Here it is! Our final episode of this season. We're slowing down & reflecting on the year we've had whilst also speeding forward into 2024 with some great news. And we have 10 new pieces of writing to share with you that all relate to our episode's theme! Many thanks to everyone who made it in today Artists with timestamps: Andy Aspen (1.43) Lateral G (Soundscape by Boris Donkson) (6.40) You can hear more of Lateral G at www.lateralg.co.uk and Boris Donkson at https://themightydonkson.bandcamp.com/ Tasha (9.42) Donald Holmes (10.48) Gareth Barsby (13.53) Aiden Dobson (16.00) Florence Elliot (20.02) Beattie Mason (25.55). Scrumping the Petri Dish: Hollie Trundle (28.09) Harry Wilding (31.20) A huge thank you to all our writers featured this series- and to you for joining us on this journey. Many thanks to Arts Council England for supporting the project & we look forward to seeing you all again next year.

This episode is a bit of a special one - featuring new work exclusively from young aspiring writers around the world. We've got eight original poems and stories to share with you this time around - submissions from China, South Korea, Scotland & even nearby Huddersfield(!). We've also got a special guest Louis Jaffa (@louis_jaffa) in the studio with us, as he helps us explore the challenges young people face when working in the arts One thing we wanted to add: This episode was recorded prior to the attack that took place in Israel on 7th October. Since then we've been heartbroken as we've followed the suffering taking place in Israel & Gaza. Our hearts go out to all who've suffered in that conflict to date- both Palestinian and Israeli and to anyone living afraid/isolated here in the UK as the war progresses. We're acutely aware of the increase in antisemitism, intolerance & violent rhetoric in the UK over the past fortnight and we hope desperately for a peaceful solution to the current conflict. With such terrible news coming in all of the time this episode has reminded us how valuable stories and poetry can be - how fortunate we are to get to listen to each other and how important it is to remember the things we have in common. Thanks so much to these young people for submitting work. If you'd like to submit work for our final episode 'How Fast Do You Want To Go?' please send audio or text files of your writing to Words@WriteClubOpenMic.com Timestamps of submissions in this episode: Suah: 8.22 Haerim: 12.58 Ji: 17.26 Shingil: 12.40 Curtis Lowe: 22.58 Cara Slavin: 30.10 Jocelyn: 34.48 Eva Woods: 39.07

This episode is all about taking up space and features lots of new work (& some occasional chat) from the following writers: Sammy Nour (you can find Sammy's collection here) Dave Wood Joe Williams Joy Rice Carol Carman Lateral G Laura Walker Antony Brough Joshua Batterley Louis Jaffa (The beat is the instrumental to Lupe Fiasco's Kick, Push & can be found here) Melissa Neil Brian F Kirkham Emma Hillerby Lorna Meehan (Lorna's Soundcloud & 'Rebel Heroines' can be found here) Beth Hartley (you can find out more about Beth's collection 'What If Stars' here) Our final online Write Club workshop will take place on & you can get them from Eventbrite, here). Thanks so much for listening!