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Absolutely chuffed to bits to win this year’s VS Pritchett Prize for my story ‘Blessing in Burslem.’ Read the full story here

In July 2024, Lisa collaborated with Borderlines at The New Vic theatre, and was commissioned to create a performance piece as part of an exploratory grant from Keele University Institute of Social Inclusion (KiSI). Working closely with the coalfield communities, especially girls and women including the North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group, ‘The Miner Birds’

Sign up now to join me and Wales Book Award winner Alys Conran at the beautiful Ty Newydd on the Llyn Peninsula for a masterclass on ‘Teaching Writing’. Are you a writer looking to lead creative writing workshops for the first time? Are you a teacher looking to introduce creative writing to the classroom? Are

Here are my recommended reads for The Big Book Review as available on the wonderful Bookshop.org Lisa Blower Recommends (bookshop.org)  

If you missed the FacebookLive launch for Pondweed with New Writing South on Wednesday July 8th, then why not give it watch by clicking on the link here? Lisa reads from the novel and is in conversation with fellow novelist Sharon Duggal: https://www.facebook.com/newwritingsouth/videos/2549155145348160