I cut up and customised our old mosquito net so it could be velcro-ed to the inside of the van doors and asked T to take a picture of me with it like I was a man holding a fish. #crafting

Having Chronic Fatigue and prepping for a camping holiday feels so pointless. I'm gonna burn myself out before I even get there 😭 #chronicillness #longcovid

Creasing at "just whisper hideaway in their ear that usually works." Helena has the best dry humour #loveisland

Come along to the UK’s first ever AI and Poetry Symposium www.lyrafest.com#e127080 Lyra’s project ‘Page Against the Machine: AI and Poetry’, funded by Brigstow Institute, has been pairing public poets and technologists together to explore the ethical and creative dilemmas of our time.

🌟20 Years of Spoken Word at Bath Spa🌟 Bath Spa University was the first university in the UK to run a specialist class in spoken word poetry and 2025 sees its 20th anniversary. Featuring Shagufta Iqbal, Danny Carlo Pandolfi, Josie Alford Poet and Rebecca Tantony. Tickets: www.lyrafest.com#e126671

Just one week til we kick off this workshop series! Book now: www.eventbrite.com/cc/words-bod...

Well... That was the tensest results I've seen in a while #eurovision

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

One of the finest poets and writers today, Jackie Kay is joining us for not one but TWO POETRY EVENTS! 1. Tomorrow Night at Waterstones Bristol Jackie will be reading from her most recent collection, May Day, with support readings from Abby Oliveira and Ola Majekodunmi. www.lyrafest.com#e124501

TONIGHT - The South West Showdown at @thewardrobetheatre.bsky.social Bristol V Weston V Clevedon V Exeter www.lyrafest.com#e125602

🌟Lyra Fest at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social, a thread 🌟

Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival returns to @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social this weekend 🥳 Happy St George's Day Lyrafest.com for tickets #poetry #bristol #spokenword #LyraFestival2025 #Lyra #WeirdAndWild

Bristol & nearby folk! This Sunday at @lyrafest.com in Watershed, 12.30 - join me & Harry Josephine Giles for some Eco-Weirding. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/wat...

🚨NEW POD SAVE THE UK OUT NOW🚨 It’s time to ditch these fiscal rules! @mrnishkumar.bsky.social & @zoegrunewald.bsky.social on the new Pod Save the UK. Listen here: http://go.crooked.com/PodSaveTheUK #PodSaveTheUK

💐Looking for a last minute Mothers' Day Gift?🎁 Buy her a Lyra 2025 Festival Pass: hdfst.uk/e124705 Also check out our Free Family & Poems on Motherhood Events on Saturday 3rd May. www.lyrafest.com #Lyra #LyraFestival2025 #bristol #southwest #Poetry #WeirdAndWild

One for my poetry pals who can't make it to Bristol in person

Please remember to keep diaries, use ink & paper, they will not believe the 2020's unless we unite in poems, letters, written testimony corroborating it was what it was & we saw what we saw. The past won't believe we repeat it. The future won’t believe we endured. The present hardly believes us now.

Join us for a TRIPLE ONLINE LAUNCH featuring James McDermott @tomsastry.bsky.social & Laurie Bolger celebrating their fantastic new #poetry books. We'd love your company: Tuesday 15th April, 7.30pm BST Pay What You Can Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

Here's the deal: You celebrate World Poetry Day by buying a book from your fave poet who just got out of hospital. (Me) I give you 20% off if you order by midnight and I'll throw in a tea bag to enjoy with my words. josiealford.myshopify.com/products/fau... Deal? #worldpoetryday #poetry

Listen if I had to type up this 30+ events thread, then y'all should read it.

God, yes. Thank you Lora Mathis.

