Check out my interview with the wonderful @galiamelon.bsky.social about the auto destructive art movement, how being a secondary school teacher impacts her poetry, and her new book SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE PRESSED RECORD published by Strange Region. Check it out wherever podcasts are published

Good news, the audio version of Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction is out now on Audible, Spotify, etc.! I also have three codes for free Spotify copies, so we can do a competition. Just share and like this and I'll pick three people at random to get the codes this weekend.

This weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way (and first episode of series 7) is a conversation with the legendary Daljit Nagra. We spoke about his Poetry Extra BBC radio show, his use of the lyric 2nd person in his collection Yiewsley (published by @faberbooks.bsky.social), and much more.

Feels so strange to have lived through the time where Google actually worked Anything you’d want to find or just a quick search away Now it feels impossible to find anything Even articles I know exist, that I have read before do not show up

🎧Have you tuned in to this excellent podcast? The Poems We Made Along The Way hosted by @gregorykearns.bsky.social Here's a superb episode chatting creativity and community and so much more with @kymdeyn.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4YMK... (or wherever you find your podcasts)

My DMs on here should be open, and please do screenshot this if you feel the need and send it along to people who may be able to help. My desperation to see this material as a broke af person is very real

People of Bluesky, there's a bit of local queer history I've been writing around for some time, and it turns out a hefty, 400 page piece of it is held at Princeton. I can access it, yay, but it's $2 a page, which at 400 pages adds up! Anyone know any tiny research funding pots, or a Princeton pal?

⭐️ TLDR: - New Episode (50)! Guest: Carl Phillips! End of Series 6! ⭐️ This Monday brings with it a confluence of delights. I’m over the moon to say that my 50th guest on The Poems We Made Along The Way, is a bit of a poetry hero of mine, Carl Phillips.

There’s also, ahem, this excellent pamphlet and CD…

Thought I would do a little photoshoot of some of the lovely @longbarrowpress.bsky.social books I’ve got. The Blue Hour is a particular favourite of mine.

Monday is The Poems We Made Along The Way’s 50th episode and I’m super proud of every interview! Keep an eye out for Monday’s episode as I managed to get a dream guest. In the meantime dive into the archive if you haven’t yet.

Monday is The Poems We Made Along The Way’s 50th episode and I’m super proud of every interview! Keep an eye out for Monday’s episode as I managed to get a dream guest. In the meantime dive into the archive if you haven’t yet.

SO: I am shortlisted for @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social's April #Poem of the Month. It's a poem with a parrot. If you get the OOMPH, please let me know open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...

Let's get May underway the right way, with savings on your #poetry books direct from us. Type the code SPRING5 at the online checkout to get £5 off when you spend £20+ on books. Come in for some spring savings ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Poetr...

If you haven’t checked it out yet this weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with is with Shara McCallum. I think it is a good one, I hope you do too.

The penultimate episode of series 6 (can you believe it!). I had a wonderful conversation with Shara McCallum about being brought up Rastafarian, the ethics of art, and writing short prose that isn’t prose poetry. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard. @peepaltreepress.bsky.social

Belatedly catching up with @gregorykearns.bsky.social's podcast The Poems We Made Along The Way here on Bluesky & listening to this episode with Helen Mort @helenmort.bsky.social - #poetry #poets

It’s publication day for Kym Deyn’s Folkish. It’s a great book! If you want to hear Kym talk about it, you can check out my conversation with them wherever you get podcasts. But go and buy the book first!

In my conversation with @kymdeyn.bsky.social we explore how they use punctuation in their debut collection Folkish, how Tarot card reading can be like structured improv, and the importance of tricksters. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard

Crime? Trains? Poetry? This episode really does have it all. If you haven’t yet, you should really check out my conversation with Sasha!

I finally got back into audiobooks when I got a @libro.fm membership recently. I used my first credit on Andy Serkis’ awesome narration of ‘The Fellowship of The Ring’ When you sign up for a membership you could always use my referral code so I can get a free book 👀 libro.fm/referral?rf_...

I finally got back into audiobooks when I got a @libro.fm membership recently. I used my first credit on Andy Serkis’ awesome narration of ‘The Fellowship of The Ring’ When you sign up for a membership you could always use my referral code so I can get a free book 👀 libro.fm/referral?rf_...

Crime? Trains? Poetry? This episode really does have it all. If you haven’t yet, you should really check out my conversation with Sasha!

A new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is live! In my conversation with @sashadugdale.bsky.social we covered her @carcanet.bsky.social collection The Strongbox, working in translation, and how important research is to Sasha. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.

