My wee book is on holiday!

Two poets. Many paths. One shared landscape. Crossing Paths — Reading Tour 2026 Jean Atkin & Richard Skinner journey between place, nomenclature & nature, @jmatkin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social 📍 UK dates from February–September 🖤 Join them on the road. #CrossingPaths #PoetryTour

Glorious poets galore! Celebrate iamb's 6th birthday with me @iamb.uk, @markantonyowen.com and 19 superb poets at the top of their craft TONIGHT! Free Online Zoom 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start. tinyurl.com/2d3h46d3

A trip to the sea for @ewenglass.bsky.social latest collection, throughly enjoyable (the sea and the poems) !

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY: “Hemlock & Honey” – Margaret Royall Well, I am so verily chuffed to say HAPPY LAUNCH DAY to the rather brilliant Margaret Royall, on the Book Birth Day of her latest collection, Hemlock & Honey. Signed First run, First Edition copies are still (just about) available direct from…

Thrilled and excited to be a new author signing for the brilliant Parlyaree Press! Pleased to announce that my new YA poetry collection exploring emotions - 'The Amygdala Safari' will be coming soon! Heartfelt thank you to Parlyaree Press for believing in the book! 🩷🧡💚🌈 @parlyareepress.bsky.social

Lovely to see it out in the world - and what a gorgeous plant! Thanks so much, Marcelle.

Tonight ! Come along on zoom for an evening of poetry!

Book post! Excited for a cuppa with @louisepoetical.bsky.social collection from @hedgehogpress.co.uk, with beautiful cover art by @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social. Congratulations ! ✨

A great launch event. Fantastic to hear these poems out loud. 🙏 to @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press!

A wonderful day with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press latest anthology ‘Lines of Communication’ online launches. It was such a joy to hear the poems, selected by myself and Bronwen read out loud, and to celebrate together @wennieevans.bsky.social ✨

15 glorious poets so far signed up to read for the @iamb.uk 6th birthday special with creator/curator @markantonyowen.com in January's #LastSaturday #poetry session - it's going to be a great night! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

Many thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my multigenerational poem in their beautifully curated Winter Anthology. A joy to be included, it’s a sumptuous celebration of the dimensions of the season. Available in paperback and hardcover 💫

COMPETITION ALERT! Just over two weeks to go! MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines Deadline 31 January 2026 T his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social magmapoetry.com/competition/

So grateful to have received this generous endorsement of my work from EIC Ophelia Monet and to have ‘Dagger Sonnet’ accepted for publication in the forthcoming issue of Wildscape Literary Journal 💚🌱 A lovely start to the new year! wildscapelit.com

NOW is the time to #SpeakUp/SpeakOut That's exactly what I'll do as January feature #poet! Program incl #poetryperformance tips. Special friends #LKN @celesteschueler.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #AntoinetteVPayne #KeithMar & open mic poets too! #NorthBayPoetics Zoom link: DM

Tickets are flying out for this event... #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, hope to see some of you there! 🤗

Thank you so much Julie Stevens for your kind words about my new book This Joyful Interlude! Book links (or pm me for an author copy): UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330 US: amazon.com/dp/1068432330 CA: amazon.ca/dp/1068432330 AU: amazon.com.au/dp/1068432330 #poems #poetry #books #booklovers

Free reading including me!

Coming up this Friday! Don't miss this gorgeous feast of talent & creativity. Free tickets via Eventbrite: oncemorewithfeeling.eventbrite.co.uk @moette.bsky.social @benedictan.bsky.social @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social @jenferoze.bsky.social

The first issue of Season 3 is now live! #EkphrasticFolkArt @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social l #KarenNFitzGerald #MercedesDugger and more! #FolkHeartPress #Folklore #FolkArt #poetry #prose #microflash folkheartpressblog.blogspot.com

Happy end of 2025! A beautiful day by the sea - calm after the recent storms, lots of kelp on the shoreline showing the underwater turmoil. No yearly round up from me, just gratitude to the poetry and writing communities, thank you, for your support, grace and encouragement. Much love for 2026 ✨✨

Happy end of 2025! A beautiful day by the sea - calm after the recent storms, lots of kelp on the shoreline showing the underwater turmoil. No yearly round up from me, just gratitude to the poetry and writing communities, thank you, for your support, grace and encouragement. Much love for 2026 ✨✨

OMG, only days away! Thrilled to be able to read RAVENSONG on #NEWYEARSEVE alongside some several brilliant #poets. #EatTheStorms @eatthestorms.com #KevinGraham @mollytwomey.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/eatt...

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire

A lovely evening at @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Winter Anthology launch, grateful to have a poem Included. A great Christmas present !

