Quick reminder that I run a micro-press called The Braag @thebraag.bsky.social / thebraag.co We have 🐸 poetry in the language of a pond 🌻 A Ukranian poem-fairytale 🍀 Lush, queer ecofiction 💀 Queer Texan hauntings 🪐 Plannet-hopping poems 🏚️ Historic necro-capitalist fiction All for sale!

The Catherine-Esther Cowie epsiode along with all previous episodes can be found here

This weeks episode is with the excellent Natalie Shapero. We talked about jokes, line breaks, and how being a lawyer and poet is similar (sort of). The Poems We Made Along The Way can be found wherever good podcasts can be found. And of course, have a great Christmas.

We welcome our new Co-ordinator, Tallulah Howarth, to the team! www.writingsquad.com/tallulah-joi...

i just got to take a moment to let this contributor list sink in. I'm in the same magazine as Mary Ruefle?? Jorie Graham?? MARGARET ATWOOD??? absolutely wild.

Looking for a last minute present? Visit our bookshelf where there are over 100 books and sounds by Squad writers to choose from. www.writingsquad.com/book-shelf/

Stevie is the new Baltic|States Artist in Residence www.writingsquad.com/stevie-is-th...

4 fantastic pieces by Chloe Elliott, Guruleen Kahlo, Kayleigh Jayshree & Tayiba Sulaiman - Writing the Archive  words, erasures, cut-ups & collage from time spent in Manchester Poetry Library, Special Collections and the Northern Film Archive at MMU www.writingsquad.com/push/issues/...

Also, for the thread inclined amongst you, a related thing - I am up to day 345 of my year long 365 sketch a day challenge. So very close now. The sketch of Josh was yesterday's edition. As ever, you can follow all the excitement over on my blog: — Emma Adams: Writer share.google/64rGYq8CVXZM...

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way is with the wonderful Catherine-Esther Cowie. We spoke about her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Heirloom, the new Rosalía album Lux, and using persona poetry as a type of mask work. Listen wherever good podcasts can be found.

I'm Kym, a poet, spec fic writer & editor from the North of England. My debut poetry collection is forthcoming with @ninearchespress.bsky.social 2026 & you can find the other stuff I've done here kymdeyn.com. I run a press: @thebraag.bsky.social. I love books, bogs, and my wife.

Isabelle Baafi is my guest on today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. We spoke about how being a poetry critic informs writing poetry, Dungeons and Dragons, and using poetic forms. Check it out wherever good podcasts can be found including Apple Podcasts

In case you’ve missed it you should check out my conversation with Isabelle Baafi.

Really proud to have my poem 'Winter blazer' in this Christmas audio anthology from @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social! 🎄 My poem is about buying and wearing my first suit for a work Christmas do and the sheer joy that I felt ☺️

Today’s interview with the amazing poet Sarah Howe is now live. We spoke about time, flow states, and her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Foretokens. Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.

Fantastic news! I love writing for Zombies, Run! It's the best job I've ever had, and Naomi and Rebecca are the best people I've ever worked for. I've never doubted that I'm valued and respected as a member of the team, and that environment of mutual respect is a great foundation for a studio.

In the midst of everything, some good personal news: the worm is out of the bag! My debut collection Folkish will be published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social this spring ✨🪱 It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚

Great in-depth interview with Gillian Allnutt on the latest episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast. She was in conversation with host @gregorykearns.bsky.social about her poetry, in particular her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection #Lode. open.spotify.com/episode/6UFM...

The Squad’s James Varney has been working with Uncurbed to bury the pity narrative and rewrite the future - catch Tiny Tim at Contact Theatre from tonight til 16 Dec www.writingsquad.com/event/tiny-t...

If you’re near Didsbury this Wednesday catch the Exhibition and drop in to hear how three Squad writers responded to their residencies at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House www.writingsquad.com/event/ive-ne...

All lines lead to Leeds today for a pamphlet workshop with Squad grad Kayleigh Jayshree.

All lines lead to Manchester this morning for our pitching workshop with agents from Curtis Bown.

