I have some slight seconds of Trowbridge Stanza's fab, uplifting poetry anthology 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope & Humanity' for sale on a pay-what-you-like basis. Every pound (apart from postage) goes to our brilliant local hospice Dorothy House. Details: trowbridgestanza.substack.com/.../pay-what....

Heartbreakingly beautiful work by @martinadalton.bsky.social and @petitecreature1.bsky.social I love the sense of nurturing for this moment, Martina. ❤️ #relatable #Emptynest #Midnightatthesaltmarsh #anticipation #poetry #poetsofbluesky

Like food? Like poetry & literature? Step this way!🍿⬇️ The brilliant podcast Let Them Eat Books' latest ep discusses the history, processes & sensations of POPCORN, including my poem commended in #StanzaComp2025 @poetrysociety.bsky.social. What a lovely, unexpected delight. tinyurl.com/bde4hs32

Looking forward to reading at Poets' Café on Friday. Thanks to Dreading Slam for sharing this - I was hearing good things about you only last evening ✨️

Delighted to see this Mike, whilst slightly concerned that the fabulous success of my friends may bankrupt me 😂 @martinadalton.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @fiftywords.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @pascalepetit.bsky.social @petitecreature1.bsky.social

What are your favourite final lines of poems ? Please @ me.. At my next online workshop we will be exploring how to make a dramatic exit and taking a dive into the poetic end line. My classes include tutorial, writing triggers, feedback on your work. www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

My first #PoetryCommunity starter pack. Featuring @benjlmorgan.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @rosannamcglone.bsky.social @uhume.bsky.social @niamhvh-l.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost #poetsonbluesky #starterpack

Love @petitecreature1.bsky.social 's 'Won't you fold this summer into your jeans pocket' which provides a beautiful snapshot of our daughters growing up💜

I'm delighted to be the guest poet at the wonderful Poets' Café in Reading on Friday 8th May. There will be an open mic too! Hope to see you there. The link for tickets is below. @vicpickup.bsky.social shorturl.at/fOAJ6

Do I still want a combined biography of Margaret of Anjou AND Margaret Beaufort? You bet your biscuits I do. Beaufort wove in and out of Anjou's court, and we rarely consider how Beaufort might have learned from the v strong, active queen/regent tradition in which Anjou had been raised.

I'm delighted to be the guest poet at the wonderful Poets' Café in Reading on Friday 8th May. There will be an open mic too! Hope to see you there. The link for tickets is below. @vicpickup.bsky.social shorturl.at/fOAJ6

Come through, we'll have some fun.

Where could your writing take you? Poetry. Flash Fiction. Short Story. Novel. Enter the Bridport Prize for your chance to win, be published, and share your work with a global audience. Open to writers worldwide. Enter now: www.bridportprize.org.uk #WritingCompetition #CreativeWriting

HBD to my favourite queen, Margaret of Anjou. 🔥 Her mother, Isabelle Duchess of Lorraine, showed her how a woman rules (alongside her formidable grandmother Yolande of Aragon). Here is a poem from Daughter of Fire (Yaffle Press 2025) from Isabelle's viewpoint. Visit my profile for website link.

I know you'll tell me if I'm boring you today, so apologies for that, but hey! I wrote a book, and it's out today!

The line up once more 🔥 #PoetryEvents #PoetsOnBluesky

Tonight at 7pm! The window to register closes at 12 noon UK time... Want an audience ticket for this Zoom event of powerful poetry and prose celebrating women's voices? Email [email protected] #Poetry #WomensWriting

Tonight at 7pm! The window to register closes at 12 noon UK time... Want an audience ticket for this Zoom event of powerful poetry and prose celebrating women's voices? Email [email protected] #Poetry #WomensWriting

I’m so excited about this brand new zoom workshop I’m running this Thurs inspired by women that history ignored. Come join us, still free and pay-what-you-can places left - and if you cant join live, all ticketholders get a link to the recording afterwards! www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

Join me on March 19 7-9pm UK for my Zoom writing workshop, Unwritten Women: Filling History's Gaps - we'll use stories of astonishing women that history ignored as inspiration for fictions/poems/hybrids! Pay-what-you-can places & recording if you can't join live: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

Just one week to go before this fiery event organised by the hugely talented Lucy Heuschen @petitecreature1.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥 I'm really looking forward to hearing her reading live, as well as all the other participants! Now to decide what to read myself... #Event #Writing #ReadingSky #PoetrySky

Thanks to The Friday Poem for republishing this. I'd forgotten how open and honest I'd been! #writingcommity

‘…freed, I meadow / I petal for the sun…’ Congratulations to @corinnaboard.bsky.social on tonight’s brilliant launch of ‘Mædwe’ from @salopress.bsky.social 🥳. Fabulous guest readings too from @sophiaargyris.bsky.social, Tom Branfoot, @minorroarr.bsky.social & @victoriaspires.bsky.social 💚

Only two months left to enter the Ver Poets Open Competition, judged by Vanessa Lampert. It closes on 30th April.