I’ve received lovely feedback on this episode. If you like conversations about poetry I’d like to think this is a pretty good one.

If you listen to poetry podcasts, there is a new in-depth interview with me by @gregorykearns.bsky.social out today on The Poems We Made Along The Way. I talk about queer joy, neurodivergence and the techniques I used to begin poems in Crowd Voltage. (Available on most podcast platforms.)

Accompany your mound of chocolate this bank holiday with an excellent episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. I spoke to John McCullough about queer joy, neurodivergence, and how to be a better phrase maker. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.

Posting this thing i wrote again since a lot of people are calling trump mad or insane right now and that's still obscuring far more than it reveals. open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

New Carmen et Error issue drops tomorrow, a little bit of strangeness for your easter 🐣💀

A reminder of my interview with Ian McMillan - worth checking out (in my bias opinion)

Enjoy! @gregorykearns.bsky.social

Grab your rubber bow tie and peanut kettle, and join us in the twenty-four hour poetry hub down the street. I spoke to @imcmillan.bsky.social about surrealism, how to cultivate attentiveness, and the legacy of The Verb. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.

Grab your rubber bow tie and peanut kettle, and join us in the twenty-four hour poetry hub down the street. I spoke to @imcmillan.bsky.social about surrealism, how to cultivate attentiveness, and the legacy of The Verb. Listen wherever good podcasts can be heard.

This weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Roma Havers talks about their debut collection The Natural Way published by @carcanet.bsky.social We also discussed about queerness in the archive, following coincidences, and the technical differences between page poetry and for performance.

This weeks episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way Roma Havers talks about their debut collection The Natural Way published by @carcanet.bsky.social We also discussed about queerness in the archive, following coincidences, and the technical differences between page poetry and for performance.

it steers me north by east all the way to the end of the land 'To the End of the Land': a text & audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, grounded in the landscapes of Nova Scotia. Out now from Longbarrow Press. Order the pamphlet & CD here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Listen to the most recent episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way with Helen Calcut. We spoke about translating literature into movement, how children don’t second guess their interests, and we explored a dance-themed lightening round. Find it wherever podcasts are found.

Listen to the most recent episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way with Helen Calcut. We spoke about translating literature into movement, how children don’t second guess their interests, and we explored a dance-themed lightening round. Find it wherever podcasts are found.

Monday must mean more of The Poems We Made Along The Way. Today’s episode is with Taz Rahman. We spoke about line endings, poetry libraries, and Plato’s realm of the forms. We have it all. Find our conversation on your preferred podcast platform. Share, like, and tell me your highlights.

Monday must mean more of The Poems We Made Along The Way. Today’s episode is with Taz Rahman. We spoke about line endings, poetry libraries, and Plato’s realm of the forms. We have it all. Find our conversation on your preferred podcast platform. Share, like, and tell me your highlights.

The Poems We Made Along The Way is back! Series six starts with my interview with Michael Symmons Roberts. We spoke about his new collection Dogstar, working in collaboration (mainly with composers), and the filmmaker Tarkovsky*. Find episodes and other info here: linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

A sample poem from my forthcoming @ninearchespress.bsky.social collection and a blog post. Something about time, booksellers and folklore 💚

YOU CAN NOW PRE-ORDER MY BOOK 💚🪱 also, look at my babygirl worm on the cover 😭

The Poems We Made Along The Way is back! Series six starts with my interview with Michael Symmons Roberts. We spoke about his new collection Dogstar, working in collaboration (mainly with composers), and the filmmaker Tarkovsky*. Find episodes and other info here: linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

Mark your calendars!!! The Poems We Made Along the Way is back Monday. I interviewed poet, librettist, MMU Professor Michael Symmons Roberts about his new collection Dogstar, filmmaker Tarkovsky, faith in poetry, and much more. Go to the link in my pinned post to subscribe so you don’t miss out.

I hold out my hands to show they are empty that we’ve come for a while to the end of things To the End of the Land: a text/audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, grounded in the landscapes of Nova Scotia. Order the pamphlet & CD here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

one thing that sucks about being a tech critic is seeing all the ways people justify tech addition and the use of services that are socially harmful and degrade not just labor rights but the wider society because they’ve personally developed a dependence and can’t see any other way of doing things

Absolute pleasure talking to Ian. You are all in for a treat with the upcoming series of The Poems We Made Along The Way.

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The £750 will be distributed as we see fit. The amazing Jackie/Jax wanted the cash to support a creative community project that would take place in the north-west (or online). Please share and like this post. No leaflet this year, so we're relying on social media to get the word out.❤️