Just released - the 2nd episode of my interview with @thehalt.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast on his memoir Last Collection and my book Little Piece of Harm. @petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social www.podbean.com/eas/pb-vgna2...

'A city caught in the act of disappearing.' Available now: the second part of my conversation with @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, in which he and I discuss his sequence 'Little Piece of Harm' (and other Longbarrow titles). twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/part-two-o...

In the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Brian Lewis about his memoir Last Collection in relation to my book of poems Little Piece of Harm. @petegreensolo.com @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/brian-lewi...

The third and final thread in the 'Dutch River' series

Chris's Two-Way Poetry Podcast is a brilliant series. Poets including Fay Musselwhite, Rob Hindle, Pete Green and others illuminating their own practice and those of others. This episode (Pt 1 of 2), with Brian Lewis & Chris discussing the links between their own work, is amazing.

this is smashing x

'A life recovered in the moment of its telling, a city caught in the act of disappearing.' Thanks to @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for his work on the latest instalment of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, in which he and I map our respective versions of Sheffield. twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/brian-lewi...

In the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Brian Lewis about his memoir Last Collection in relation to my book of poems Little Piece of Harm. @petegreensolo.com @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @emmabolland.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/brian-lewi...

@markspray.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @tearsinthefence.bsky.social @cwjoneschris.bsky.social @concordmoose.bsky.social @susiecampbell.bsky.social @helenmort.bsky.social @bourbonandwolfe.bsky.social @jodacombe.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/poet...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Good listen & discussion on challenges of living with wildlife in urban areas, mention of swifts @cwjoneschris.bsky.social & badgers in cities, definitely a set not far from us in central #Sheffield with @rewildmystreet.bsky.social

Short stories for your Christmas eve pleasure! I'm really proud of our Creative Writing students @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social for contributing such fantastic writing☺️I think @cwjoneschris.bsky.social will be proud too! www.spreaker.com/episode/smal...

In the last episode of The Two-Way Poetry podcast I talk to @corrintachibana.bsky.social about the Japanese form the zuihitsu featuring Kimiko Hahn’s ‘Compass’ & an in-depth discussion on her own poem ‘Madam Gout’. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @petegreensolo.com www.podbean.com/eas/pb-k6vwg...

Rolling out the sound condenses over ice, sea smoke trails the boat, twists of light letter the air, a language holding low around the edges of the world, empty and endless for the mind to lodge at zero. Kelvin Corcoran

I fretted my keys and looked back at the city – skylights angled to catch wafers of falling snow. 'The Last Workday Before Christmas', Matthew Clegg westnortheast.wordpress.com/poems/the-la...

Winter Solstice (acrylic, collage) Judy Thorley

Sheffielders: surprise someone (yourself, even) with a hand-delivered book. Last day to order for Christmas delivery

It’s a privilege and lovely to be featured on the Two Way Poetry podcast by Chris Jones, poet & Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University. You can find us here, talking Kimiko Hahn, the Japanese zuihitsu form, and many other things poetry! twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/alexandra-... poetry!

Just finished The Search yesterday, it is one of my books of the year, add it to your Christmas list! @cwjoneschris.bsky.social

Our branch report into SHU's finances calls for a public enquiry into decision making at the university. There may be sector-wide challenges but at SHU one of the issues is governance. The report is here: ucuhallam.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I thought of how, as a child, I’d used pylons to calculate distance & time, and how they seemed to anchor space. I thought of how the turbines resisted this, how unmeasurable they seemed, in a nightscape with few visual referents." 'Landscapes of Power' longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/landscapes...

Loved this. Heartily recommend.

B u y s o m e b o o k s

I totally recommend Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls

I talked to Cliff Forshaw about Arthur Rimbaud in the latest Two-Way Poetry Podcast. Translations and a version of Rimbaud’s life created by Forshaw in his book RE:VERB. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/cliff-fors...