Don’t miss the new episode with @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted poet Nick Makoha. We spoke about layered temporalities, founding the Obsidian Foundation, and treating ‘the poem’ like a painting. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.

A link www.instagram.com/reel/DP3Qxl7... to a reel on Insta about our @oldbirdtheatre.bsky.social #otherhoodplay that toured #bradfordcityofculture. We had amazing feedback. Sorry it's on Insta. If you don't go there, I'm planning on writing something about the experience of making this show soon.

This week The Poems We Made Along The Way series 5 began with an interview with George Szirtes. We spoke about translation, form and the exact moment George realised that he realised he wanted to write poems. Check it out linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself. Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

So happy to be bringing my poetry collection to my hometown of Wigan 😊 www.waterstones.com/events/local...

All lines lead to Manchester this morning for our Squad 12 character workshop with the Core Team’s Emma Adams - all leavened with a few grads!

Heather Chapman has been published in a new anthology 'Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle'. www.writingsquad.com/heather-chap...

Laura Attridge has been interviewed for Opera Now in Gramaphone. www.writingsquad.com/laura-attrid...

Sadie Pearson has been longlisted for the Women's Playwriting Prize www.writingsquad.com/sadie-pearso...

Sadie Pearson longlisted for Women's Playwriting Prize www.writingsquad.com/sadie-pearso...

Carmen et Error Issue 13.5 is out today, featuring work from 🛏️ Patricia Russo 🦌 Alex McCrickard 🪱 @baphomart.bsky.social carmenerror.com?page_id=606

Great news from us!!

Heather Chapman is Verve Poetry's Poem of the Month www.writingsquad.com/heather-chap...

Helen Bowell joins team at Fourteen Poems as Co-editor www.writingsquad.com/helen-bowell...

All the chaotic and roundabout lines lead to Newcastle today for our artist’s book making workshop with Stevie Ronnie

Announcing the braag 2025-6 line up in our most recent newsletter! .... app.beehiiv.com/posts/46fac6...

Delighted that the work we've been publishing in our micro-journal, Carmen et Error, is getting the recognition it deserves! @corinnaboard.bsky.social's brilliant poem 'A dunnock's prayer' was highly commended in this year's Forward Prizes!

The last episode of this series of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with the excellent Mary Jean Chan. We spoke about book structure, the intersections of queer poetry and line breaks. Check out the conversation wherever podcasts can be heard. Linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

A poem from this week’s guest on The Poems We Made Along The Way. Always worth checking out a poem from Mary Jean Chan.

Nasim Rebecca Asl named one of @theskinnymag Next Generation of Scottish Writers www.writingsquad.com/nasim-rebecc...

Don't forget to book your free tickets to Rewrite, featuring Squad Writers Elizabeth Gibson and Tallulah Howarth with @McrLitFest 16th October at 6:30pm at @anthonyburgess www.writingsquad.com/event/rewrit...

All lines lead to the Castle Museum York today for a strange poems and alternative histories with Squad grad Kym Deyn!

Why is it that MPs feel more overwhelmed than ever by their inboxes and messages from constituents, but most constituents they don't feel like they ever hear from their MP, and have less trust than ever in them? Find out why & how to fix it our paper published today 👇 demos.co.uk/research/a-t...

I published Anthony Cartwright's novella in micro-fiction via @thebraag.bsky.social yesterday! It's incredible, deeply weird, searching, moving through alternate histories, leviatha as industrial process, capitalism as death cult, all deepy moored in the landscape of the black country.

All lines lead to Leeds today for the first of our Autumn workshops, looking back and Mapping Memories with Malika Booker

If you get a chance to catch this brilliant, funny, heartbreaking play by Writing Squad team member Emma Adams - then late your way to Bradford!!

Check out Mat’s blog here. Invested interested as some very nice words are said about The Poems We Made Along The Way.

…Nearly gone! 3 tickets left for Otherhood ahead of our opening night tonight 🎉 After releasing more tickets at Thornton Community Centre & The Beacon, those flew out the door too. Last chance: 🎫 bradford2025.co.uk/event/otherh... @bradford2025.co.uk #Bradford2025 #UKCityofCulture #OtherhoodPlay