Lives Amongst Death open.substack.com/pub/annabowl...

We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨ bansheepress.org/read/celebra...

Life in Occupied Kherson City open.substack.com/pub/annabowl...

Honoured to win 3rd prize in the 2025 Ironbridge Comp with Helen Eastman of @livecanon.bsky.social & Sharon Ashton. 2nd prize @annabowles.bsky.social & first prize Chrissy Banks. Thanks to judge Liz Lefroy & @pandemonialists.bsky.social You can hear the poem here: youtu.be/HuHM9LbgSkE?...

Delighted to announce Magma 92 'Ownership' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by @pimlottkathy.bsky.social Danne Jobin and Paul Stephenson. #magma #poetry #ownership #magma92 #poetrymagazine #magmapoetry Get your hands on a copy here: magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

Good writing is when Zelensky sits in the US president’s chair at G7 after he left early

A question being asked by Ukrainians.

Today's "Operation Web" which I think is the biggest ever single attack on Russia or its previous incarnation of the Soviet Union, was in the planning for a year + a half. Pres Zelenskyy is said to have supervised the operation, but the glory belongs to Vasyl Malyuk + his team.

#UAarmy fellas got ⛔🦟🕯️ that were transferred to them by Svitlana. Svitlana is a #volunteer whose main activity is sewing soft stretchers for transporting the wounded. Now she is looking for a new 🪡🤖. Maybe someone in #Odesa can gift her one in used but in good condition. #UkrainianView

We are over the moon to share the 13 shortlist poets for the Poetry Wales Award 2024-25, sponsored by Literature Wales and judged by Jeremy Dixon. You can read the full collection on our website: poetrywales.co.uk/poetry-wales... Stay tuned for information about our online Awarding Ceremony.

Another remarkable insight into the work of volunteer groups on the ground in Ukraine, often in very dangerous zones, and the desperate need for more aid of kinds. annabowles.substack.com/p/operation-...

#Ukraine An interview with a Ukrainian Army military chaplain in Sloviansk.

#ukraine, #reedsy The site where I find clients (and who are a genuinely wonderful organisation for all freelancers and authors in need of services) featured me on their blog. blog.reedsy.com/freelancer/w...

Nice little tale here from one of my followers, @annabowles.bsky.social, who's back in Ukraine. As she admits herself, this was not really her "scene" but sounds amazing all the same. annabowles.substack.com/p/undergroun...

#Kramatorsk is under attack by shaheds right now. A few minutes ago one zoomed over my building and there were two explosions in - I think - the city centre.

1/7. In case you haven’t been following, here is a short summary of the misnamed Russian-American "peace process" regarding Ukraine.

annabowles.substack.com/p/undergroun... #ukraine, #zaporizhzhia Schools in Ukraine are reopening underground, often with help from international donors.

Remember Mariupol? open.substack.com/pub/annabowl...

Raise The Bar | Poetry & Resistance Exhibition| Arnolfini, Bristol 22 March – 01 June 2025 | Free entry | A powerful exhibition featuring poetry of revolution, resistance and activism, showcasing the power of poetry to question authority, speak up for the oppressed, and call for radical change...

Most adequate NYT opinion piece

Also, true story

The American President is looking more and more like he is supportive of an invading Russian army and its coalition intent on torture, ethnic cleansing, false imprisonment and committing the most awful atrocities and war crimes. What’s to stop him doing this to Americans? 🤔

Periodic shoutout to Tim for being amazing. He really does never tire, and his threads sift through the rumours to report real events. If you're following news from #ukraine you need to follow Tim, and ideally drop him a few quid too.

It's a standard joke that Brits get 1) cross 2) quite cross 3) very cross 4) extremely cross. When it comes to helping #Ukraine & standing up to #Trump we need to make the jump to full-on angry; not in the sense of lashing out, but having the will and energy for action. There are signs of that now.

