Poet and picture book writer 📚 Author of All Appears Ordinary. MA poetry at UEA. Bi, plant-based, climate concerned AD(H)D-er trying to find the right words
Joined November 2020
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Launch day tomorrow for this incredible anthology of fiction & poetry inspired by the families, gardens & histories of @Wentworth_House @otsfestival
We can’t wait! Sold out but books are available soon! 🤗📚hivesouthyorkshire.com/camel…
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Join us @Wentworth_House Sat 26 Oct for @otsfestival launch of this stunning anthology of writing inspired by South Yorkshire’s most renowned aristocratic dynasty Ft. @IMcMillan @HelenMort & many Hive writers inc @BethRSD @lukeworthy11 @FreyaBantiff✍️📚🎤♥️hivesouthyorkshire.com/camel…
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We love seeing the winning National Poetry Competition poems going on to be published. Congratulations on the pamphlet Freya Bantiff - which contains the wonderful ‘God the Whale’ a 2022 comp winner. poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/g…
!! My first poetry book is here! I was so excited for these to arrive the other day. Copies can be bought from @poetrybusiness or via Amazon. I don't have the space to thank everyone who needs thanking here but I am extremely grateful to everyone who has helped along the way 🥰
!! My first poetry book is here! I was so excited for these to arrive the other day. Copies can be bought from @poetrybusiness or via Amazon. I don't have the space to thank everyone who needs thanking here but I am extremely grateful to everyone who has helped along the way 🥰
Freya Bantiff retweeted
Rory Waterman & Hive New Poets Prize Winners @otsfestival Sun 20 Oct😍The Hive network has nurtured many fine young poets including 8 winners of the International New Poets Prize @poetrybusiness for writers aged 17-24 Join us for a very special reading✍️♥️ hivesouthyorkshire.com/rory-…
I have some #poems in The North! These are two of them, which are also a sneak peak at my pamphlet 'All Appears Ordinary' before it comes out later this year :) Brilliant to see them in print.
Delighted to see this poem of mine find its place in the world with @black_nore - check it out if you get chance!
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Join @InuaEllams @FreyaBantiff and Fathima Zahra. Amp up your words! Book here crowdcast.io/c/bridportprize…. See you there. #Poetry #Writing #Creativewriting
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Announcing the next Bi+ Lines gig - in York! We'll celebrate the world's first bi+ poetry anthology at @PortalBookshop on 17 Feb with award-winning Yorkshire-born contributors @FreyaBantiff and Ruth Yates, plus YOU at our bi+ open mic. Tickets start at £0: bit.ly/bi-lines-york
ALT BI+ LINES LAUNCH @ THE PORTAL BOOKSHOP A poetry reading & open mic exploring bi+ poetics & in-betweenness ft. Freya Bantiff, Ruth Yates & hosted by Helen Bowell YORK 17 FEBRUARY PAYF
The audio book version of Northern Dreaming is up on Spotify now, with stories and poems for children age 0-18!
open.spotify.com/episode/5rQ…
I had the most exciting post! My commission 'Leila's Blanket' in Northern Dreaming - an anthology by 18 writers, created by @leeds2023 and @britishlibrary for children born in Leeds in 2023. Copies are available for free from Leeds Libraries/Children's Centres across the city.
Slightly fuzzy photos to celebrate being involved with @ilkleylitfest this year 😍 Have absolutely loved getting chance to share my work, run a workshop and drop into all the wonderful events! Hope to return sometime (I still need to explore the moors properly!)
Freya Bantiff retweeted
Less than two weeks left to enter the #NationalPoetryCompetition!
Deadline: 31st October
Judges: Jane Draycott, Will Harris and Clare Pollard
First Prize: £5,000
Enter here: bit.ly/2023-NPC
I am so excited about this!! The book looks so beautiful and I absolutely love the idea of an anthology designed to stay with a child as they grow up. @LEEDS_2023 @britishlibrary
As part of @LEEDS_2023 in partnership with the @britishlibrary Hive early career writers – Luke Worthy, Freya Bantiff & Safia Khan were commissioned to write new works for Northern Dreaming: a collection of poetry & stories for children from 0 to 12 yrs >> hivesouthyorkshire.com/north…
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Do you want the chance to hear the commissions they wrote as part of their residency? Come on down to our event celebrating our ILF Apprentice Poets in Residence past and present this Saturday!
ALT Chris Singleton and Freya Bantiff at ILF 23
Guess who has been addicted to reading this Gorgeous book ever since it arrived? And I'm so happy that a poem of mine has found a home here! Huge thanks to @Bi_Poets @helen_bowell @fourteenpoems for creating this!
Really looking forward to this!
📢WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY📢
Take part in a workshop with fellow poets, led by Apprentice Poet in Residence Freya Bantiff, and explore the connection between the wild outdoors and and our wild selves.
📅 Sat 21 Oct, Online Zoom Workshop
Find out more 🔗 tinyurl.com/ILF23-WritingThe…
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ALT Freya Bantiff: Writing the Wild Sat 21 Oct, 2pm Online Zoom Workshop, £18/12 Book Now ilkleylitfest.org.uk 01943 816714 50th Anniversary Logo