No glass ceilings will be shattered here. No doors magically open. One editor’s taste. A bit of money. Built shoulder to shoulder with the community. #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky

Friends, SHINE Quarterly Issue 6 is due out next week, with 23 poets from ~10 countries. Can't wait for you to read! #shinepoetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #booklovers #internationalcommunity

I like Samantha Terrell’s poetry for her strong social conscience and sharp, observant commentary on life. Collaborating with Samantha is always a pleasure. She is thoughtful and inspiring to work with. Samantha is EIC of Shine Poetry Quarterly, you can find her on Bluesky: @shinepoetry.bsky.social

I'm afraid my reading in Oxford tomorrow night is now fully booked, but there's no such problem in St Albans on Saturday, so Mat and I would be delighted to see you there...

Excited to be with all these fiery poets. Thanks Lucy

My reading in Oxford this coming Thursday...

The fabulous full line-up of "Daughters of Fire"! Online on 17th March, 7pm UK time #PoetryReading #WomensWriting Including some remarkable #PoetsOnBluesky: @kymminbarcelona.bsky.social @mariellisdunning.bsky.social @jirobb.bsky.social @gillcresearch.bsky.social @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social 🔥

Completing the line-up for 🔥Daughters of Fire 🔥on 17th March: The wonderful poet and accomplished translator Kymm Coveney @kymminbarcelona.bsky.social 💗I'll also be reading poems from my debut poetry collection - an evening inspired by strong, vocal women through the ages! #OnlinePoetry #WomenPoets

On 17th March, Lucy Heuschen @petitecreature1.bsky.social is hosting Daughters of Fire - an online reading celebrating women's voices in poetry & prose 🔥 I'm honoured to be amongst nine poets & authors reading. Free entry, tickets via email. #PoetryEvent

Grandpa’s Bomb – Rachael Clyne @rachaelclyne.bsky.social atriumpoetry.com/2026/02/17/g...

The Modern Fairies is just 99p on kindle all Feb, so treat yourself www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Fairi...

Proud to be reading with this amazing line up of women poets

More #DaughtersOfFire poets reading - 17th March! Delighted that @rachaelclyne.bsky.social and @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social are joining us. Exploring female experience & self-acceptance with creativity, authenticity & resilience. Free tickets available by emailing me: [email protected]

Lovely to be longlisted for Cheltenham Poetry Festival's competition! Congrats to the winners and all the shortlisted and longlisted poets. Only 15 selected. What an honour to be there with you. Many thanks to the CPF team and judge Gregory Leadbetter. @annasaund.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social

I have a new poetry collection coming out next February with the launch on 31st March at Cheltenham Poetry Festival Online! I'm very excited about this one. The poems work really well when performed, so I am looking for readings. Anyone interested?

Delighted to be heading to Cheltenham to open up the Poetry Festival this year. New bangers promised! Come through. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Joanna Arman spot on here about the Margaret of Anjou rumour-mill

I'm delighted to be taking part in this fab event.

A fantastic line up, and proud to be one of the Daughters of Fire

More #DaughtersOfFire poets reading on 17th March! Introducing @gillcresearch.bsky.social and Vic Pickup. Gill and Vic's poetry gives voice to female experience in a way I have long admired. #PoetryReading Free tickets exclusively available by emailing me: [email protected]

‘this is poetry as bright and fleeting as embers’ 🔥 Our Black Bough book of the month is Louise Longson’s ‘The How in the World’ - Hedgehog poetry. Reviewed by @victoriaspires.bsky.social @louisepoetical.bsky.social @hedgehogpress.co.uk www.blackboughpoetry.com/book-reviews...

Announcing more #poetry readers for 17th March: @jirobb.bsky.social Jenny Robb and Faye Marshall are two of the many fabulous poets published by Yaffle Press (led by the brilliant Gill Connors and Mark Connors who are also the publishers of my debut collection Daughter of Fire). Email to register!

My next readers at Daughters of Fire, 17th March: Charlene V. Smith & Sue Butler. Charlene is a talented writer, director, scholar, actor & audio narrator. Sue is an amazing poet whose poetry collection is soon to be pub'd by Yaffle @yaffles-nest.bsky.social [email protected] for tickets!

Direct link to book: www.amazon.co.uk/CHASMS-Carme...