Get your last minute tickets for tonight's workshop hdfst.uk/e121497 (As always, tickets are just a fiver) Please share 🙏

🌟Romantics, Mystics & Revolutionaries🌟 A storytelling stageshow on Bristol’s radical past, by Pete The Temp & the Vibe Mechanics Date: Sunday 4th May Venue: @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social Tickets: www.lyrafest.com#e124636

Spring is finally here 🙏 I feel hope blooming in all that rebirth. In Thursday's Writing Workshop, we'll explore the potential and excitement that the change in the season brings. Book your spot: josiealford.com/events/ #poetry #spring #writingcommunity

Today is a really bad fatigue day. Send memes ✌️ #longcovid #chronicfatigue

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is back & more full of wonder than ever. Celebrating wellies, postcodes, funerals & fertility journeys, his combination of playfulness, vulnerability and irrepressible hope has reached millions online & now he is back for more. #poetry www.lyrafest.com#e124289

Ilya Kaminsky is reading at the Watershed, #Bristol on 27th April! I'm so excited, I think I'm going to cry. Other excellent poets and poetry readings are available ... but ILYA! www.lyrafest.com#e124631

An exclusive Bristol reading from international guest poet @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social , author of Deaf Republic (@graywolfpress.bsky.social, 2019), Dancing in Odessa (@tupelopress.bsky.social, 2004), and co-editor and co-translator of many other books. Tickets: www.lyrafest.com#e124631 #poetry

This time tomorrow is my #poetry editing and feedback session and there are just 2 spots left! hdfst.uk/e121501 join me, won't you?

This is Miles. He is staying with us while his human brother gets better. He already rules this house ❤️🐾 #dogsofbluesky

Thanks for the recommendation @windychickenpoet.bsky.social ❤️ #poetry

Last chance to book your spot for tonight's love themed online writing workshop hdfst.uk/e121496 #poetry #valentines

Any future crochet projects come with help (and some hair) from Miles the Dog #dogs

Today I'm looking after my pals dog and he is a very good boy.

Fatigue days are made for @dimension20.bsky.social and crochet #chronicfatigue

Yesterday I cooked dinner and tidied my room and that was overdoing it and now I can't lift my arms. #longcovid #chronicfatigue

Let's write about the people you love ❤ #poetry As always, my goal is to keep it affordable, tickets are £5 (or more if you can afford/are feeling generous) most workshops like this cost £10+. Book your spot hdfst.uk/e121496

👀NEW VIDEO👀 youtu.be/QT6oqDjvAIE This sonnet is inspired by Norfolk Sprung Thee by Sir Thomas Wyatt and is about Boris the Campus Cat at St Matts

This is going to be such a cool event! Love the @iamloudpro.bsky.social team and this slam line up has some heavy hitters. If you're going to @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social, this is a must see!

We are so excited for our first ever Birmingham Slam Heat on February 13th at @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social! We have 12 amazing poets competing for £200 and the chance to qualify for our £3,000 Grand Slam Final in August! Tickets: www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...

Trying to fix my Shopify connection with Google so I can sell my books under my YouTube videos and it is slowly driving me insane. Has anyone else had this issue?

i will DIE ON THIS HILL #handembroidery #audiobooks

❤Writing Workshop of Luuuurrrve - Thurs 13 Feb, 7-9pm❤ At my next Writing Workshop we're focusing on writing about love: friends, family, romantic, whoever you want to celebrate this valentines day. I've planned some yummy prompts to get you writing. hdfst.uk/e121496 #poetry

I had to drop out of our DnD campaign a couple months ago because the chronic fatigue from long covid made weekly 4+ hour sessions unmanageable for me. Todays the climax and my character is making a one off return to save the day 💪 #dnd #longcovid

It's ok to use chatbots for everyday monotony like writing your wedding vows because this frees you up to use your creative energy for what truly matters: making powerpoints for work meetings

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

Visiting my baby niece is great and the dopamine is dopamining... But the dancing fruit and bouncer combo makes me want to live in a secluded cave.

I don't want to over excite you... But I am finally working on my next video about editing my decade old poems from uni Check out the first in the series here: youtu.be/FF_paCNgEGY #poetry #sonnets

Thought Y'all on Blue Sky might like to know I run two monthly #poetry workshops: a writing workshop and an editing and feedback session. Tickets are £5 to keep it affordable, I'd love e to see you there. josiealford.com/events/ P.s. please share and help me spread the word ❤️

I would also love to connect with fellow #fantasy and #sci-fi readers. Gimme your #bookrecommendations I love cozy fantasy, big space stuff like the expanse and anything by @nkjemisin.bsky.social. Tell me your recs and let's connect on @thestorygraph.com app.thestorygraph.com/profile/josi...