Archway Books setting up at Shute Lit Festival in Lyme Regis. The sun is out…

Look what landed here this morning, because, you know, I am always well ahead of the curve in my reading matter...🥰

Autumn pavement at Pall Mall Galleries

White sails and chalk cliffs

Wonderful Cinnamon Press!

In case you haven’t come across it, here’s a website about Elsi Eldridge and her work… meeldridge.com

Hello, if you like #RSThomas then you might be interested in following this Bluesky account @RSThomaspoet, also facebook.com/groups/RSThomas/ - share his poems, quotes, events, info, Q+A, etc. - and there’s a Society you can join… rsthomaspoetry.co.uk/rs-thomas-me-eldridge-society/ please re-post?

A delight to come upon this perceptive and perfectly paced radio documentary today on BBCRadio4. It illuminates the marriage of Welsh poet RS Thomas and English artist Elsie Eldridge #GwynethLewis #RSThomas #WelshPoets #MildredEldridge #WomenArtists #Artworks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

Sidmouth shoreline

A great delight and privilege to be in conversation with @skyarts.bsky.social nominated writer and @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social poet Gwyneth Lewis at Shute Festival on Sat 27th Sept.

Now available from Dempsey & Windle www.dempseyandwindle.com/bethbrooke.h...

Cliffs and ladder

A real blessing, this. 🙏🏼 On behalf of the 15 poets of wave twenty-two, thank you to everyone who visited, read, listened and shared. You're the reason this quarterly journal/library/archive exists. Here's to many more future waves! And if you're a poet, don't forget to audition in late September.

A reminder that Bad Lilies is currently OPEN for submissions. Our next issue will be in October and we are looking for poems both for that and for issues into 2026! badlilies.uk/submit

The wonderful Cinnamon Press in Hay on Wye…

Check this out:

Silky, milky Lough Foyle

In the Bridport News today @sladersyard.bsky.social @colfox.bsky.social

Sleek and superb

Peace Bridge from a different angle…

The best recent poetry – poetry review

Magical stairway

Congratulations, Gill! 👏👏

Delighted to launch my little book from the once busy port of Londonderry. Fair fa ye! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @badlilies.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

Technical run through complete. ONE day to launch of A Wide River Divides Us

Technical run through complete. Just ONE day to launch of A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Books @newgatearts @MaidenCityFest @LittleAcornsBks Foyle Books @Waterstones

Wow! Very excited to launch on Wednesday. 100 tickets sold!

A Wise River Divides Us by Gill Barr. Published by Cinnamon Press.

It’s today…

New Gate - new in 1790s. #walledcity #maidencityfest #poetrylaunch 6th August at 6.30. Free but ticketed Newgatearts.com

Delighted to talk about my new book and launch on 6th August at 6.30 in New Gate Arts & Culture Centre. Tickets going fast. Thanks, Mark. Really thought provoking questions. Listen on @bbcsounds.bsky.social( Radio Foyle) .

Booking is is now open for the launch of my poetry collection A Wide River Divides Us on Thursday, October 9th. Phone Slader’s Yard, Dorset on 01308 459511 to secure a place. Click here: sladersyard.co.uk/gill-barr-bo... . Please share this info! Thank you!

This will be a lovely event. Congratulations, Gill 😊

Delighted to be launching my debut poetry collection @newgatearts on 6th August. Thanks to Cinnamon Press. Some acute recollection of childhood in 70s Derry/Londonderry. It’s 1972 and I’m 8…

Delighted to be launching my debut poetry collection @newgatearts on 6th August. Thanks to Cinnamon Press and @PatrykSadowski_ for his graceful, modern and mysterious image.

Delighted to be launching my debut poetry collection @newgatearts on 6th August. Thanks to Cinnamon Press and @PatrykSadowski_ for his graceful, modern and mysterious image.

Delighted to be launching my debut poetry collection @newgatearts on 6th August. Thanks to Cinnamon Press and @PatrykSadowski_ for his graceful, modern and mysterious image.

Knot.

Big thanks to Chrissy Banks and Matt Bryden for inviting me to read at Uncut Poets, Exeter, on Tuesday, July 29th, alongside Nicole Durman – the event starts at 7.30 and it would be lovely to see you there, Devon friends, if you can make it. Probably my last time at Uncut: a bittersweet occasion...

Do check out Gill Barr's new website – and keep an eye open for her excellent book (I can say that because I've had a sneak preview) – launching next month!

Cool start to a hot day.

Fallen hollyhock flower as seventies pop icon

substack.com/@thestarbeck... Thank you so much Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for featuring these three poems and readings of mine in the Starbeck Orion summer festival series! That was quite something for me to wake up this morning 🥰🙏🙏

Moonlight as candlestick

Somerset this evening.

How to obscure the title of your novel on publication day! 🙄😊

Thank you Gill! 😁 x

Some news just in, a lovely surprise for a Wednesday morning ☺️ It's a huge honour to be on this shortlist alongside, let's face it, some big names and incredible talents. I am feeling very thankful ❤️

I am over the moon to be a part of this Gorgeous and Super Cool anthology, and to share pages with so many great writers! Huge thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social and @thebrokenspine.co.uk