WRITE ABOUT TREES: Urban Tree Festival showcase of new writing

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Event details

2023-05-21 15:30
15:30 UTC
FREE

The WRITE ABOUT TREES showcase event introduces the shortlisted authors of the Urban Tree Festival writing competition, and includes readings of their poetry and prose.

Run by walk · listen · create and Sampson Low Publishers the Urban Tree Festival writing competition attracted over 160 entires. The competition required writers to compose poems or prose of 250 words and under, inspired by the theme of “Secrets of the Trees”.

The shortlisted pieces are published in Canopy an illustrated chapbook anthology, sale proceeds of which go to support future Urban Tree Festivals. Copies of the book can be purchased here.

The winners and runners-up in each of the poetry and prose categories will be announced at the event.

Our compere for the event will be Dave Borthwick

Dave Borthwick is a tramper of fields and stander in the rain who lives in Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. He teaches environmental humanities at the University of Glasgow’s School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

The Festival writing competition shortlisted authors are: Galia Admoni, Julian Bishop, John Bowen, Adam Elms, Em Gray, Lizzie Gwinnell, Andrew Halsall Smith, Rayna Haralambieva, Cheryl Markosky, Arthur Sparrow, Penny Walker, and Kyra Williams. 

Supported by

The Urban Tree Festival is a volunteer-led festival begun in 2018 and runs annually in May. It is funded through the generosity of festival-goers, and has received support from CPRE London, the Mayor of London, Trees for Cities and The Woodland Trust.
Galia Admoni

Galia Admoni

Galia Admoni is a writer, musician, crafter and Head of English, media and film at a school in London. She has poems in Bad Lilies, Anthropocene, Atrium, Dear Reader, Streetcake, Cape, The Storms, Crow of Minerva, Zero Readers, The North, Acropolis, Vanity...

Julian Bishop

Julian Bishop

Julian Bishop’s first collection of eco poems called We Saw It All Happen was published earlier this year by Fly On The Wall Press.  twitter: @julianbpoet

john bowen

john bowen

John Bowen is a retired social worker from South London, He has written poetry for many years and more recently has had several published.

Adam Elms

Adam Elms

Visually impaired creative living in Bristol navigating his mid-thirties with wild abandon (and poetry). Lover of hiking, wild swimming, the arts, choral singing, cake, wine, sarcasm, Sandi Toksvig, and good knitwear. Buys too many books.

Em Gray

Em Gray

I'm a dyspraxic poet and artist from Brighton, UK. I won second-place in the Mslexia Poetry Competition 2022 and have been shortlisted for the Creative Future Writers' Award. Flickr: FoxVillas, Twitter: @Em_words

Lizzie Gwinnell

Lizzie Gwinnell

Lizzie lives in the magical, mystical county of Wiltshire in the United Kingdom. From her bedroom window she has a magnificent view of a weeping willow, an oak tree and a white willow. Lizzie works from home but often escapes the office to go walking in...

Andrew Halsall Smith

Andrew Halsall Smith

Andrew Halsall Smith lives outside Durham. He often writes poetry and short fiction whilst walking his dog, Bonnie, around its leafy suburbs and country paths.

Cheryl Markosky

Cheryl Markosky

Writer in residence 2022/23

Cheryl Markosky wanted to be a lighthouse keeper, but it was tricky in the Rockies. So, she became a TV producer and journalist. Canadian-born, she now splits her time between England and the Caribbean. Cheryl’s work can be found in EllipsisZine, New Fla...

Arthur Sparrow

Arthur Sparrow

In my dotage but still walking and game for a laugh

Penny Walker

Penny Walker

Penny started writing creatively in lockdown, as a way of drafting a better world inside her own head. Most of her work is set in this alternate reality. She is also, very slowly, in bits, walking the coast of England and Wales. In true life, she helps peo...

Kyra Williams

Kyra Williams

Kyra Williams is an actress and playwright who recently qualified as a forest school leader. Trees and storytelling are two subjects close to her heart.

David Borthwick

David Borthwick

Dave Borthwick is a tramper of fields and stander in the rain who lives in Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. He teaches environmental humanities at the University of Glasgow’s School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

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