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20 Feb 2025
Well that was a total surprise! But could not be more chuffed. Thank you.
@RSLiterature @ALCS_UK #vspritchett @English_Keele @stokeontrent100
And the winner is... @lisablowerwrite for her incredible short story "Blessing in Burslem"! Judges said "A piece of writing that offers the reader more and more each time you read it" Congrats Lisa! 👏 #ALCSAwards
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Lisa Blower retweeted
17 Aug 2025
Moving monologue dramatisation of @lisablowerwrite story, ‘Blessing in Burslem’ by @NVBorderlines and #KwanzaCollective. Thanks and congratulations to all, including the amazing artists who captured the performance, making the theme of the piece part of the dramatic fabric. Brilliant.
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Great to see that @lisablowerwrite's incredible short story 'Blessing in Burslem' will be adapted into a play at the @NewVicTheatre.
Lisa Blower won the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize at the ALCS Annual Awards for the story. Read our interview with her: alcs.co.uk/news/interview-wi…
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Lisa Blower retweeted
19 Jun 2025
Looking forward to this: I'll be writer-in-residence for a day at Trentham Library, as part of the celebrations to mark 100 years of the city. Please do come along if you're in the area! lisablower.co.uk/restoking-t… @lisablowerwrite @cwaleicester @MadeinStokeonT @stokeontrent100
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14 May 2025
Flash Annie. New story on @BBCRadio4 This Friday. Read by the fabulous #Amy Parker. 👇👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c3k…
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Lisa Blower retweeted
13 May 2025
Listen to @lisablowerwrite's new short story 'Flash Annie' on @BBCRadio4 this Friday!
A meeting at a supermarket cheese counter sparks memories of loss, and perhaps an answer to an old ghost story...
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c3k…
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6 Apr 2025
Miner Birds Celebration Day. 10.04.25. Keele in Town. Workshop. Archive discussion & Rose Hunter talking to @mikeinpride with Amy Parker performing last scene of the play. All free. Link below.
keele.ac.uk/society/keeleint…
@NewVicTheatre @NVBorderlines @keele
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3 Apr 2025
14 years of work. Publishing is not easy. I care about every word they've robbed.
#metabookthieves
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25 Mar 2025
Back in @SoTLibraries with 3 free writing workshops for 11-16yos with @foulkeswrites. Booking now open. Details below. Please spread the word. #100books100years
@stokeontrent100 @StokeCreates @English_Keele @ace_national @ace_midlands @NewVicTheatre
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18 Mar 2025
Love poetry? Live in Stoke-on-Trent? Fancy reading alongside the city's laureates? Then join us for The Poetry Busk 21.03.25 12-4pm
Newcastle.library@staffordshire.gov.uk for bookings
Thank you @ForeverKeele
@stokeontrent100 @StokeCreates @Sotlive @SoTLibraries @English_Keele
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13 Mar 2025
We're hosting a Poetry Busk for #worldpoetryday & would love you to read, perform or just enjoy with our fabulous hosts 👇👇 email Newcastle.library@staffordshire.gov.uk for a slot.
@KeeleUniversity @ace_national @SoTLibraries @stokeontrent100 @StokeCreates @NVBorderlines
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9 Mar 2025
If you didn't get to see The Miner Birds @NewVicTheatre last week, then head to Keele in Town to see this amazing 12image exhibition curated by Kevin Hayes that tells their story.
@English_Keele @KeeleInclusion @stokeontrent100 #minerswives
8 Mar 2025
📸 The Miner Birds: 40 Years of Activism #IWD
See The North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group through Kevin Hayes’ photography at Keele in Town, with excerpts from The Miner Birds by Dr Lisa Blower, showing at The New Vic on March 6.
More info ➡️ bit.ly/3F6qjSq
ALT Exhibition wall displays a series of framed black and white photographs, including one titled 'North Staffs Miners' Wives' by The North Staffordshire Miners' Wives Action Group.
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Lisa Blower retweeted
6 Mar 2025
📷 Stoke-on-Trent writer Dr Lisa Blower has revealed that she still loves to read Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory saying: "It's the ultimate child's paradise conjured up by a golden ticket imagination that made me want to create worlds of my own.” @WorldBookDayUK
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7 Mar 2025
A huge thank you to @NewVicTheatre for letting The Miner Birds fly onto the main stage to a full house. We had a ball & these 3 were flipping amazing 👇
Thank you to everyone who came to see us too 😘
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1 Mar 2025
Last week's ALCS Annual Awards was an incredible evening celebrating the very best of writing, creativity and education. Check out some of the highlights! 💫
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28 Feb 2025
Have you got your ticket yet? The Miner Birds @NewVicTheatre Thursday March 6th 👇👇👇
newvictheatre.org.uk/product…
@KeeleInclusion @English_Keele @stokeontrent100 #miningcommunity #locallit #miners #internationalwomensday
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Lisa Blower retweeted
25 Feb 2025
The Miner Birds by award-winning local writer @lisablowerwrite heads to the stage next week on Thu 6 March at 2.15 and 7.30. Inspired by the experiences of the North Staffs Miners' Wives Association Group, three actors breathe life into their story through song, poetry reading and storytelling.
To book and find out more: bit.ly/4bhIAZ9
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Congratulations @lisablowerwrite on winning the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize for her story 'Blessing in Burslem'
alcs.co.uk/news/lisa-blower-…
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Lisa Blower retweeted
20 Feb 2025
And the winner is… 🥁 🥁 🥁
Congratulations to Lisa Blower, winner of the 2025 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize!
Previously unpublished, ‘Blessing in Burslem’ will feature in the upcoming issue of the RSL Review, our annual magazine which will be released next month.
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