Liminal Residency
@LiminalResident
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Alternative writers' retreat taking place in neglected and unusual spaces, from service stations to derelict theme parks to haunted houses. Arts Council funded.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2018
Orders for our Alton Towers Residency Book are no longer "Pre". It's in the post! Buy one now and you'll be reading it within a week. Every order comes with an invite to our official launch event in October. And a bunch of other bits and pieces... https://t.co/0ihc40B1t8
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"The sign is small and wordless, just a curved white silhouette of a person on a green background..." Take a walk down an abandoned road between the villages of Dinmael and Tŷ Nant in north Wales with @EdGarland9 in our latest blog post. https://t.co/Lw5qGXZ5i6
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PONYHENGE a collection of discarded carousel ponies & rocking horses sitting nightmarishly in a field 14 miles west of Boston. Over the years, the collection has grown & will frequently rearrange into circles & rows. How did the first pony appear? No one knows #WyrdWednesday
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"Underlying this mapping of ideas is the idea that was central to the whole SI project, the idea of play, of having fun..." A real pleasure to share this beautiful piece on walking and the history of psychogeography by @trathnonadorcha. https://t.co/7QbOxkQqTZ
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This looks fantastic...
Submissions are still open for our upcoming 'cities' issue. Why not have a go at submitting a poem or short story? https://t.co/3ZL6DPBq7U Here's a prompt to get you started:
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Absolutely heart-jumpingly thrilled that Unsettled Ground is on the @WomensPrize shortlist.
We are over the moon to reveal the 2021 #WomensPrize shortlist 🙌 Enormous congratulations to our shortlisted authors! To discover these six sensational books, head to our website: https://t.co/nUvlzjB5ui
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Anyone can get a copy here: https://t.co/XGzD7kPGZ7 - thanks for the kind words David.
Loved the examination of an overlooked place in this little chapbook by @faithlehanne and @KrishanCoupland as part of @LiminalResident . Published by and available from @Neon_Lit_Mag .
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It's been a fantastic time for us in following Liminal Residency alum careers - these three recently released books have completely blow us away: Among These Animals by @Jonzeywriter, sikfan glaschu by @SeanWaiKeung and Unsettled Ground by @ClaireFuller2
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AAAAAAAA MY @VervePoetryPres COLLECTION IS OFFICIALLY OUT TODAY AAAAA THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PRE-ORDERED AAAAA SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS BUT STILL AAAAAA 🥳🍲🍸
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Thanks for the shout out Claire! We so enjoyed exploring abandoned outbuildings in Alton Towers with you! Folk can buy the chapbook here:
I wrote an article for @bookanista about my attraction to liminal places, and the inspiration behind Unsettled Ground. With a big nod to @LiminalResident
https://t.co/6PwVaYsT4m
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Have you ever noticed just how vertical #Edinburgh is? We sure have... https://t.co/KUqdlGisNc
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Around this time last year we sat down for a chat with The Royal Society for the Presevation of Boring Grid Squares. It was, to say the least, illuminating. https://t.co/qIUK1O7uGW
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"I remember seeing the stairs that went nowhere. Remember noting the depressions of skirting boards and of doors and of window frames..." This week on the blog: a haunting meditation on public art and returning to a place of trauma, by @e_o_n_g_. https://t.co/NLM8WliKKv
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What is it like to walk across an entire country in a continuous straight line? Somewhat tricky, we'd imagine. But a man named Tom has done it nonetheless. https://t.co/2JhyVPmtUN
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A few years ago #heathrowairport launched a campaign to collect and preserve the stories of ordinary travellers. Then it promptly forget them all. Apart from the celebrity ones. https://t.co/Eii97Nh7B1
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"But nobody is watching. The dogs are an empty threat. We are surrounded by ghosts..." Electronic watchdogs sound like something from a dystopian future... but they're very real and very present in our cities and urban spaces today. https://t.co/jsG3mLlEGQ
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"The Mancunian Way still had its phantom limb left-hand turn off to nowhere, where they’d used the wrong piece of Scalextric..." Another chance to read this fantastic, evocative story by @Liverpolsen. https://t.co/lki7WuPosU
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Ever been involved with a project that ran nine years behind schedule? If so, you might find some comfort in reading about the Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport near #Berlin. It'll open in October this year, apparently. Fingers crossed! https://t.co/xvkU5fHuaL
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Today (or any day, really) could be the perfect day for an incredibly long walk around the perimeter of #Heathrow airport. Here's a few things to look out for as you go. https://t.co/03sya0pBQn
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Do check out the just lauched @PlaceCentre - the Centre for Place Writing. Looks real interesting...
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"On windy nights the White Bridge groaned above them and in the dark it seemed as though someone was outside, on the town side, under the other end of the bridge..." On the blog today: a haunting short story about a bridge, courtesy of Holly Yuille. https://t.co/K6QbP1GFO3
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