Black Mountains College

Posted on 28th June 2023 by Tom Bullough

There are still a couple of tickets left for this year’s Climate, Writing and the Living World course at Black Mountains College, led by me and the great Jay Griffiths (with Pascale Petit back as guest reader, she is that magnificent). It runs from Thursday 20th July to Monday 24th July, in partnership with Literature Wales and the Arvon Foundation. Last year was really an extraordinary experience. It’s fed my writing ever since – with its ideas, and its sense of community and so much rekindled purpose…

Anyone who writes do consider joining us. And please share! Thanks a lot, TBx

Writing, Climate, and the Living World

Aberystwyth

Posted on 9th May 2023 by Tom Bullough

If you’re anywhere close to Aberystwyth, come along on Friday (12th). I’ll be talking all matters Sarn Helen in Waterstones from 7pm. It would be great to see you there…

Talks and stuff

Posted on 1st April 2023 by Tom Bullough

I’ve been slack about this sort of thing lately. (Sorry, anyone concerned.)

Tomorrow, April 2nd, 10:30, I’ll be talking with Julie Brominicks at Amdani Festival, Machynlleth.

On Thursday, April 6th, 6:30pm, I’ll be talking with James Roberts at Stanfords Bookshop, Bristol.

That’s this next week anyway. Come along!

Letters with Ben Rawlence

Posted on 21st March 2023 by Tom Bullough

Am really happy to share this exchange of letters with Ben Rawlence, author of The Treeline and founder of Black Mountains College, on the Granta website. I got a lot out of the conversation – not least my focus on starling murmurations, which now seem to turn up in everything I say… Murmurations mean collaboration and it’s an honour to have such collaborators as Ben and, of course, Jay Griffiths. In fact, the three of us spent Saturday evening hunched over the table (where I’m typing now) dreaming up yet more plans.

Murmurations etc

Posted on 27th February 2023 by Tom Bullough

The Open Book episode is here, if you’d like a listen.

Open Book

Posted on 22nd February 2023 by Tom Bullough

This is on Sunday if you fancy a listen. As you can see, I’d been listening to something about Stevie Smith when I took this screenshot. I’ve had a run of literary listening lately. I particularly recommend Crafting with Ursula. Ursula K Le Guin is one of the two writers I’ve been rereading in the past year or two who has left me wondering where I’ve been. The other is Tove Jansson.