Very excited for the online launch of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on Thursday 4 June at 7.30pm where I’ll be joined by two amazing poets Jamie Fearn and Conway Emmett. Tickets are FREE with an option to buy the book from @arachnepress.bsky.social. Here’s the link: www.outsavvy.com/event/35232/...

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Off to the #alternativebookfair at Islington central library for the day. Come and say hello, buy books from 30 small presses and take part in the Poetry salon at 11:30!

Great to see ‘Afonydd’ in the shop at Wales Millennium Centre - an anthology curated by @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #books I have a poem about St Teilo in this pages 🌊

I’m excited to have a new poem appearing in the forthcoming @arachnepress.bsky.social anthology ‘Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance’ in October, alongside some amazing LGBTQ+ poets 🐅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Pre-order here: arachnepress.com/New-and-upco... #anthology #queerpoetry #queerreads #queerresistance #poetry

love talking about poetry? IPN Poetry Salon is for you. Join us, @renardpress.com @goatstarbooks.bsky.social & @inkandescentuk.bsky.social @nathanevansarts.bsky.social aj akoto @ruthirwin.bsky.social & gabriel moreno reading poems keats house Sat21Mar 2pm. £6-10 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indie-pres...

Thought it was time we told you exactly who is contributing #poems of #queer #resistance to Up//Roar (out in October, advance warning! pre-order now arachnepress.com/Up-Roar-p815...) those who are ON Bluesky: @hazardpressuk.bsky.social @rickdove.bsky.social @rachaelclyne.bsky.social continues...

Join us and other IPN publisers at @keatshouse1925.bsky.social Sat21Mar 2pm for IPN #Poetry Salon feat. #AJAkoto #GabrielMoreno #RuthIrwin @nathanevansarts.bsky.social @renardpress.com @goatstarbooks.bsky.social @inkandescentuk.bsky.social tix £6-10 QRcode in image booksales, poetry, chat.

Delighted to be a LONDON Regional & Country Finalist for SMALL PRESS OF THE YEAR in #BritishBookAwards the London list is quite long, but - regional winners announced 10th March. Our submission rests on success of #Afonydd @inpressbooks.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social

Join us & fellow Indie Press Network publishers: #RenardPress and #DialectPress for #LGBTQ+ History Month #Poetry Salon. Queer poets read & chat queer poetry - intended as a place to exchange ideas & have a bit of a gossip. We haven't tried it online before, so experimental! free tix tiny.cc/un0z001

Scotland & England fans: the 2026 World Cup is set to be hosted in Trump’s USA. We can’t stay silent. Sign the petition calling for a boycott unless it's move, to protect players & fans! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bo...

Thanks to #nationcymru for heading up their poetry round up for 2025 with Afonydd nation.cymru/culture/cult... You can get your copy here: arachnepress.com/Afonydd-p711...

Support our friends Round Table Books to move to bigger premises. A wonderful #Black/Disabled/Queer #bookshop doing great stuff in tiny premises in #BrixtonMarket www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-space-fo...

IT’S A CHRISTMAS COVER REVEAL! I’m delighted to unveil the cover for my new poetry collection THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE! The book will be published by @arachnepress.bsky.social in June 2026 (Pride Month) and is available for pre-order now. arachnepress.com/The-Beat-the...

A huge, roaring thank you to everyone who contributed to the successful crowdfunding of @arachnepress.bsky.social’s UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance! Whether you claimed a reward or liked or shared a post your support has meant so much! More news of covers & contributors & tours in the New Year!

Our most ordered books this month are #Afonydd and #A470. Worried someone may have already got a copy for the #Cymraeg #Welsh Poetry lover in your life? you could order #Mamiaith or Naming the Trees by @nessowen.bsky.social mostly in English with a core of Welsh poems @llyfraucymru.bsky.social

6 hours left to fund Up//Roar #Poems of Queer Resistance thank you to the people who have donated/increased their donation in the last 3 hours! we have £296 to find, so still less than £50 an hour - we can do it! please share, folks. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...

