Proud to have my poetry included in the Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025, which gathers together standout, risk-taking writing from the award-winning independent press. Support vibrant, compelling contemporary literature and discover your new favourite writers now!

You can read a poem from The Mad Art of Doing Time, the book I released earlier this year, in this fabulous anthology. I am amongst such good company here, excited to be a part of this! Go buy it! (Also buy my other books from Broken Sleep whilst you're there)

It's an honour to be included in this anthology, alongside all the other fantastic writers published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social this year.

I'll be teaching this course on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop in January next year, and cannot wait! Sign up here:

Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know… poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜

I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection 'The Point Is You Are Alive' alongside other @poetryschool.bsky.social MA graduates on Wednesday 26th October. Come along for 🍺 and 📚

🧱 Class, Work and the Politics of Poetry Ruth Beddow asks who really gets to write — and how class, time, and labour shape the poetry we make. A powerful reflection on access, identity, and creativity in a working world. 🔗 poetryschool.com/the...

Brighten up your November with a prose poetry workshop! Please share.... bsky.app/profile/carr...

Thank you so much @sarahocwrites.bsky.social. And thank you for coming to the reading, it was the first I'd done in a while!💚

Tonight I heard Natalie read from this & it was wonderful. Really looking forward to reading the whole book ❤️🙌

Congratulations @natalie-whittaker.bsky.social and @marymulholland.bsky.social on the launch of your @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social books and @alicehiller.bsky.social for introducing us 🩷

Such a lovely evening, @alicehiller.bsky.social was wonderful, as were @marymulholland.bsky.social and @wendycaitlin.bsky.social

Tomorrow evening I'll be reading in person from 'The Point Is You Are Alive' for the first time! (And quite possibly for the last time, as I have two small children and don’t get out much!) So don't miss out! @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @alicehiller.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social

If this book had a song, it would be Power by Little Mix. Tuesday night @poetrysociety.org.uk with @natalie-whittaker.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social hosted by @alicehiller.bsky.social. This book reminds me how important it is to write exactly what you want. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

She’s putting on her autumn coat and a string of pearls and reading @poetrysociety.org.uk cafe on October 28th. Come along to celebrate the new @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social books by @natalie-whittaker.bsky.social and @marymulholland.bsky.social hosted by @alicehiller.bsky.social.

I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book, The Point Is You Are Alive, alongside @marymulholland.bsky.social Wendy Allen and @alicehiller.bsky.social, at The Poetry Cafe, Tuesday 28th October, 7pm-9pm! Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...

The earliest poem in this collection was written in 2012, the most recent in 2024... twelve years and two pamphlets later this book is in the world - The Point Is You Are Alive! @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

We read and responded to prose poems by Anne Boyer, Margaret Atwood and @natalie-whittaker.bsky.social ❤️ 💙 💜

Lovely to hear that you're teaching my poems @julieirigaray.bsky.social !

The online launch of my new book 'The Point Is You Are Alive' is on Wednesday 30th April at 8pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...

It'd be lovely if you could join me online to celebrate the publication of my latest @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social publication, 'A hobby of mine'. 30 April from 8pm, and I'll be in some fine poetic company as you can see from the below. Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...

My first full collection, 'The Point Is You Are Alive' is now available to pre order from Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social . Publication date is 30th April. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

My favourite SE London poet (a brilliant working-class writer too) Natalie Whittaker, formerly published by Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre's #ignitionpress, publishes her first full collection with Broken Sleep Books soon, and we should all be excited: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

PREORDER (30.04.2025): The Point Is You Are Alive moves between intimate recollection and sharp social observation. Whittaker’s poetry inhabits the raw spaces between grief and persistence, presence and absence. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...