The fight against fascism has three phases: The first is with money and votes. The second is with fists and cudgels. The third is with bullets and bodies. If you don’t stop them with the first, you will have to stop them with the second - or be made to pay the price of the third.

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

I'm feeling proud to be associated with the #Ukrainian cause after #Zelenskyy refused to pander to Trump. #Ukraine continues to set an example to the rest of the world. At what cost to them, though? Everyone who stands against Trumpism needs to #standwithUkraine.

Anyone who hates the way trump talked to Zelensky can make things better by making a donation to Ukraine.

Any remaining arguments against the rearmament of Europe just evaporated in front of the eyes of every single European head of state this evening.

Trump and Vance just made Zelensky one of the most popular leaders in the world.

Thousands of 🇺🇦 children abducted by russians. Thousands of missing 🇺🇦 soldiers.Tens of thousands of 🇺🇦 killed. Thousands in russian captivity. Dozens of executions captured on camera, when ru killed those who surrendered. Every russian war crime has a perpetrator! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We teach girls to fix cars and we are becoming an official NGO in Ukraine! We kick off new operations in one week!! So here we are! Fundraising for our start up costs, tools and classroom supplies. —>PP: [email protected] GOAL: $10k REACHED: $4,520 That’s 45%!!!!

Weapons-grade Poetry open.substack.com/pub/annabowl...

The universal reaction to anything that happens these days:

“While Donald Trump blames Ukraine for starting the war Russian State TV are showing their viewers how they will nuke The United States.”

🇺🇦 In our interview, @timothysnyder.bsky.social warns: "We have a failure of imagination of how bad things could get for us if Ukraine were to be defeated (...) We live on borrowed time, borrowed from the Ukrainians (who) are paying for it with their lives" Full video 🔗👇 www.rfi.fr/en/video/202...

Spotlight on issue 3 contributor @annabowles.bsky.social Full issue from our stockists & online www.the4facedliar.com/shop

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I collect 2nd hand laptops, phones & tablets to send to #Ukraine where my friends recondition them, mostly for use by internally displaced people. If you have devices in UK/Europe, DM me & we'll get them to Ukraine. We helped Natalia continue her education when her family fled from the east to Lviv.

My writing isn't just about kids in need, but WHAT they need. It's not adult jigsaws, or even games. They live in a hostel with a playroom that opens once a week. What they need is more attention, which is best supplied by Ukrainian-run programmes. Better the West fund those than send more clutter.

I'm delighted to have won joint 3rd prize in the Wolverhampton Lit Fest competition. 'Art Therapy at Hostel No. 14' is a composite of some of my experiences with displaced kids in Ukraine. @pandemonialists.bsky.social asked winners to record themselves reading: pandemonialists.co.uk/wolf-poetry-...

So pleased to have these poems published in Catflap! Showing Fifi my poem about her "No More Tomatoes!" but she doesn't care. "The Laying Hen" is about my wife and she likes it alright. 😅

annabowles.substack.com/p/everyone-h... The final part of this article features an interview with two British volunteers with extensive experience of aid delivery and reconstruction work in #Ukraine. #nafo

I'm excited that 'Airplane Mode' is the featured poem on Ink, Sweat and Tears today! inksweatandtears.co.uk/anna-bowles/

Part 2 of my three-part article looking at why the International Red Cross and UN agencies in particular have such bad reputations in Ukraine. It’s designed to explain the issues to people outside the country. annabowles.substack.com/p/everyone-h...

Please consider gift of Ukrainian poetry at Xmas: Artur Dron' 'We Were Here' trans. by Yuliya Musakovska from @jantarbooks.bsky.social @zelenskyy1.bsky.social/Ukraine changed date of Xmas in Ukraine to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, to move away from the Russian Orthodox Church. Artur Dron's Xmas poem:

annabowles.substack.com/p/everyone-h... My latest blog post looks at the controversial topic of big aid agencies working in #Ukraine - or, many would say, NOT working while sucking up all the donations. #redcross #unicef #nafo

This is great. Very much recommended.