My first venture into Cultureword was inspired by a spontaneous open mic. Propelled into this creative world, I was in awe of the poetry performed by individuals from

Our poetry and heritage workshops at KYP Rochdale began with a vibrant, joyful first session, where participants explored poetry by Manchester South Asian writers. Led by...

Over the course of six powerful workshops with RAPAR, participants came together to explore writing and visual storytelling as part of the Hard Pressed project by Cultureword...

Our poetry and heritage workshops at KYP Rochdale began with a vibrant, joyful first session, where participants explored poetry by Manchester South Asian writers. Led by...

As part of Hard Pressed—a project celebrating Manchester’s rich legacy of radical independent publishing—the Citizen Poetry workshop series in early 2024 revisited the fierce, unfiltered voice of...

At Aquarius Centre we held the first of two creative writing sessions, chatting with residents about memories and portraits of Manchester. The memories shared were specific and vivid...

Cheers Ta Cheers Ta was set up by Mike Garry and its published works have a distinctly Mancunian live poetry feel.  Cheers Ta has published the following works:

I was born and they said “I bet she’ll like coffee”. The right chromosomes you see and I cared not a jot happy with my breast milk I

  Although the standard issue pens were thick, I never quit silenced the fear that the blacked-out passages could somehow be read (a keen eye, a bright window)

Independent Presses Presses and publications working on an even smaller scale.   Small Rocks This booklet was produced by Commonword in partnership with RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Participatory