Following a lovely and successful reading to launch my new poetry collection in Berlin, my latest Substack post looks at a couple of the less successful readings I've done in the past. bernadettegeyer.substack.com/p/on-reading...

Here are a few photos from my Berlin book launch on Friday. Thanks to everyone who came to help me celebrate! In case you could not attend, Metis still has some copies available! #booksky

Thanks to Leslie Pietrzyk for interviewing me as part of the TBR (to-be-read) series on her blog! I loved these questions and am grateful for this opportunity. 💙 You can read the interview here: www.workinprogressinprogress.com/.../tbr-what... #authorinterview #booksky #newpoetry #newpoetrybook

The Berlin launch event for my book is this Friday at Metis Books & Cafe! I would love to see you there! 📖 What Haunts Me - reading & discussion by Bernadette Geyer 🗓️ Friday, 7th Nov. ⏰ 19:00-21:00 🌇 Gleimstr. 21, 10437 Berlin Register here: tiny.url/WHMLaunch (1st 10 purchasers get a gift!)

Knickers

Holding my book in my hands for the very first time!

Excited to be reading in April Gloaming's new Sunset Salon! The event features me, Christopher K. Doyle, and Ashley N. Roth, and it’s hosted by Christine Hall. Sunday, October 26th 6pm CDT / midnight CET YouTube Live link: youtube.com/live/yQP6i4r... See you there! #booksky #onlinereading

Proud to share my thoughts on how my writing is linked to nature! Thank you, @planthumanq.bsky.social !

Trump hosted a dinner last week for White House ballroom donors. Then he went to Mar-a-Lago for a $1 million-per-person dinner benefiting his super PAC. Last night, he treated big GOP donors to dinner on his new White House patio. The government has been shut down for 22 days.

I've just published a new Substack post about the rollercoaster I'm riding this week! 🎢 bernadettegeyer.substack.com/p/feeling-al... #booksky #booklaunch

So happy to welcome What Haunts Me into the world! April Gloaming Publishing even created a cocktail just for it - check out the recipe in the video below 🍸 Get your copy of my second poetry collection here: aprilgloaming.com/shop/what-ha... #booklaunch #booksky www.youtube.com/shorts/2aOGO...

The official launch date for my new poetry collection is only 2 days away!!! Here, you can read an interview I did with Common Ground Review about the poems in the book and my writing process. www.cgreview.org/blog/intervi... #booksky #poetry #booklaunch

Berlin friends... You're invited! I would love to have you there with me to celebrate the Berlin launch of my new poetry collection. SAVE THE DATE! More details to come... #booksky #booklaunch #berlinliteraryevents

If you want a sneak peek at some of the poems from my forthcoming collection, I've posted a list here: bernadettegeyer.com/what-haunts-...

Excited to have my prose poem "I waited for the bee" included in the new issue of Plant-Human Quarterly!

Long Division

I think I found my Berlin book launch venue today...

I told client to send maximum 500 words. What did they send? 1,696 words. 😭 Please... if someone gives you a word limit, STICK TO IT!

Submitting packets to litmags, along with everyone else today.

“In the morning in the kitchen on the table I see the egg. I look at the egg with a single gaze. Immediately I perceive that one cannot be seeing an egg.”

A little overview of all the amazing things that have happened over the past six weeks for me and a look at my #SealeyChallenge reading list so far. bernadettegeyer.substack.com/p/reveals-an... #BookSky

My craft essay - "Circling the Drain: The Movement from Idea to Essay" - is up on the Brevity Blog! "...My brain is quite a big sink, it seems. Maybe more a bathtub when I start looking at all the dog-eared notebook pages that have accumulated..." Read more: brevity.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/f...

I am thrilled to reveal the cover of my forthcoming book, What Haunts Me, which is now available for pre-order at the link in my bio. 😜 Thanks to @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social, @sandrabeasley.bsky.social, and @seanthomasd.bsky.social for their very thoughtful blurbs! #booksky #poetry #newbooks

Very excited to have a craft essay accepted for publication. News to come!

Rereading Loose Woman, by Sandra Cisneros, as part of the #SealeyChallenge. #BookSky

1 kilo for €1.49... best time of year! I love these little plums (Zwetschgen)!

Doing the work that sustains me mentally, before I get started with my day doing the work that sustains me financially...

The M5 is a really shitty road. Has taken 1.5 hours to go 4 miles. Just want to get to our inn.

So excited to share my new author photo! It's been about 15 years since the last one, so I was sorely overdue. The cover design will be revealed soon! #booksky

Reviewers: I now have ARCs of the interior of my forthcoming poetry collection - What Haunts Me! If you are a regular reviewer for a journal or litmag, please contact me thru my website and let me know if you would like to receive an uncorrected proof! Thanks so much! 📖

Holy moly, this poem by @marybid.bsky.social in Unbroken! Read the whole thing here: www.theunjournals.com/unbroken46bd...

All my socks have holes in them. I was expecting to be living barefoot or in sandals at this point, but it's been in the low-20s C (that's the 60s F) and/or raining almost all of July! I guess I just need to resign myself to buying new socks now instead of waiting for fall. 🧦

You can read the full poem for free at the Lamp Lit website. A huge thank you to the editors for sharing this with the world!

Some wonderful Friday reading for you...

Trying to kick a bad cough. In bed reading the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks. #booksky

🛋️ Lamp Lit 1.1 Summer 2025 is Live at LampLit. net! 🛋️ Thank you all! This has been an amazing process and we can't wait to get started on the next issue! (keep an eye on our opening soon for Fall 2025) 1/3 #poetry #prose #art #litmags #lamplitmag

Such a pleasure to work on this anthology!! Have you read it yet?

Went to a writers' meetup to vibe with other writers. After it was over, I checked emails and had received 3 rejections in the span of 2 hrs. Sigh.

Now I have a writing hangover.

I just finished an essay that I've been working on for over a year. This morning, I realized I had to cut half of it away and take it in a very different direction. Feeling really pleased with myself!

I think I found the perfect outfit for my author photo shoot. 🤐

My writing process is very seasonal. And now, it's editing season! bernadettegeyer.substack.com/p/its-editin...

Whole book “translated” for $100? You get what you pay for, and if you don’t understand what makes human translators valuable, maybe you don’t value the creative work that goes into the writing process either. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

New Substack post on the topic of editing dropping tonight! If you want to get it directly to your inbox, you can subscribe here: substack.com/@bernadetteg...

Arranging to get a new author photo! Ahhhhhh!

Sean's golden shovels continue to amaze me! #amreading #poetry

Today's agenda: revise a poem, repot a plant, go to a community fair and a Biergarten. 🌞🪴✍️🍺🎠

Channelling home office energy today...

Phenomenal poem!

An encouraging rejection from Roxanne Gay has saved my Monday. 💚