The most common and stupid misconceptions are that wages are low because immigration and prices are high due to 'the cost of living'. When obviously wages are low because your bosses don't want to pay you and prices are high because billionaires are greedy.

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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.

Here’s the recording of the online launch of Hôtel Amour — with Olivia McCannon @oliviamcc.bsky.social Menna Elfyn #mennaelfyn #parch #thelivesofz #hotelamour m.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXk...

Listen to Catherine-Esther Cowie discuss her T. S. Eliot nominated collection on podcast The Poems We Made Along The Way! 🎧⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/7JkI...? Get Heirloom:⬇️ www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017479...

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.

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

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 terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.

These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap

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...

This weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with the wonderful Gillian Allnutt whose book Lode has been shortlisted for this years T.S. Eliot Prize. Check it out wherever good podcasts can be found.

This weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with the wonderful Gillian Allnutt whose book Lode has been shortlisted for this years T.S. Eliot Prize. Check it out wherever good podcasts can be found.

Nice to see Empire of Normality recommended here. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

Join us for a double film screening at Manchester Metropolitan University to mark the start of this years 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Event is free but you need to book! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16-days-of...

It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.

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.

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.

If you haven’t yet, check out my conversation with Nick Makoha. We spoke about his Eliot shortlisted book The New Carthaginians, the relevance of faith to his poetry, and I might have accidentally agreed to walk up Kilimanjaro (though if I was sensible I edited that bit out) Apple podcast here

In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...

The latest Just Another Poet channel interview features @troycabida.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection 'Neon Manila', published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social is a Poetry Book Society Winter 2025 recommendation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wpz...

Join us for an online book launch on November 18th at 7pm — #mennaelfyn #oliviamccannon #derynrees-jones #HotelAmour www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...

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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.

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.

happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with @gregorykearns.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...

Another brilliant episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way ⭐

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.

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

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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI. But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

Hi All. My online creative writing workshop based on Jorie Graham's magisterial and magnificent 'To 2040' runs at 7.00 on Wednesday 15th October. Three places left. More information and booking details here. www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-as-...

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.

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone." Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

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

Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets (ed. @rachaelboast.bsky.social) is a @poetrydayuk.bsky.social Book Group recommendation for #NationalPoetryDay this year. forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poe...

My friend Sarah Clancy is currently in IOF captivity, kidnapped last night when her boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was illegally intercepted in international waters. Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Don’t forget to check out this weeks episode with Erica Hesketh

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is a conversation with the wonderful Erica Hesketh. We spoke about translation, using poetic forms and her debut collection In The Lily Room. Check it out wherever good podcasts can be heard.

If you haven’t checked it out yet, I had a wonderful conversation with Rishi which you can eavesdrop on, wherever you find your podcasts.

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

It’s a beautiful day for a new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. In this episode I spoke to @betarish.bsky.social about the death of rhetoric, writing humourously, and the relationship between poetry and advertising. Make sure you check it out.

Disabled people of colour say last weekend’s “horrific” far-right protest in London has left them feeling terrified and unsafe. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-peo...

Don’t forget to check out the new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way

Where can I hear a conversation with the brilliant Lewis Buxton about sonnets, mini cheddars and how to build an audience I hear you cry! Coincidentally you can now check out the new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way where I talk to Lewis Buxton about all these things and more.