Saskia McCracken
@SaskiadeRM
Followers
1K
Following
3K
Media
137
Statuses
2K
Writer represented by @agentjenny Awful Creatures with @chiffchaff Zero Hours with @brokensleep Editor @osmosispress & Beastly Modernisms EUP PhD Woolf, Animals
Glasgow
Joined January 2017
Very excited that Awful Creatures, my nature writing debut about underappreciated animals and why we should care about them, will be published by @chiffchat in 2027! 🐸🐦⬛🪼🦟🦇
4
3
26
'There, amongst the mulch, is a clutch of eggs, far smaller and rounder than any bird’s. Miniature translucent moons. An omen.' In amongst the decay of autumn, @SaskiadeRM finds signs of new life https://t.co/ImhGWwchO2
0
1
1
Our lovely Creative Writing workshops with nature writer Saskia McCracken are underway at Clarkston Library! The weekly sessions, funded by #SEPA are stand alone, each exploring a different eco theme to spark ideas for putting pen to paper. @SaskiadeRM
https://t.co/4LKISmU8Bm
0
1
6
Looking forward to the launch of Joke Book by @TessaBerring on Feb 11th @Good_Press - join us!!
0
4
15
The latest @paperboatswrite zine, edited by @CharltonLeonie and @karenlloydwrite is out! And I have a little sea gooseberry inside... https://t.co/NCEHEOJAKa
0
1
6
Really enjoyed this collection of ecstatic prose poems about seaweed by @SaskiadeRM on @OsmosisPress, here photographed next to some framed specimens. Ace artwork by @brihughespoet too!
0
5
16
This creative writing & the body workshop is next week! Still a couple of spots left and you can register for free here!
Join us for a Creative Writing Workshop for #PhysiologyWeek at @UofGlasgow! Open to everyone 18+, no science background needed! 📅 19 Nov, 11am-1pm 👩🏫 Led by @SaskiadeRM Free but ticketed—sign up! 👉 https://t.co/llw9SbyhF4 Thanks @Physoc! #SciArt #CreativeWriting
0
1
4
Join us @GlasgowZineLib next year as an intern!
We're hiring a fundraising intern to help us secure additional funding! We're working with @sgsah to offer a funded internship. Applicants must be a 2nd/3rd year PhD student in the Arts & Humanities, registered at a Scottish HEI Find out more + apply: https://t.co/6sBwCn8Hso
0
0
1
After years of recommendations, finally made it to Leakey's second hand bookshop in Inverness!
0
0
4
Yay! New poems from @poisbem & @Gregchthomas!
0
2
5
Join us for a Creative Writing Workshop for #PhysiologyWeek at @UofGlasgow! Open to everyone 18+, no science background needed! 📅 19 Nov, 11am-1pm 👩🏫 Led by @SaskiadeRM Free but ticketed—sign up! 👉 https://t.co/llw9SbyhF4 Thanks @Physoc! #SciArt #CreativeWriting
eventbrite.com
A relaxed workshop for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of science and creativity.
0
6
6
Join me for a workshop on creative writing, physiology and the body, on 19th November @UofGWriting! 🦠🦵🧠👁️ https://t.co/YNgLIjb42K
eventbrite.co.uk
A relaxed workshop for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of science and creativity.
0
1
4
Thank you @tweetbytheriver for publishing my little flash nonfiction piece!
'I opened the front door and cold light spilled across the floor. I held it there, waiting. But she did not come.' For @SaskiadeRM, worlds collide — briefly — in the hallway of a Glasgow tenement flat https://t.co/BOALdDamTv
0
0
3
A new Oo print for sale. *riverever*, screenprint in turquoise on white, 42x29cm, run of 20. "[T]he waters of the rivers are those of the sky, and the waters of the sky are those of the river" (Ailton Krenak). £35 incl. postage anywhere. Buy at https://t.co/SwnHnZDZlv
0
7
18
Why not get my Edgehill prize listed collection Concrete Fields? Only 3 reasons per person please.
1
4
13
Congratulations to the winners of the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2024! 💛✨
0
4
14
One of the highlights of researching underappreciated animals is having people sending me plenty of material like this🦇🐸🐌
0
0
3