Why do we turn to creativity during grief? How can it help us connect to others, including people who have died? On 6 Oct, join Natalia Millman, Helen Acklam & @carrieetter.bsky.social to explore what it means to make art from pain & loss & share our story: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

The first winner of our debut poetry chapbook competition is Soledad Santana! Congratulations, Soledad!

The second winner of our debut poetry chapbook competition is June Wentland! Congratulations, June!

'Bats, Poetry and the Pulse of the Park' - a fantastic write-up of my collaborative bat walk with @theroyalparks.bsky.social in early September, featuring a picture from my poetry performance at @batconservation.bsky.social National Bat Conference 🦇🦇🦇 www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/mor...

Drumroll, please! We'll be announcing the first winners of our debut poetry chapbook competition later today! Watch this space!

So Reform wants to deport me, though I've been living here and paying taxes since 2001.... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I was on Indefinite Leave To Remain before I became a citizen. Did everything legally and have since paid taxes and Nat’l Insurance. Kind of like every other person who has ILR. This man would ruin your economy to get elected. Not his, tho, he’s rich.

We should know by now never to say Trump can't do something. He will do what he wants because there is no one to stop him. That is reality.

Who do I know in Bradford (UK)? I'll be there Saturday running events for the Big Tasty Read, including this free workshop on The Poetry of Food! itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/the-p...

This is a great cover.

Tomorrow night, Bristol poetry fans, at East Bristol Books! Frances Presley and Andrew Duncan rarely make it to Bristol--their readings will be a treat! @bristol247.bsky.social @lucyenglish.bsky.social Please share!

NPR wants to hear from listeners whose lives have changed due to an increase in ICE operations, throughout the country.

My Latine / Hispanic Heritage Month Book Recommendation Day 2 Lost Children Archive "With urgency and empathy, it takes us deep into the lives of one remarkable family as it probes the nature of justice and equality today." bookshop.org/p/books/lost...

WHAT'S BETTER THAN @therumpus.net OPENING FOR ESSAY SUBMISSIONS??? Well, a few things, tbh, but still.... #RumpusEssays therumpus.submittable.com/submit

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents. It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually. This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

The creeps are in Somerville. If you see them, and you're not at risk yourself, consider joining neighbors, addressing creeps peacefully, standing between creeps and their targets, and telling the creeps immigrants deserve to feel safe. Sometimes, when that happens, the creeps just leave.

A delightful poem by Ellora Sutton @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

This Thursday night at East Bristol Books, Frances Presley and Andrew Duncan are making a rare appearance in Bristol, and there are discount tickets: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas... . Come one, come all, and please share! @bristol247.bsky.social

Seen in Maine…. Just no….

🔗 Read more: www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/09/c...

3 workshops a day on the online Fest days. By @carrieetter.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social David Swann, Emily Devane, Heidi Clark, ShelleyRoches Jacques, Christopher Allen, Farhana Kalique + contest, readings. £35 a day.£90 for 3 days flashfictionfestival.com

Bristol friends, Shearsman book fans, come to East Bristol Books 18 September to hear not me (well, me, too) but the splendid Frances Presley and Andrew Duncan. I have such admiration for them both. Share? www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

Does anyone still use Blogger / good, free blogging platforms? Please share….

@heathermackbristol.bsky.social says the blame for the pain people are feeling right now should aimed at the super rich, and successive governments who've failed to tax them - not at hotels full of women and children.

Does anyone still use Blogger / good, free blogging platforms? Please share….

We're super-excited to share this short film, a snapshot of our work to build a more compassionate grief-informed society! Thank you to everyone involved in making it, especially to the brilliant @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for featuring. Thanks also to our incredible collaborators & GGF community

The wonderful @laurablomvall.bsky.social is launching her debut poetry pamphlet at East Bristol Books, with co-legend Suzannah V. Evans also reading from her new book - it's going to be incredible, come along! 🌛✨ @bristolpoetry.bsky.social @carrieetter.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

Last night at Fiction: A Novel Bookshop in Wiscasset, Maine

Sunset, Maine

On arrival in America, I was tempted to give a short talk on sex and gender….

Are there any genuinely free website hosting services now? What have I missed?

Our new #FlashFiction #competition has launched. We're asking for <500 words about moments of #epiphany where attitudes/behaviours change for the greener – see www.greenstories.org.uk/flash-fictio... £1000 ($1200) worth of prizes. #writerslife #WritingCommmunity

This. bsky.app/profile/sddp...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has a point . . . !!!!

Excerpt from new collection from the late Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in the Guardian today, excited to read this: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Hey there. I just added you to my most recent starter pack. Welcome! 💙 If you go to my profile you will find 28 more starter packs of badass feminists. Please share this with your followers so we can continue to grow and connect. Thanks! go.bsky.app/86WzZjF

Bristol friends, Shearsman book fans, come to East Bristol Books 18 September to hear not me (well, me, too) but the splendid Frances Presley and Andrew Duncan. I have such admiration for them both. Share? www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

So I knew the studio I was staying at next month had a 'kitchenette', but only today did I figure out that only meant a microwave and a mini fridge. Vegetarian meals I can make in the microwave? I'm figuring burritos are possible....

It's always fun to be able to say I'm reading (reeeeeding) in Reading (Reddddding), and that's tonight! See some of you soon at the South Street Arts Centre!

This story in particular is a great resource to read, bookmark, and share with your networks outside of Bluesky. Let's make Lex's dream come true by clicking through and sharing widely! www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-ra...

15 days to go!

It's our 1st birthday today! 🎂 Flash Fusion was launched on 15 July last year, and we’re celebrating with 3 writing workshops with the editors, including @susmitab.bsky.social's on 31 July. All workshops will be online, recorded, discounts available. More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flash-fusi...

We're looking for a fiction writer to teach Creative Writing half-time on our BA and MA at the University of Bristol next year. Details: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Please share!

A great BBC Upload shout out for the launch of my new poetry collection ‘Why I Wear My Past to Work’ at The Bridge Inn, Bristol (28th Sept). With mention of Bob Walton, Helen Sheppard, @tomsastry.bsky.social & the rest of the top line up. You can hear a poem too: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🔶Issue 32 of Futures of Work is out now! This issue explores how continuity and change shape caring relationships, revealing a gap between the ideal of consistent care and the often fragmented realities faced by care providers and recipients.

Your favourite quotes about poetry, whether I've heard 'em or not!

Feed: "The New York Review of Books" By: Jorie Graham on Thursday, July 31, 2025

Do I know anyone here in / near Wiscasset, Maine?

FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1M to Trump's super PAC in April. What happened next? Three weeks later Trump pardoned her son, a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to withholding millions from his workers' paychecks (while buying a luxury yacht). Everything is for sale.