No time to collect my thoughts (as usual in Book Fair weeks) but still can’t quite believe it’s 30 years since my 1st London Book Fair - & that I won’t be be enjoying the Earls Court/Kensington/Olympia/magnolia bloom route next year… when we’ll all be trekking to Excel, way out east.

Morning hellebore - on a spring-like walk to work last week (now maybe even the week before).

From painted calves to poetic cuffs: ‘Above me loom the awe-inspiring stockinged calves of dukes, striking the pose of kings.   …My eyes resist such conquest and I lay my head back, let my mind drift   from the poet’s practised off-the-cuffs…’ @isobeldixon.bsky.social #GhostFurnitureCatalogue

There are some rooms that, as @isobeldixon.bsky.social describes in this poem, may not really be for us, and there are some poetry readings that take place in such rooms that, well… ghostfurniturecatalogue.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/i... #GhostFurnitureCatalogue

NEWS: Graeme Macrae Burnet’s BENBECULA longlisted for the 2026 @walterscottprize.bsky.social for Historical Fiction! Congratulations Graeme! 📚 🌑🌕🌑✨ Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/benbecu...

Celebrating some of 2025's fantastic publications, here is a round-up of the picks of the year achieved by our authors. Congratulations all! 🥳🎉 To view the full list, read our news story:https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/best-of-2025

Grateful to both @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social of the Yorkshire Times, where ‘River Mother’ is the Poem of the Week, & to @ninearchespress.bsky.social for publishing A Whistling of Birds, sharing my Cape river crab with readers.

Such a happy surprise, having ‘River Mother’ from A Whistling of Birds featured as the Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week. Thank you @ninearchespress.bsky.social & @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social Seeing those truly marvellous river critters from my childhood in my mind’s eye again now.

RAGE OF SWORDS, David Gilman’s thrilling new historical adventure in the #MasterOfWar series, is out now from @headofzeus.bsky.social! ⚔️📚⚔️📚⚔️ Sir Thomas Blackstone must travel into enemy lands with a price on his head as he seeks to secure alliances and gold for the Plantagenets' war with France…

#BFLAOpenWeek We have the chance of a lifetime for three aspiring writers – a free one-on-one session with one of our book agents (either Kate Burke, Sian Ellis-Martin or Juliet Pickering), who’ll give you feedback on your submission package!

Wonderful day in a stunning venue talking about women and contemporary fiction with the fab Sophie White, Faith Hogan. and Edel Coffey. Thanks #dublinbookfest for all your hard work. We are so lucky to live in a city that values books, readers and authors.

Blake Friedmann Open Week is back from 10th to 14th November. 📚🥳 Gain insight into the agenting and publishing world through Q&As, blogs, and giveaways across our social media. Follow #BFLAOpenWeek for more updates and check out our news story! blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/bfla-op...

Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week July 5th Map of the New World : Archipelagoes by Derek Walcott poemsontheunderground.org/map-of-the-n...

Heartfelt thanks to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social & others 🧡

Thinking of entering PRIMERS 8? What is our selecting editor and mentor Laurie Bolger looking for? Read her blog post for encouragement, top tips and motivation: ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/06/prim...

Thank you Candlestick Press for this beautiful new anthology pamphlet Ten Poems About Herbs including poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social and @janeburn.bsky.social Find their new series of poems straight from the garden: www.candlestickpress.co.uk

Our latest curated book bundle is themed on Earth, Nature & Place. A trio of #poetry titles featuring writing from @isobeldixon.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @wendypratt.bsky.social together at a celebratory price of £17.99. ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Earth...

Earth, Nature & Place - a curated book bundle to mark #EarthDay2025 Enjoy a trio of #poetry titles featuring writing from @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, @wendypratt.bsky.social and @isobeldixon.bsky.social at a celebratory price of £17.99. ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Earth...

As a new month begins, we share 'Seasonal' lines taken from ninearchespress.com/publications... Have you read this beautifully illustrated, lyrical and inventive #poetry book by @isobeldixon.bsky.social yet?

Sunny Saturday morning paper-run jog with Charles Gounod and Petroc Trelawny. A Little Symphony hop, skip and jump into the Spring. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Let #poetry take you across the globe this #WorldBookDay with a curated trio for just £17.99, titles by Sarala Estruch @isobeldixon.bsky.social & @mailbykite.bsky.social ninearchespress.com/shop#!/World... Browse our books for more Adventures in Poetry: ninearchespress.com/shop

I reviewed this new biography of Pico della Mirandola. Magic?Book burning? A sad giraffe? Tick, tick, tick. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Frozen seed pods and primroses.

Everyone’s a critic eh.

It’s my last reading of ‘24 this Wednesday for marvellous Roisin Tierney’s Four Poets Series - Very happy to be reading with Helen Ivory, Martin Figura, Peter Daniels & David Crystal (I know, that’s 5 !) Free entry, books for sale. The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place London W1T 1JB, 6:30 for 7pm.