Tentacles Creative Writing Masterclass: Tara Singh

Tara Singh is leading a creative writing masterclass at Nottingham Central Library on Saturday 7 November, starting at 11:00. The session is run by Tentacles, a writers' collective run by and for disabled and chronically ill people, and it's designed for anyone who considers themselves d/Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent and/or chronically ill. It runs as a hybrid, so you can join in person at the library or online.

Singh is a Nairobi-born, Punjabi, queer, disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent poet and facilitator. They left medical school in their fourth year of training because of illness and spent more than a decade housebound before turning to poetry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their work looks at the Indian diasporic experience, queerness, gender identity, intergenerational trauma, mental health, disability and belonging. Their debut pamphlet, Fr⚘gm∞nts⊗ (Five Leaves Publications, 2025), was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize, and they co-founded Shaded Writers, a writing collective for QTIBPOC.

The session asks writers to find and name their 'multitudes' — the different fragments that make up the whole. It's a workshop rather than a lecture, so you'll be writing alongside others rather than just listening. If you're not in the city that day, the online option means you can still take part from home.

It's free to attend, though it's donation-based, with suggested guides of £0-£6, £7-£15, or £16-£35. The library is at 1 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FH, and the session kicks off at 11:00 on Saturday 7 November.