I spent St Brigid’s Day up at the Bridestones mapping gulleys and peat hags with Bridestones Rewilded. In the dusk I walked in the woods. The bulbs are through and Spring is on its way.

To mark the end of Writing Hours, Kim Moore cooked a delicious meal, Niamh and I made millionaire shortbread, I got thrashed at Uno, and we did a Tiffany dance tutorial. 31 days of poetry workshops – it’s always hard work, always rewarding, and I feel deep-down lucky to work with my best friend.

In case anyone needs reminding of the exquisite beauty of the wonky, imperfect and discarded.

So excited to be reading about bogs, moss and foxgloves at Wardle Library on 3rd February, alongside Zaffir Kunial and local poets Seamus Kelly and Elizabeth White. Sammy Weaver is hosting what will be a fabulous event, and there are a few free tickets left. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spoken-wor...

Love poetry? Love animals? Join me on the morning of 22nd February for a fun, generative workshop exploring and celebrating the more-than-human. 50% of proceeds will support Full of Joy’s amazing work. Scan the QR code, or follow the link, to book your place. www.eventbrite.com/e/animal-san...

Since January Writing Hours began on the 1st, hundreds of people have met online every day to read and write poetry together, inspired by the magic of words and community. New people join us every day. Weekly tickets £25, Pay-what-you options available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished. I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy. Time to melt ICE.

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

I love quiet days of sunshine and bitter cold. I love mince pies and morning mist. I love snow, dark mornings, blackbirds and robins. I love new books and detective programmes. I love dusk in the late afternoon, long evenings. I love January.

I cannot overstate how much I LOVE Ursula Le Guin.

In December’s subscriber-exclusive interview, Anna Chilvers & @clareshawpoet.bsky.social — editors of 'The Book of Bogs' — speak to Tallulah about bogs as living presences, the need to restore our visceral connection with the land, and the suck and ooze of the peat steady.page/en/caughtbyt...

Over on Shaw and Moore, we’re experimenting with putting on an event each month for our paid subscribers. So we thought this month that we’d host an Online Open Mic night with you as the stars of the show! Please join us on December 21st at 7.30pm. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/shaw-and-m...

Here’s what I found in the woods yesterday. “even the ubiquitous, common-as-muck Blue Willow gives itself up in infinite variations when it is broken…Let that be my story for today. I am a broken thing, and I am beautiful". Read the rest of this post for free here. open.substack.com/pub/shawandm...

I’m absolutely chuffed with my this beautiful letter press printed, hand bound limited edition pamphlet featuring a poem by Ian Humphreys and inspired by Kate Bush! Only 6.50 and all funds raised go to More Song poetry reading series in Bradford. £6.50 incl P&P. www.littlehirundine.co.uk

Poetry for Christmas: buy a signed book for someone you love (including yourself) with a personalised message, and I’ll pay the postage. Flood: £9.95 Towards a General Theory of Love: £10.99. Drop me a DM!

The Whys, Why-Nots, and How-Tos of Writing about Trauma - my latest Substack for Day 14: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-14-16-...

"We do not define wild women by biological birth/gender assignation but by soul and spirit.” On Thursday, 29th January 7- 8.30 pm, enter the magical world of bogs, peatlands and other threshold spaces with Clare Shaw, Alys Fowler, Nic Wilson and Annie Worsley. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...

JANUARY WRITING HOURS 2026 - any/every day in January for poetic inspiration and writing exercises in a friendly online space - £75 for 31 workshops - facilitated by two acclaimed poets and teachers - laugh, learn, relax — and write loads of new poems! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

Thrilled that 2025's proudest achievement - The Book of Bogs - is December's Book of the Month! Featuring an extract from my chapter, " A Love Story of Walshaw Moor". www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/book...

For Day 11 of 16 Days of Activism against Gendered Violence, here's my 2019 critique of Borderline Personality Disorder. I hope you read it - but it contains some challenging language and realities, so please take care of yourself. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-11-16-...

You know the particular horror of not saving a document and losing hours of hard work? That. But I managed to remember and rewrite it, so here’s my latest Substack for Day 10 of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Violence. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-10-16-...

Australia and me.

Making friends in Australia.

Australian sights.

Me and my sis in Aus.

Join us online this Wednesday (3rd December) 7-8pm for the digital launch of Anna Chilvers' beautiful new novel, Orca and Bird. Anna will read from the book, and we'll chat about woodlands, cyborgs and the meaning of life and love. Get your free ticket here. www.eventbrite.com/e/online-boo...

