I’m chairing this event with Christy Ducker and Bob Beagrie on 7th February as we chat about inspiration and dig into the RLF’s archive. Free to attend and tickets available here: tinyurl.com/55zzkfda

I have been looking for a more contemporary translation of St. John of the Cross (Teresa of Ávila's partner in the reform of the Carmelite order in 16th century Spain). Now, I've found one by @marrrtha.bsky.social 💙📚 Ordering today from my local bookstore. Thanks @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social.

If you fancy ‘thawing creative blocks’ in the new year and writing a flurry of new poems, I’ll be tutoring this residential with the wonderful Romalyn Ante (plus guest speaker Kostya Tsolakis!) from 26th-31st Jan. Join us! ❄️⁦‪⁦‪⁦‪⁦‪ @romalynante3.bsky.social @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social ‬⁩

The Poetry Detective with Vanessa Kisuule is back 4pm today @BBCRadio4 looking for poems that can help us think through the things we wrestle with. Today: Doomscrolling. With help from @carolinebirduk.bsky.social among others. Producer Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

SPOTLIGHT #poetry book - Popular Song by Harry Man @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social - full of wonder and melody, a jukebox of poems. 'It’s a giant, wondrous exclamation mark of a book.’ – @betarish.bsky.social Now in our seasonal sale, just £7.99 ninearchespress.com/shop

Five RLF poets - Anna Woodford, Jo Clement, Christy Ducker, Harry Man & Degna Stone have created poems now on display at Longbenton Metro station. Poems on the Metro is a collaboration between the RLF and Tyne and Wear Metro and this work will be on view to enjoy until the end of the year.

Tomorrow! I’ll be performing at Soho Poly alongside the poetry-forces-of-nature that are Joelle Taylor and Will Harris. Tickets here: sohopoly.co.uk/events/soho-po…. Hosted and curated by the brilliant Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social

If you’d like to stay with us during Hearth, you can book your accommodation now and receive 20% off! Go to our website and click 'Rest' to book or call us on +44 (0)1244 532350. 3/3

The Library’s ever-popular one-day micro festival is back for another year, this time with Sarah Perry, Harry Man, Dan Kaszeta and Glenn Malkin! Four authors, four talks, closing with a Q&A where all four authors talk life and books. We listen, talk, and eat together. 2/3

📣 Tickets now available!📣 📆 Saturday 31st January 2026 🕐 10.30AM-7.30PM 📍 Gladstone's Library 🎟️ Full day, morning and afternoon tickets available at buff.ly/pbuNH4x @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social 1/3

Brilliant evening in conversation with the Northern Writers Panel of Christy Ducker, David Mark and @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social talking about writing and place at Sunderland Libraries' City Library. Thanks to the writers and @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social for this insightful,entertaining session!

8th October in Sunderland, I’ll be talking place and the writer with David Mark and Christy Ducker. For more information and tickets visit: www.bit.ly/writersonplace

Brave, groundbreaking and extraordinary life: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

Excellent humans of Morpeth, this, tonight!

Tapestry,cross-stitch bookmarks! Does any kind sewing expert know when these 'templates' became available, please - or how old these might be? Just found in box with 1860s Bible- but I think they're newer.Possibly my grandmother's (died early 1970s) or my aunt's (died early 1960s).Thank you! #sewing

"My fingers play with the silver hair at your temples, you stroke my face and I breathe slowly. Jigsaw pieces. We always did fit nicely." #TodaysPoem #poetry Swan by @salenagodden.bsky.social (2014 Burning Eye Books, Portishead) www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...

Quite unreal that Tony Harrison has gone. A poet (as he termed himself) of complete conviction, percussive and passionate and someone who lit the way and made a deeply important and lasting space for others. May he and his legacy go well. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

I'll be talking place and time (time time time) with rock biographer of The Jesus and Mary Chain (among others), Zoë Howe and fellow poet Christy Ducker at Morpeth Library on Tuesday 30th September. Join us! Thisaway: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morpeth-li...

2 weeks until National Poetry Day! This year's theme is 'play'. Let’s celebrate with joy, performance, and creativity! buff.ly/T2sCK6d #NationalPoetryDay

And so it was so wonderful to see these people, who had been working on Huntington's their whole careers, weep for joy that someone ELSE HAD DONE IT. They did not care someone else did it first. They cared that it WORKED. They remembered we are all in this together.

In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular: The joy. One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...

We can’t wait to host Ian, Kirsten & Henry. Tickets on sale from Weds.

96% of teachers who booked a Poets in Schools visit said that a poet visit positively affected their pupils' learning. Get in touch with us to book a poet to visit your school for National Poetry Day! Head to bit.ly/PoetsInSchools to access our enquiry form & find out more about Poets in Schools.

The great concrete poet Eugen Gomringer died last week aged 100.

