I had a full day of writing today and I’m so drained. And tomorrow is MONDAY 🙃🥲

no kings, no cops, no billionaires, no fascists, no enablers, no terfs, no bigots, no scolds, no joy thieves, no antisemites, no genocide apologists, no AI

Where’s your favourite place to buy secondhand books online?

Many things over the past decade have done or are doing incalculable damage to the UK. Immigration is not one of them. But this spineless rush to embrace xenophobic far-right rhetoric is. I'm speechless with anger at the utter disgrace of it.

Such a great read.

Picked up at Free Verse yesterday @prototypepubs.bsky.social and can’t wait to read it 💙

apropos of nothing but it's funny how certain folks will always try to chase the style of studio ghibli/miyazaki but only on a surface level and never tackle the themes of environmentalism, anti-war, and empathy i.e. the stuff that made those movies masterpieces

I can watch the forest greening from my window 🍃

Never forget you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing. You can wear a mask and protect others. You can get boosted. You can help someone in need. You can donate to mutual aid. You can amplify voices different than your own. Caring about one another IS a form of resistance.

NEXT WEEK Karan Chambers (one of my wonderful, talented MA poets) is launching her debut chapbook at our London Campus. Woman | Folk is published by Salò Press - an incredible micro-publisher! She’ll be joined by Wendy Allen, Galia Admoni, and fellow MA poets💙

A little reminder that we’re looking for submissions for our anthology! You can be based anywhere in the world 🌍 🩵

Thanks to the Poetry Book Society for choosing Troy Cabida’s “Symmetric of Bone: poems after Elsa Peretti” as their Spring 2025 Pamphlet Choice! And a special thank you to Yousif Qasmiyeh and Alycia Pirmohamed for selecting the book. Congratulations Troy!

If you’re dealing with Long Covid - there’s a chance you’re also dealing with MCAS and/or POTS/Dysautonomia. They’re two of the most common comorbids - and can have a devastating impact on quality of life. New allergies? Alcohol intolerance? Dizziness? Fatigue? Fainting? A mega 🧵 of resources

Big news! We are excited to be partnering with @noemipress.bsky.social to extend the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize to writers of Arab heritage based in the UK from this September >>

Please share with your friends and networks! And thank you to @pairedaeza.bsky.social for use of this beautiful cyanotype image 💙

Please submit to our anthology!! You will be paid, retain rights to your work, and you can be based anywhere in the world!

I love this poem so much 🩵 little extract here:

Please share! A wee reminder to protect copyright so arts & culture sectors are not devastated by AI thieving our work! Emailing your MP & signing the statement just takes 2 minutes. Completing the survey takes longer but templates & help on the links below... #HandsOfOurCopyright #PayTheCreator

Got this beautiful zine today made by Black Lodge Press ✨🌱🍃

Never going to stop shouting about this. You need to buy trans books now. Especially in hardcopy or DRM free formats. Don't say "it'll never happen." Look around. It's already happening.

I have to encounter the news but I don’t want to hear all the awful things but it’s important that I hear all the awful things but my mental health can’t handle it but I must see it and bear witness but I can’t process the levels of evil but i have to because not doing so would be self indulgent 😢😢😢

february has already blessed me with three beautiful sunrises: orange and golden, glowing, bare branches sculptural in the morning light 🌅

I’m facilitating this FREE workshop over the weekend, for Scotland based POC! Tell your friends and join us 💚✨

Here are the gorgeous books and pamphlets I used in my first ‘Working with the Words of Others’ class. By Atef Alshaer Maggie Nelson @victoriachang.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles @pairedaeza.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social @jessicajlee.bsky.social 📚

Reading Joy Harjo and her poetry is absolutely transformative. ❤️‍🔥

If you cant afford art, or cant draw or whatever yourself, USE PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES NOT AI.

who’s the mage 🎶🧙 whose major itinerary 📋 is making all oz merrier ✨💚

lately I’ve really been enjoying: - bagels with cream cheese and Serrano chiles 🥯 - gathering, a really beautiful book of essays (pub. 404 Ink) ⛰️ - cold mist lit by orange street lamps 🕯️ - air’s cherry blossom girl 🌸 - my new tartan wool scarf 🧣 - your name (dir. makoto shinkai, 2016) ☄️

last night we had our little launch, people were so kind & supportive & really showed up for us 💕 feeling so grateful for our poetry community and to be in the room alongside such talented writers.

Join us for Hummingbirds 4.0 Feb 7th at @HousmansBooks! With readings from Waithera Sebatindira and @azad-ashim.bsky.social followed by a discussion with Dr. Abeera Khan. The evening will explore themes of addiction, recovery, and writing. www.eventbrite.com/e/the87press...

If you're a bookworker (in any capacity) then you're invited to join our Strategy Day for our pro-climate, pro-Palestine movement! 🍉FFB Strategy Day 📚 @fossilfreebooks.org 📅 Sat 18 Jan, 10-4 🌍 online / Edinburgh / London 🖊️registration: linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks Register by 5pm this Wed 15th.

Next Thursday! Please sign up by the weekend as ticketing will close shortly ✨

yes you read poetry but have you ever read states of the body produced by love………. exactly…….

just one of those extra windy rainy blustery days when we could be having snow instead 🥲

the relic in question is the view that fossil fuel industries should be directly funding the writing & book industries

1 - literary festivals contribute fuck all to author incomes 2 - fans? What happened to critically engaged readers 3 - books expand yr inner life but do not apply to real world situs eg fossil fuels/ gaza ?! 4 - ‘we need books to propagate & pay for the empire’ = creative economy discour$e 😷

5. Speaking of libraries: USE THEM. They have ZOMG SO MANY free resources (in addition to books!) Digital learning (eg Mango, genealogy), random subscriptions, in-person classes, often "libraries of things" (tools, hotspots, etc) +THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT LIBRARIES IS TO USE THEM. Support libraries!

there’s light at the end of the tunnel for this manuscript I’m writing … someone just switched it on!!!

Londoners, please join us at our launch of THIS TOO IS A GLISTENING in two weeks!! @alycia.bsky.social is travelling from Edinburgh to be there in person. Please note the ticketing closes early, no last minute tickets! It’s a fully accessible venue. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-too-i...

So excited for these books 💫

happy new year 🪐 these are some books I loved in 2024! @theemmapress.bsky.social @jessicajlee.bsky.social @victoriachang.bsky.social @rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social @jaygao.bsky.social @outspokenpress.bsky.social @osmosispress.bsky.social @timtimtmi.bsky.social @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social

Today is publication day for 'this too is a glistening' (Bitter Melon Press) by me, Pratyusha, Nina Mingya Powles & @jessicajlee.bsky.social 💜 Thanks to @jaygao.bsky.social for this amazing blurb! Last copies of our first print run are avail at bookstores & bittermelon.weebly.com/store/p13/th...

happy silvester! @jessicajlee.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social and Nina & I wrote THIS TOO IS A GLISTENING and it’s the best thing that happened this year 🌷🌱🌻💫🪐