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Wordsmithery:
Celebrating 10 years  of making community
literary projects in Medway 

FESTIVALS!

We have created and curated new literary festivals for local organisations and Councils. 

We are the Festival Directors for Medway River Lit and the Rainham Poetry Festival.  

(Main photo of Cosey Fanni Tutti at Medway River Lit 2023 by Nikki Price Photography)

EVENTS!

We have produced many community literary events and projects, such as: An Assemblance of Judicious Heretics lit-art exhibition series, our Dickens themed poetry walk, The Empty Chair and writer development programme, Confluence: Plant; Grow; Nurture.

BOOKS!

We have an amazing back catalogue of poetry collections and anthologies that we have published. 

We also curate The Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize.  

NEWS:
Wordsmithery launches Bumblebee charity anthology

You can buy A Commonwealth of Wings here

We have put together a poetry collection in aid of UK bumblebees. Over the past century, our bumblebee populations have crashed. Two species have become nationally extinct, and several others have declined dramatically.

 

Not only are bumblebees fun, furry, little creatures that have been muses for as long as people have been creating art; but bees are essential to crop pollination; ‘of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.’ (Achim Steiner, Executive Director UN Environment Programme)
 

Bumblebees play a huge role in pollination in the UK.  There are currently 24 species of bumblebee resident in Britain, with eight of those being the most common (the ‘Big Eight’ which illustrate the collection, the cover image is of the Buff-tailed bumblebee - bombus terrestris).

Our anthology has poems inspired by bumblebees and other pollinators by poets: Patience Agbabi, Sean Alayo, Rachel Bower, Jane Burn, Mark Connors, Zack Davies, Sarah L Dixon, Barry Fentiman Hall, Sam Hall, Maggie Harris, Sarah Hehir, Pauline Holmes, Philip Kane, Knuckles, Bill Lewis, Maria C McCarthy, John McCullough, Rosemary McLeish, Jennifer A McGowan, Jessica Mookherjee, Bridget Nolan, Sue Proffitt, Sarah Tait, Jonathan Terranova.

 

Proceeds from the anthology will go to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust.  

The book is pocket-sized, and costs £8 including UK postage. It makes a gorgeous Christmas gift. 

For multiple copies or international orders, please drop us an email. 

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