My poem “The Healing of Little Woolden Moss” is now displayed in the waiting room of St Mary’s Hospital Chest & Allergy clinic, along with poems by Imtiaz Dharker, Anne Bronte, Lemn Sissay. Thank you, Imtiaz, for reading the poems at the opening, and the Poetry Pharmacy, for leading this project.❤️

My lyric essay "The Carbon Landscape: Poetry and Preservation" in Issue 15 of Poetry Birmingham — a nature edition edited by Paul Roberts, featuring brilliant articles like "Wonder as Liberation Practice" by JLM Morton. “Bogs hold our history and our hope.” poetrybirmingham.com/clare-shaw-t...

Cycling round Perth and the Swan River.

Quokkas are small Australian marsupials which live on just a few tiny islands, including Rottnest. Here's my latest Substack about quokkas, me and my sister, and a poem from Cath Drake. open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

MINCE PIES IN MERRIE ENGLAND

Recent gifts from the God of Mudlarking.

Bog lovers! PEAT IS ..... please complete this phrase in whatever way you wish - be it scientific fact, hope or fear, place name, memory, sensory observation, species of creature or fauna, wild image or metaphor ..... and type it into the comments! THANK YOU!

My latest Substack, on my experience with A Writing Chance and tackling the marginalisation of working class writers. kimmoore30.substack.com/p/a-writing-...

There are still spaces available for tonight’s Getting Into the Bog workshop. “We’ll explore how the peatland, moors and marshes can become an expression of our own stories.” Follow the link to book your place. DM me if you need to join us at a reduced price. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-in...

This is happening tomorrow, Tues 28th 7-9pm, online. Interactive, generative, friendly - I'd love you to come along, so if you need a reduced price ticket, DM me. "Creative language can immerse us in the rich sensory world of the landscape". www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-in...

Peter Riley is a quietly defining force in British poetry. It amazes me that he lives among us in Hebden Bridge. Peter now lives with Parkinson's and I feel so privileged he has asked me to read his work alongside him on November 4th at the Dusty Miller in Mytholmroyd. It’ll be a wonderful night.

My latest Substack, on Poetry and Wellbeing, plus me, Gwyneth Lewis, and a dead frog. kimmoore30.substack.com/p/poetry-and...

This is Kevin. Kevin is one of a small herd of wild Welsh mountain ponies looked after by my partner. Kevin says Hi.

“Getting into the bog” — an online writing workshop. Tuesday October 28th, 7-9pm. “We’ll explore how the peatland, moors and marshes can become an expression of our own stories.” Click below to book your place. Proceeds to “The Book of Bogs” crowdfunder. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-in...

My latest Substack: moors, bogs, and 19 writers in a storm! kimmoore30.substack.com/p/even-the-s...

My latest Substack in which Kim and I choose a profile picture which expresses the intellect, authority and nuance of our collections, awards, anthologies and other literary achievements. Lots of exciting stuff coming up on Shaw and Moore. Read this post for news. www.facebook.com/share/1D3C6w...

You don't have to be queer to come to this online Poetry Business workshop Tuesday 2nd September at 11am! - you just have to want to read and write great poetry in great company!

This autumn, join the Poetry Business and me for some exciting, fun, generative online workshops. All timings are UK time (BST/GMT), but wherever you are in the world, we’d love to see you. To book, see the following links. www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...

Day 15: Grosmont to Robin Hoods Bay: the journey's end. My final Substack post of our Coast to Coast. Finches, the pain of one journey's end, and the start of new journeys. Thanks for walking with me. I didn't know how big and beautiful this path could be. kimmoore30.substack.com/p/coast-to-c...

The penultimate day of our Coast to Coast journey. Here's my Substack post, on heather, on love, on our connections with landscapes. On our first glimpse of the sea.💜🌳🚂🌤️🌊 kimmoore30.substack.com/p/coast-to-c...

Day 13 of our Coast-to-Coast journey. Today's blog post is on meltdowns and anxiety among the beauty of heather, eyebright, yarrow, good Samaritans, and reconnecting with the OG hikers. kimmoore30.substack.com/p/coast-to-c...

Here's my blog post on Day 11 of our Coast-to-Coast journey. On heat, the first goodbyes, and what leads people to walking.🌞🌾 kimmoore30.substack.com/p/coast-to-c...

It's Day 10 of our Coast-to-Coast journey. Here's today's Substack post, on the Vale of Mowbray, quietness, and allegedly unremarkable landscapes.🌞⛅️🌼🌳 kimmoore30.substack.com/p/coast-to-c...

Just two weeks since 400 Kate Bushes danced Wuthering Heights on the moors which inspired the song and the book! Here’s a tiny film about it m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Txl...