I am delighted to announce some news… I am part of a shortlist of 5 artists working in Contemporary Book Art nominated for Women to Watch exhibition - see details here: www.ukfriendsofnmwa.org/2027-contemp... The 5 shortlisted artists will show their work at Christie’s on 10-12 February 2026

💚 heart co-editing intergraphia with @rachelartsmith.bsky.social. We'll be at Conway Hall in the heart of Bloomsbury for this year's amazing @smallpublishers.bsky.social on the 24 & 25 October. Come say hello!

For Day26 @sealeychallenge.bsky.social A hybrid work, a 'reading' of a #Sartre childhood memoir. A meta-work on reading/writing, the act of re-(creating) interior spaces of pleasure/memory in texts, reading, authorship @rachelartsmith.bsky.social Penteract Press (2022) @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social

Studio 46 / Salon #2: an excellent show of new work by Victoria Lucas, @rachelartsmith.bsky.social and @emmabolland.bsky.social, at Bloc Projects Meanwhile Space (1st floor), 2-4 Matilda Street (off The Moor), Sheffield S1 4PF. Friday 25, Saturday 26, Sunday 27 July, 12 noon–4pm. All welcome, free.

Reading performances from this afternoon at the ex-Wilko in Hillsborough, Sheffield. A pleasure to read alongside the brilliant @emmabolland.bsky.social, @longbarrowpress.bsky.social and Conor Rogers. Thanks to everyone who joined us. The 'Checked Out' exhibition continues until 18 July.

The aftermath of @rachelartsmith.bsky.social's reading/performance at the ex-Wilko in Hillsborough, Sheffield, earlier today. A pleasure to read alongside her, @emmabolland.bsky.social, and Conor Rogers. Thanks to everyone who joined us. The 'Checked Out' exhibition continues until 18 July.

I shall be reading different works at events on the next two Saturdays On 12 July, 2pm, an event as part of “Checked Out” - at the former Wilko in Hillsborough, Sheffield. On Sat 19 July 2-4 at Hive Cic in Bolton as part of Let’s talk about Text exhibition

This Saturday, 2pm. I'm reading alongside @thehalt.bsky.social @rachelartsmith.bsky.social and Conor Rodgers as part of the Checked Out exhibition events programme. #Sheffield #poetry #prose #performance.

Checked Out - at the former Wilko in Hillsborough, Sheffield - continues until 18 July (Wed–Sat, 12–6pm), and is well worth, er, checking out. Two additional readers now confirmed for this Saturday's event: @rachelartsmith.bsky.social, and me. Sat 12 July, 2pm, all welcome, free.

Chuffed to have two installations in the exhibition Checked Out, curated by Thomas Griffiths in #Sheffield. I'm reading a related script in progress as part of the events programme on the 12th. Free, all welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/checked-ou...

@joewmarsh.bsky.social is a poet and playwright based in the Derbyshire Dales. His work for the theatre has been produced at venues across London including Omnibus Theatre, Finborough Theatre, Theatre 503, Southwark Playhouse and Old Red Lion Theatre.

Jean-François Magre was born in Toulouse. They explore hybrid writings where words,images, original or sampled graphic elements combine. 'Impurity is the very sign of dynamic complexity, a process at work'.

James Knight @badbadpoet.bsky.social is an interdisciplinary poet, artist, performer & publisher based in the UK. His books include Void Voices (Hesterglock Press), Chimera (Penteract Press), & Rites & Passages (Salò Press). He runs Steel Incisors, a small press devoted to innovative visual poetry.

Hana Ormara is a visual artist and poet. Hana’s writing draws on her Baloch heritage. She asserts that 'In a world where humans are becoming dependent on technology and artificial intelligence, our survival and evolution relies on voicing the space between our hearts and minds: our imagination.’

Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese writes with/in English, Polish & Danish. She lives in Copenhagen & is ‘a creative ambassador’ for the Møn UNESCO Biosphere. Her site-specific verbal/visual texts use analogue processes: botanical inkmaking, cyanotype, pinhole photography, expressive handwriting, and book art.

We are delighted to be working with @clareobrien.bsky.social. Clare's work has been published by ELJ Editions, Hedgehog Poetry Press, and elsewhere. She is currently Poet In Residence at the National Trust for Scotland’s Inverewe Garden.

Anna Reckin has published two collections of poetry with Shearsman (Three Reds, 2011, and Line to Curve, 2018). Her current work is focused on plants & gardens. Her work has appeared in journals in the UK and internationally, including Long Poem Magazine, drain, Antennae and Chant de la Sirène.

Absolutely delighted to be included in the forthcoming exciting pamphlet series from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social, along with these wonderful creatives. More details soon - series 4 #poetry pamphlets out in the autumn! #WritingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚

Ryan Ormonde grew up near Hastings on the south coast of England. His poems have been published in Gutter, The Rialto and Fourteen Poems.

NaoKo TakaHashi is an interdisciplinary artist based in the UK. She has undertaken commissions and residencies in Quebec, Nottingham, Jerusalem, Sharjah, and elsewhere. Her contributions to publications have been published in London, Germany, and the USA.

Announcing our series 4 authors! Hana Ormara, James Knight @badbadpoet.bsky.social, Anna Reckon, Naoko TakaHashi, Joe Marsh @joewmarsh.bsky.social, Jean François Magre, Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social, Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese, and Ryan Ormonde.

Some brilliant photos by Therese Ni from Verse Verso artist books and visual poetry symposium at @warburginstitute.bsky.social on May 30. with Gill Partington Chris McCabe @rachelartsmith.bsky.social @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Gefn Press Robin Tomens Gustavo Grandal Montero Andrew Morrison.