Nothing is quite absolute and whether you’re seeking or fleeing, all roads lead home. Move far enough in one direction, landfall always rolls around again like dawn. 'Hemisphere' @petegreensolo.com A short book A long poem An impossible journey A snip at £6: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Pick a book, any book

Catch up with the first three episodes of Season Three of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast here twowaypoetry.podbean.com Featuring Al McClimens, Geraldine Monk and Helen Angell (seasons 1 and 2 are freely available) Not far off 3 thousand downloads. Thanks for listening! @longbarrowpress.bsky.social

This year’s Keats-Shelley Memorial Prizes are now open. Themes are dystopia / utopia I’m glad to be judging the poetry prize again with Will Kemp. Closing date 2nd February and more info here keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats...

' . . . I smoked untipped till my lungs crackled like Lucozade wrappers. After his Leeds reading, I offered MacCaig a Silk Cut. “Thank you but no: those are just a very expensive way of breathing.” from 'Gaspers' in 'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' Can't track down photographer

Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...

Another one from @longbarrowpress.bsky.social - this time To the End of the Land by Martin Heslop, Helen Tookey. What a mood this one is. Another amazing poetry collection. It feels like the west coast - of Denmark, of Scotland, of wild and unnamed places... 1000/10

Our books are well-constructed, good and useful things, and if you buy one, it will enable us to make more. Recent titles include Steve Ely's 'Eely', Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour', and Rob Hindle's 'Sapo'. You can order them here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

"A book is a record of processes: textual, temporal, material. It is made out of the world and it makes its own world and it makes its way through the world. Each of these worlds is imperfect. Yet the possible book shows me that another world is possible." longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/inventory

In the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Helen Angell about T S Eliot’s early poem ‘Preludes’ and how this influenced her approach to writing ‘Mancunian Way’. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/helen-ange...

We’re delighted that the BBC has featured a positive article about our recent swift brick project. 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I loved this too - it's so good!!

"No hierarchies. No roller banners. A conversation in the heart of the city." Translocal distribution: the latest number of The Minute Review, edited by @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social (with a focus on the 2024 @smallpublishers.bsky.social Fair) and distributed by him at the 2025 Fair.

As the light fell, families put pumpkins out on doorsteps and in their windows; light would judder through carved eyes and grimaces into the dingy lanes. The thickening night was full of cackles and screeches, innocent and terrible. 'The Grail Roads' Rob Hindle grailroads.wordpress.com

'English Coloured Papers' Poems by Simon Cutts / Papers by Colin Sackett After some years copies will be available again at the Small Publishers Fair. Uniformbooks, Table 3, Small Publishers Fair Conway Hall, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October #supportsmallpublishers #smallpublishersfair2025

Here again today, 11am-7pm

Gerard Manley Hopkins as he is speaking through the Pendle witches…Geraldine Monk on Hopkins’ poem ‘The Leaden Echo and The Golden Echo’ and her own poem ‘Chattox Sings’ twowaypoetry.podbean.com

Had such a lot of fun talking to Chris. Looking forward to hearing your chats with other guests on your new series, Chris!

The third series of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast is now available - the first programme just out featuring Al McClimens. Other guests include @thehalt.bsky.social @corrintachibana.bsky.social Geraldine Monk, Cliff Forshaw, Steve Sawyer and Helen Angell twowaypoetry.podbean.com

Many thanks to everyone who's shared and followed this (unexpectedly lengthy) walk-in-progress over the past few days. It's much appreciated. The full thread (128 posts) is below.

Hurrah! The launch that Clare writes about here was a joyous day full of deep care and kinship. I feel so grateful to have been a tiny part of it.

Annie Fisher reviews 'Elemental' by Cliff Forshaw (Templar Poetry, 2025) open.substack.com/pub/thefrida...

The first Two-Way Poetry podcast of Series Three is out. I talk to Al McClimens about time and place in Simon Armitage’s ‘Evening’ and his own poem ‘Grand National’ twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/al-mcclime...

Today’s post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - #Sheffield10K with a fridge, gall season & hope for #SheffieldSwifts - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...