The Writing School Online have been asked to host Wild Writing 2026 by Clare Shaw and Miriam Darlington. Start each day of June with an hour long writing workshop. Link for details thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

This amazing workshop is happening tomorrow. A two hour workshop looking at Kathryn Bevis’s poems with Jonathan Edwards and Dillon Jaxx. All of the ticket money goes to the local charities that supported Kathryn and I. It would be great to see you there. thewritingschool.co.uk/meet-at-the-...

Join me and Rachel Long for a week of ‘love and terror’, a week long online course for The Writing School, May 11th-15th. JOIN US (she said in terrifying yet lovely voice) thewritingschool.co.uk/love-and-ter...

@carolinebirduk.bsky.social and Rachel Long are teaming up to run a week long online writing retreat for The Writing School Online. It will be an amazing week writing about Love and Terror. Link for info and booking thewritingschool.co.uk/love-and-ter...

Great to have kick-started the 2026 festival. Lots of wonderful writing from the enthusiastic workshoppers! Thanks to @dislaney.bsky.social & @candlestickpress.bsky.social for the supply of 'Ten Poems about Music'. A fantastic book that eased all participants into the poetry writing groove. ✍️

I’m really pleased to share that Dillon Jaxx and I are now looking after The Writing school. We can’t thank Ewan Monaghan enough for supporting the school. Dillon and I are hoping to build on what Kathryn started. Please follow the link to have a look thewritingschool.co.uk

Utterly right that there is now a poetry competition in Kathryn Bevis' name. Open now, closing date 30 April. All rules in the link.

I have been going to this group since Josh Hallam started leading it. Josh has created a friendly and encouraging group to read, discuss, write and share poetry. Link for tickets thewritingschool.co.uk/winter-schoo...

Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day Why 500 people will dance today in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights By Clare Shaw @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

My poem for Kathryn Bevis is up now on the Poetry Wales site. I'm grateful to them for giving it a home in a place where Kathryn's work meant so much. I know acrostics are old-fashioned, but I also know Kathryn would have appreciated one. I am speaking her name. poetrywales.co.uk/the-oath-a-t...

Delighted with this glowing review and accurate interview in Waterways World. Though I giggled at 'Apart from some poetry volumes, this is Jo's first book.' It's book no.6 and poetry counts too!

In Leeds this Sunday? Please join me on the famous floating bookshop, Holdfast Books at 5pm to hear from my book BOATER and share a midsummer hour on the water www.facebook.com/share/r/1Aq7...

"What can you do? You have to laugh, you have to play, be a living example. You have to find the path the Green Man found, find your real place in the world. At any point in your life, you can become green again" from “The Wildest Dream: an imagined history of the Green Man”, David Gee.

This arrived today, so it’s made it as far south as Winchester! I’m really looking forward to ‘Boater’ by @jobellwriter.sky.social

Everyone who joins us for evening readings at Welshpool Poetry Festival gets one of these made by the Pretender to the Throne ceramicist! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎉

Every Welshpool Poetry Festival workshopper will get one of these lovely bags gifted by Angi Holden 🙏🏼

Great contemporary poetry to brighten your weekend 6/7 June

Congrats Di 💜💙❤️ ! @dislaney.bsky.social "Di Slaney wins Write Out Loud’s ‘Echoes’ competition with ‘Dolly Parton’s wig’ - in memory of a ‘dear friend and inspiration’" www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...

Tonight's "Nothing More Beautiful" online poetry workshop was a thing of wonder. Love and tears and fruit and loads of money raised for the Good Law Project's fight for trans rights.

Here are our highly commended poets in no particular order

And our fantastic winners 🎉🎉😎

I'm giddy and overjoyed to have won 1st prize in the Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize. It was a privilege to be included on a shortlist packed with incredible writers, and I hope I get to read all of those poems at some point. Sincere thanks to the judges, I'm feeling very grateful.

Poetry Comp? Less than a month now to enter welshpoolpoetryfestival.org.uk Win some £ and these 6 lovely Candlestick titles!

Following her memorial celebration earlier this week, today’s Friday Poem is ‘The Darkening’ by Kathryn Bevis from her collection ‘The Butterfly House’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/04/frid...

Today, with a big grin, I announce my new book. BOATER is out in June with HarperNorth. It's a memoir of my twenty years afloat; joyful, sad and a little wise. History, heartbreak and adventure on the low seas - pre-order now if you can, and spread the word? www.amazon.co.uk/Boater-excit...

This is full (sold out in 24 hours - wish I'd seen this yesterday!) but they are working on adding more tickets. There is a waitlist we can join.

Seren and Poetry Wales have put this together to celebrate Kathryn’s work. Huge thanks to them and to all the wonderful poets who will be reading. Eventbrite link is www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

Something for the budding female and non-binary poets out there. This competition in the name of my friend Kathryn Bevis, a wonderful and inspiring poet who died last year, is now live. Please spread the word! thewritingschool.co.uk/entry-x-3-fo...

Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize for Poetry being run by Circle Writers in conjunction with The Writing School Online . Submissions until 31 March. www.facebook.com/share/p/14qc...

A fitting tribute to the late Kathryn Bevis – a brilliant, inventive, hope-filled poet who's still sorely missed. Writers, get those entries in. bit.ly/4i4lNCF

Difficult... but the book I read and read the most this past year has been The Butterfly House by Kathryn Bevis. I like poetry books because you can dip in and out, read and re-read a particular poem, etc. So works well for me.

@twicelost.bsky.social thanks for repost!

I'd love to fill the last few places in my next workshop. The first week is all about starting new work and getting ideas down, in the second week we'll meet up again, listen to each other's poems and give and offer constructive feedback within a supportive space.

Please share 🍀🙏

Sharing more of Jane Burn’s gorgeous artwork for my new book - the Zoom launch is this Sunday 5th Jan, the date three years ago when I started writing the notes that became the poems. It’s free but you need to book to get the Zoom details - come join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/disla...

I'm marking the end of the year in which the poet Kathryn Bevis died, far too young. I wrote a poem for her, which she knew I was doing but never saw. It's going to be published on Poetry Wales' site (they were early supporters of her work) – not sure when. Wanted to say, before this year turns.

What does the poet in your life want for Christmas? Two hours of expert mentoring with me, to help them assess their writing (whatever level they are at), focus on how to develop it further and make a plan for the year ahead. Tell Santa (or treat yourself). Several slots available in Jan and Feb.

I’m excited about my new book! January conversations, with dogs is an illustrated pamphlet with artwork by the fabulous Jane Burn alongside my poems of winter walks, companionship and community. You can find out more in the Valley Press bookshop: www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/janua...

Very cool. Dream gig!

My poetry books of the year for @theguardian.com; it was v tricky to get it down to this selection. But a rich year all told: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

It was really great to see Kathryn’s ‘The Butterfly House’ get a mention in Rishi Dastidar’s The Best Poetry Books of 2024 www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

It was really difficult to choose which poem today because Kathryn Bevis wrote so many beautiful ones & it still hurts that we lost her too soon. But I love this poem so dearly & it's the perfect title poem for her stunning collection: @olivergolding.bsky.social www.serenbooks.com/2024/03/frid...

You can now GIFT someone membership of The Poetic Licence - or drop heavy hints that you'd like someone to do that for you. A writerly commitment, a friendly group of peers to give you feedback, and lots of giveaways. Details here: www.patreon.com/user/gift?u=...

Because maybe you need this poem as much as I do.

Good to be here! My work in progress at the moment! 8 new poetry anthologies with Macmillan. Comfort and Words for Love published in January!