, location and environment, in collaboration with Poets for the Planet mklitfest.org/digginginthedi… @BetaRish @YorksWildlife #rishiadastidar #calebparkin #jessmookherjee #clareshaw @NineArchesPress @BloodaxeBooks

So proud and thrilled to see one of my former @uealdc scriptwriting students Daisy Miles has been shortlisted for the @bruntwoodprize! A huge achievement. Congratulations and good luck Daisy

Loved the Doctor Who Writers Panel @bigfinish Day. So many tips & tricks for writing audio drama. Thanks all for your insights ❤️❤️

Our curated #poetry book bundles include trios of titles exploring Queer Perspectives alongside our Pride Collection, highlighted for #PrideMonth Discover books by @jamesliammcd @IanHumphWriter @DeanAtta & more ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Book-Bu…

I’m running a series of one day workshops in August for actors. Come join ! Details in link runatitshouting.co.uk/events/