9 hours to raise the remaining £391 for Up//Roar, #Poems of #Queer #Resistance thats under £50 an hour CAN WE DO IT? pls donate money to get a brilliant book onto the presses. please share! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... @hazardpressuk.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social

One of the Crowdfunder Rewards for @arachnepress.bsky.social’ UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance are some Polari Badges handmade by yours truly! If you haven’t already then please consider supporting this campaign and make this bona book happen! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...

readers of #Cymraeg #Welsh and of writers from #Cymru #Wales Our #noAI #coedennadolig of ( #bilingual) #poetry anthologies/collections from sian northey @nessowen.bsky.social & @hazardpressuk.bsky.social #nadoligllawen last UK post 2nd 16thDec 1st 19thDec arachnepress.com/Poetry-c1217...

Shortlist Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance @hazardpressuk.bsky.social @rickdove.bsky.social @rachaelclyne.bsky.social @nathanevansarts.bsky.social @grizonne.bsky.social @em-words.bsky.social @jftherapy.bsky.social we are crowdfunding for production costs tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 continues

Have yourself a very gay christmas courtesy of our #lgbtqia #poetry #books from #KateFoley #cathythomasbryant #JaneAldous @hazardpressuk.bsky.social #HannahHull and many more arachnepress.com/LGBTQ-titles... Support our #crowdfund for the NEXT #Queer Poetry anthology, Up//Roar tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

This weekend only 10% off selected titles if ordered using this link #Jolabokaflod #givebooksforchristmas arachnepress.com/JOLABOKAFLOD...

We have a #shortlist for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance Everyone who submitted has been informed, so now we can tell *you*. Our shortlisted poets are: Abhi Abu Leila Alyson Hallett Arun Jeetoo Carmina Masoliver Claire Hennessy Conway Emmett Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez David Wakely continues...

Support Arachne Press by pledging to their crowdfunding campaign to publish ‘Up//Roar - Poems of Queer Resistance’ anthology: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mnQq50Bn @arachnepress.bsky.social

extended submissions from #GlobalMajority #LGBTQ+ #poets to Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance end Wed26thNov 23:59 #Crowdfunding ends 2ndDec. We'd love your help with finding great Global Majority Queer Poets, and with funding this book. Please share and encourage both! links via QRcodes in pic.

Just added to our Up//Roar #poems of #queer resistance #crowdfund rewards, #CAKE home made by Cherry Potts. pics of previous ones made for launches. If you are within reach of London SE23, (not putting them in the post!) you can grab one of the 2 on offer made to your specs. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

Want to make some queer poets happy? Our next book is Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance which will be stuffed with magnificent #LGBTQ+ poetry.Help get Up//Roar out in the world, please support the #crowdfund tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 11 days to go 25% funded. We CAN do it with your help

another reward in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is a joy//us prescription from our friends #poetrypharmacy originally created for our Joy//Us crowdfund A perfect seasonal gift paired with the actual book 12 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

one of the rewards in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is '9 golden rules for reading poetry in public' a tiny hand-printed guide from co-editor @hazardpressuk.bsky.social find the secrets to successful poetry reading! 13 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

#globalmajority #LGBTQ+ #Poets send us your poems of #queer #resistance by 26Nov Everyone else - make sure your global majority queer poet friends know, and if you can, contribute to our Crowdfund by 2Dec please-thankyou links via QRcodes on the tiger picture pls share w/ anyone suitable

We're still #crowdfunding for Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance ... but ALSO we've reopened the submissions for about 10 days as we've had suprisingly few submissions from #globalmajority #queerpoets so we are trying again. arachnepress.submittable.com/submit deadline 26thNov tell your friends!