This will be super 💫✨💫

Little poem from a ‘festive event’ prompt from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social, including a lesser known colour, archaic word, simile …

Winter arrives beneath the cloak of the old blue-faced one. She moves over hills, through woods, in shadow. Tightening the land with frost. Shaping the weather. Come in out of the dark to where poems gather like embers. Listen and drink in the latest wave of @iambapoet.com. www.iambapoet.com/wave/24

Excited for the online launch of @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 6th Winter Anthology this evening at 5pm GMT. 80 wonderful poets inside with seasonal poems. Many thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for including my poem. Tickets for the launch, and the anthology, available from blackboughpoetry.com

SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY. The Starbeck Orion is asking for #NotAdvent departure, disappearance, breakout, abandonment, withdrawal, exodus, retreat, evacuation, absence, Extinction Event. Closing date extended to 16th December. Here are contribution details: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

PRE-ORDERS OPEN: Pocket Broadsheet 001: “Lessons in Language Learning” – Katrina Moinet I am so very pleased to be able to say that Katrina Moinet's stunning wee Pocket Broadsheet, Lessons in Language Learning is now officially available direct From The Lady Herself. To get your own, Limited…

🥁Thrilled to share our 2026 #poetry list. Full details and tantalising glimpses into these new titles are here: ninearchespress.com/about-us/news Including books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @kymdeyn.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social

What someone you love needs for Christmas is obviously my ‘strong, masculine collection filled with brooding Spanish vistas and culture.’ Asi de claro. Ugh. Self-promo. @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

Very proud to be part this poetic conversation from @yaffles-nest.bsky.social ‘over 250 pages filled with a chain of poetry that started out as lots of smaller chains, exemplified by the gorgeous cover photo.. webs are fragile and strong, vulnerable and powerful.’

Next event, 5 Dec 6.30pm, is our annual festive get-together - an online festive evening of words and music, come along to share, enjoy and celebrate! @nbissell.bsky.social @dauvitf.bsky.social Book your place here: tinyurl.com/3ksnvw5b

Thank you so much, Paul!! Congrats to @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and to all of the long- and shortlistees! With thanks to the poetry judges Damaris West end @marcellenewbold.bsky.social

What a year! The ending notes are as high (and magnificent) as the opening ones were. My #microchap #SpeakUpSpeakOut (includes some #poemsabout) is one of four included in #BookTen #FourFeathersPress #SpringRelease @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #StayCreative #YouNeverKnow

An immense pleasure today to receive from @walklistencreate.org the anthology of shortlisted poems & stories in the Walking in the Dark competition (supporting Women Walking, the City, at Night). Beautifully presented. My poem Devon Gothic is accompanied by a wonderfully atmospheric image

I wrote a thing about sexy poems. bit.ly/4pFH8Wo

Sunday 30th Nov @modronmagazine.bsky.social & @poetrywales.bsky.social are celebrating: ‘Abeer Ameer whose poem in Modron won Best Single Poem (Written) in this year's Forward Prizes’ @forwardprizes.bsky.social I'll be reading my poem from Poetry Wales' 60th anniversary issue '60 poets to watch’

Next event, 5 Dec 6.30pm, is our annual festive get-together - an online festive evening of words and music, come along to share, enjoy and celebrate! @nbissell.bsky.social @dauvitf.bsky.social Book your place here: tinyurl.com/3ksnvw5b

Recently published over on the Featured Creator section, the brilliant piece 'Smack in the street’s mouth' by @richlyevocative.bsky.social 👏 www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack...

Out in the next few days, our 6th Christmas anthology with a whole host of amazing poets and the illustrations of Emma Bissonnet.

Just starting to ship! Publisher and Editor of Hedgehog Poetry Press, @hedgehogpress.co.uk Mark Davidson, says it is a “gorgeous book, filled with some of the finest poetry I’ve read in years.” Which is so lovely! Order signed copies here: witchbottlepoetry.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t...

NEXT WEDNESDAY I'm reading #SpeakUpSpeakOut (#poems abt #SocialIJjustice). Includes some of my #poemsabout offerings. #OpenMic register when #SacredGrounds zoom opens). Hope you can join me! 7-9PM PST. DM for link. #Sexism #Racism #Abuse #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetsSupportPoets #NeverADullMoment

Two days to go! If you're near Cambridge, drop by our book launch to chat with the writers and editors, knock back a tot of rum or wine, and listen to some very weird poems. Details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Thrilled to be SHORTLISTED for @walklistencreate.org's WALKING IN THE DARK competition supporting the great 'Women Walking, the City, at Night' cause. My thanks to judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. Shortlist below. My poem Devon Gothic in the thread #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

So happy that 'Seeing the Moon' has been short-listed for this prize! walklistencreate.org/2025/11/20/d... Thank you to judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West, and to @walklistencreate.org for organising. #AmWriting #FlashFiction #EcoHopeful #SpeculativeFiction #DeindustrialFiction