Myself and @emmabolland.bsky.social are here with @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social are here in Leeds at Pages artists book fair! Come and say hi and buy our beautiful pamphlets from a whole host of wonderful artists and writers!

Productive day in the studio yesterday. Great to have room to scale up and to see the works in relation to each other to push things forward

Come see me & @rachelartsmith.bsky.social with @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social at PAGES Artists Book Fair, w/ books by Karenjit Sandhu, Sascha A. Akhtar, Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo, Akeem Balogun, @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social and more. You'll find us next to the mighty @longbarrowpress.bsky.social .

While you are at it, check out @emmabolland.bsky.social and @rachelartsmith.bsky.social most recent publishing project @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social Open for submissions now 🔥🔥🔥 intergraphia.cargo.site

Seven A4 graphite drawings Drawing in relation to stimming An ecology of traces Lines of flight Neuro-queering the line Hyperfocus while nudging them about in the studio Reading Tim Ingold ‘Lines’ and Antonia Pont ‘Philosophising Practice’ in Practising with Deleuze

Images / Visual content: Images or visual content should be greyscale. If selected these visual components should be available as separate files at 300dpi, should they not be of high enough resolution in your submitted manuscript.

Typeface / Font: For sections of, or whole manuscripts where the font is not part of a visual / concrete design, please use either Baskerville or Avenir Light (or similar fonts if these are not available to you) in 12- or 13-point size with 1.15 line space on A5 size pages...

🧵intergraphia Open Call Submission window: 3 March, 9 am GMT to 10 March, midnight GMT. Submissions cannot be accepted before or after these times. We will try to make our decision by 21 April. We're sorry that we will not be able to offer individual feedback to unsuccessful submissions...

Intergraphia OPEN CALL! Important: This is thread of TEN posts. Please read all of them before considering a submission.

Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in January 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

🎥 In autumn 2023, over 12 weeks, I posted 37 micro-essays on the life, death, architecture, respiratory system, materiality & otherworldliness of an appropriately-pungent cinematographic image. Here is an annotated index. Pick the micro-essay that calls to you …and off you go. Reposts appreciated!

possible. Language Starting to think about the combinations and arrangements in series of these graphite drawings with hand printed text. Work in progress

Bluesky is the perfect place to lift poets. Starting January 13th, join #LiftToTheSky and make Mondays about celebrating each other. Learn how: shorturl.at/5avf0#LiftToTheSky #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBlueSky

Busy few days in the studio combining graphite drawings, geometric shapes, and text using metal and wooden type hand printed

Do check out my new Substack article, The Art of Reading and Performing Poetry. Based on my background training as a stage and TV actor, I explain and describe how those skills apply when doing poetry readings. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Spoiler alert: Three of our Series 4 pamphlets will be selected from an open call, details to be announced in January!

OPEN CALL HEADS UP! We are excited to announce that SERIES 4 will include 3 pamphlets selected from an open call. The call will have a narrow window & very specific criteria. Full details mid Jan, & call out window will open mid Feb. In the meantime, buy our books!

Last minute shopping? Orders to Sheffield delivery addresses ​(postcodes S1-S12) received by ​the morning of ​M​onday 2​3 December will be delivered (by hand, on foot) on or before Tuesday 24 December. ​We can also gift-wrap at no extra cost. Order here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

🧵🪡 SPEND (a tiny bit) OF YOUR MONEY ON BEAUTIFUL THINGS BY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TO GIVE TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS THIS WINTERVAL… all our book from Series 1, 2 and 3 are currently in stock by: Sascha A. Akhtar, Eva Aldea, Akeem Balogun, Derek Beaulieu, Rosie Blackburn, Julia Calver...

It's a privilege to co-edit intergraphia with @rachelartsmith.bsky.social ... Support our press by ordering by buying our books! And, spoiler alert, three of our Series 4 pamphlets will be selected from an open call, details to be announced in January!

If you're in Sheffield, we can deliver by hand, on foot, to any address in the city within the area within or around the blue line. And Shiregreen and Hollow Meadows. This might be useful for any last-minute Christmas orders (last day to order via this method is Sunday 22 December).

Adding text back into the current drawing process Thinking about ecology of lines, lines of enquiry, threaded thought, notions and the inbetween-ness of not knowing Continuing to parse text from Deleuze ‘Logic of Sense’ - taking words either side of the full stops

Your poetry deserves to be seen. We’re looking for modern, non-rhyming poetry that challenges norms and moves readers. Ready to submit? ✨ Submission guidelines here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

A snippet from my new handmade book ‘stopping. Or This is my contribution to the AMBruno Artist book project 2024 This collection of 14 books was launched in the reading room of Tate Britain and is now part of their permanent artist book collection More info here: ambruno.co.uk/intervals.html

Studio today #text #type #words #punctuation #punctuate #vispo

Lost myself in this incredible book by @rachelartsmith.bsky.social 'the moment is repeated. and again. her folded. present. is spread out. a tablecloth.' The erasures and layering of voice create the subjective, decorative experience I am fascinated by in my current research.

Quick heads up to everyone selling anything to customers in the European Union. The new GPSR regulations come into force in 2 weeks making it necessary to have a representative within the EU to continue trading. Brief summary (for artists but applies to all sellers) blog.folksy.com/2024/11/26/g...

With Leeds Trinity and Loughborough we're now actually at 83, or exactly half of the 166 universities @timeshighered.bsky.social counts. HALF OF OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE SHEDDING STAFF. In a normal timeline, politicians would care about this and try to do *something*, *anything*, right?