support our NEXT #LGBTQ+ #Queer #poetry anthology, Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance through our Crowdfunder choose from queer books we've already published - poetry, photo portraits, fantasy novel, short stories... make a lesbian publisher happy! tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

callout period for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance has ended, we have received 326 poems from 127 poets. The longlisting begins - but it's quiet on our crowdfund. We are only 12% funded. please share with everyone you know, and encourage them to help we can't do it alone. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

You’ve got ‘til 11:59pm tonight to submit your work to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published in 2026 by @arachnepress.bsky.social! Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only. Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger! arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...

get inspiration for our #LGBTQ+ ##poetry #submissions: editors Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon on what Up//Roar could be. You have until Sat 1st Nov 23:59GMT. arachnepress.submittable.com/submi… Love the idea? Help fund the book by contributing to our crowdfund. https://youtube.com/shorts/8g2H7sbknA4

We've collaborated with @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social and @renardpress.com to put together an #audiobook #anthology of quirky #christmas #poems from 300CE to now. Launching online Mon10thNov FREE tickets bit.ly/twasthelaunch many of our poets are included and editors are #CherryPotts & #WillDady

A gentle reminder to all LGBTQ+ poets that it’s time to get organised and submit to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published next year by @arachnepress.bsky.social! SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 1 NOV 2025! (Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only) arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...

Reminder: LGBTQ+ Poets resident/citizens UK /RoI, 6 days to Submit arachnepress.submittable.com/submit Supporters/Allies! help by joining our crowdfunders www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... we need to raise a lot, anthologies are expensive, especially ones as good as Up//Roar is going to be.

Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance

youtu.be/ulG41ZR7Zis short video from Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon about our planned #LGBTQ+ #poetry anthology - UP//ROAR poems of Queer Resistance, to remind queer poets in UK & RoI #submissions open until 1st November arachnepress.submittable.com/submit crowdfunding soon! keep an eye out for that.

We may have mentioned we are #crowdfunding our next book an epically slow start means we've barely reached 19% with abt 10 days to go. no funds=no book. #ecopoetry and meetings with dead #poets in the lungs of London www.kickstarter.com/projects/147... pls share and help if you can

Hannah Hull talking about Home is a place that visits me at @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social poetry salon last Saturday in #museuminthepark #stroud. Thanks to #dialectpress for organising . Up next free online launch this Thursday 6thOct 7pm www.outsavvy.com/event/29667/... @inpressbooks.bsky.social

The brilliant @arachnepress.bsky.social has been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025—a solo-run powerhouse publishing inclusive, radical, community-rooted work since 2012. Massive thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the nomination—this one’s richly deserved. Read here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...#IndieLitMagGala

‪ we are #CROWDFUNDING! in Meeting #JohnClare at #HighBeach #poet Michael Shann writes of the trees, history & people of ancient #EppingForest from #Boudicca to #AlfredHitchcock. Help us bring this book to fruition. www.kickstarter.com/projects/147...

new #poem video from michael shann in #EppingForest from his #poetry collection Meeting John Clare at High Beach. we are #crowdfunding & could REALLY use help spreading the word. No funds=no book. @eefnews.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social @walthamstowlife.bsky.social @eppingforest.bsky.social

Diolch/Many thanks to the judges+team @forwardprizes.bsky.social for including Naming the Trees as highly commended.🙏 Inspired by the campaign to save Penrhos Nature Reserve from being developed. Here's my copy in the leaf wave+rustle of where it began🌳💚 @arachnepress.bsky.social @nation.cymru

An Epping Forest video from Michael Shann  Meeting John Clare at High Beach by Michael Shann Poems from Epping Forest Here's a video from the poet Michael Shann of him reading the title poem, at High Beach. The Crowdfunder is LIVE on Kickstarter for the next 28 days. You won't find any other info…

Help us crowd fund our next book Meet Meeting John Clare at High Beach by Michael Shann Poems from Epping Forest Michael Shann lives close to Epping Forest and walks, runs and cycles there regularly. Epping Forest is ancient woodland, and has a history to match. Meeting John Clare at High Beach…