Among the many literary figures she conversed with was Sir Walter Scott, who later published her poetry posthumously. Her circle included writers such as Thomas Day, Francis Noel Clarke Mundy, Sir Brooke Boothby and Willie Newton (the Peak Minstrel). She came to be seen as heading a coterie of regional poets, influenced by writers such as Thomas Whalley, William Hayley, Robert Southey, Helen Maria Williams, Hannah More and the Ladies of Llangollen. She was also involved in the Lunar Society in nearby Birmingham, which would sometimes meet at their home. Both Darwin and Day belonged to it. Seward corresponded with other members such as Josiah Wedgwood and Richard Lovell Edgeworth.