Helpful and shrewd reviews from @ravoon.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

‘Blind Faith’ Banksy 2026

Jennifer Lee Tsai launches her debut collection. Not to be missed. www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-an...

Poems on the Underground Celebrating Chinese New Year Poem of the Week February 28th The Red Cockatoo by Po Chu -I translated by Arthur Waley Calligraphy by Qu Lei Lei poemsontheunderground.org/the-red-cock...

Karen Solie awarded 2026 Windham Campbell Prize windhamcampbell.org/recipients/s...

When I read all those desperate claims of victory in the US/Iran conflict, I can’t help but think of that final verse of Edwin Muir’s The Combat:

The final section of The Seafarer is still resonant today - this from Matthew Hollis’s Hazel Press translation.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus sing Niall Campbell’s The Night Watch. And here’s a link to the poem itself: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/the-nig... #Scotland youtu.be/7F7TcnI5IWI?...

“When all this is over I mean / to travel north...” ~ ‘Lochan’, a beautiful #poem by Kathleen Jamie 🍃 Our #Scotland issue, co-edited by Kathleen, is available here: irishpages.org/product/vol-...

I like this tiny poem by Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social from his forthcoming Carcanet collection Lyrical Ballads.

April is the coolest month… Come along and join North Sea Poets for an evening of poetry and music:

A sky that tastes of rain that’s still to fall And then of rain that falls and tastes of sky… -Douglas Dunn ‘Tay Bridge’

Catch up on new writing from the #NorthSeaPoets 🌊 #amreading The Burns Identity - Don Paterson on the sudden disappearance of Robert Burns Subscribe at northseapoets.substack.com #PoetrySky

Suddenly realised my entire output could be divided into three categories:

Mineral by Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Don’t mess with Angus Council.

Lesley Harrison on Stewart Sanderson’s ‘The Sleep Road’ substack.com/@northseapoe...

‘You Who Wronged’ by Czesław Milosz. For some reason or other this poem came to mind this morning. Written in a time of tyrants: #Poetry

A great start to the year - sign up to one of these workshops with the wonderful @rebeccasharp.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-wor...

What really scares me about Reform is the way their heads are all mutually interchangeable.

This time of year the light seems keen to come north again. Tay Estuary at Buddon Ness. #Scotland

It’s true: even a sea worn brick was born in a dying star.

I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Richard Meier, winner of the inaugural Picador Poetry Prize in 2010. He was the author of three collections - his most recent ‘After the Miracle’ came out this year: happenstancepress.com/index.php/co... A fine man and a fine poet. #Poetry

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

The new North Sea Poets ‘Writing With …’ spring course has just gone live. We’re running it over seven weeks from Feb (twice, on Weds and Saturdays) – but both dates are half sold out already, so do get your skates on if you’d like to join us … www.northseapoets.com/courses

Auditions are over, poets have been informed of which wave they'll appear in throughout 2026/27, and Christmas is just around the corner. Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social. iambapoet.com/wave/24