Speak Up! On writing, failing better, and taking up space

We are Clare Shaw and Kim Moore - poets, essayists and friends. We share essays and articles about writing and other things which interest us, along with new poetry, writing tips and exercises, live readings and workshops.

Substack from Dialect Writers, a development network offering learning and publication opportunities to writers in rural and edgeland places

Sharing seasonal updates on our work as a migrant-led design agency.

Occasional micro-essays on poetry/writing, contemporary rural experience and belonging, ancestry, place and practices of care, repair and solidarity across human and other-than-human worlds. Poetry & Creative Non-Fiction. Chaotic Good.

Exploring our place in the world with Tim Cresswell