I'll be talking intimately to a microphone about writing life, landscapes, space and place with the very wonderful Christy Ducker and Zoë Howe at Morpeth Library 30th September for the Royal Literary Fund. For tickets visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morpeth-li...

I'll be talking intimately to a microphone about writing life, landscapes, space and place with the very wonderful Christy Ducker and Zoë Howe at Morpeth Library 30th September for the Royal Literary Fund. For tickets visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morpeth-li...

We hope you are as excited as we are about our Writer in Residence Shortlist for 2026! You can find all the shortlisted titles in one handy list on our Bookshop.org shop - happy reading! buff.ly/bEdyU3a

“Popular Song” was shortlisted for the Gladstone’s Library Writer in Residence and it was my turn at keyboard this week. Massive thank you to @ninearchespress.bsky.social for publishing it and doing such an incredible job 🔥📚✨ Check out the full shortlist via the comment below.

A lovely blog post from @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social about being shortlisted for a @gladlib.bsky.social writer-in-residence award

Throughout the summer the Library is running ‘Meet the Shortlist’, a series of posts with all the shortlisted writers! Third in our ‘Meet the Shortlist’ series is poet Harry Man (@harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social), nominated for his poetry collection 'Popular Song' (Nine Arches Press, 2024). 1/2

Rainer Maria Rilke, tr. David Young

📚 WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2026 – SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED We’re proud to see Laura Beatty and David Hendy among the eight exceptional authors recognised for their work. www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/writer-...

A quick update: We're at capacity now for the Darlington Reading Round. If you would still like to join, you can drop me a line [email protected] to be put on the waiting list.📕 ✨

⭐ COMING UP ON 11 AUGUST: Want to try your hand at writing poetry for the youngest among us? Join us for this new workshop with acclaimed children’s poet Kate Wakeling to discover new approaches to writing funny, gentle, thoughtful, magical poems.

We are thrilled to announce the eight writers shortlisted for Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence in 2026! Read about the shortlisted titles here: buff.ly/S7V0rmH Thank you Damian Barr (@damianbarr.bsky.social) for having the inspiration for Gladstone's Library Writers in Residence! 📚 1/3

Thrilled to see @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social & Popular Song on this wonderful shortlist for @gladlib.bsky.social Writer in Residence. See that slim volume on the top?⬇️ Have you read the jukebox #poetry of Popular Song yet? Playful, thoughtful & inventive: ninearchespress.com/publications...

New interview up with @oncreativewriting.bsky.social

Writer Harry Man @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social explains why he's the poet with 'every opinion'! He shares his influences and more in this intriguing and illuminating Q&A. Thanks, Harry. And thanks to @ninearchespress.bsky.social , too! www.oncreativewriting.com/post/harry-m...

The Poetry School autumn term is now online - if you missed out on my course on learning from female poets, I will be running it again… join in! poetryschool.com/courses/lear...

Friday 13th - it's certainly lucky for some! Harry Man is headlining the Poets' Cafe LIVE in Reading, doors 8pm @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social Organised and hosted by @vicpickup.bsky.social & @kmeehan.bsky.social ‪ whatsonreading.com/venues/south...

ChatGPT may be down, but you know what's not down? Over 4,000 pieces of literature from 147 countries and translated from 141 languages by actual people and not LLMs—and every single piece is free to read. Just saying! wordswithoutborders.org

Fady Joudah is reading in Bristol TONIGHT. If you have any doubt about the powerful, important ways events like this threaten a complacent literary establishment - here’s the shocking response one organiser got when she shared it with a local literary group in Bath

Beyond hyped for this one, the first in our summer event series! Join us for an incredible pride poetry night with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social, Richard Scott, Sophie Robinson and Roberto Salvador Cenciarelli ❤️ www.outsavvy.com/event/27015/...

Opening up a box and letting poems blink into the world at the Poets' Café in Reading on the luckiest Friday 13th of the year (June). Features an Open Mic, if you want to set loose some of yours in the perfect environment. Info, tickets and fortunate futures here: whatsonreading.com/venues/south...

I'll be running a FREE reading group every Saturday in Darlington, starting 6th September. No homework is required. Each week we'll read a short story and a poem together from around the world, featuring literature from 60 countries. To join us, head over to: www.bit.ly/darlingtonreading

Very pleased to announce a new book, out now on the excellent above/ground press, with thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social Chimneys is 24 prose poems, mostly written over the past couple of years. More details at abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/new-...

Reading in Oxford on the 28th May with Shanta Acharya. Readings from the floor also. Join us at Common Ground…

‘ a bold and explicit manifesto for women’s desire, as bright and hot as mustard’ Megan Robson, The Poetry Book Society spring bulletin. Published by @serenbooks.bsky.social

Come & Write the Wild with me in St Davids! On 9th April, I'm running a workshop focusing on the local coastal environment, exploring issues such as biodiversity loss & the climate crisis. Both poets & prose writers welcome. We'll be spending much of the time in the glorious Pembrokeshire outdoors!