Am sitting on the rug, deep in the new issue of The Aftershock Review. I’m honoured to have three poems in exceptional company in an edition which explores ‘the anatomy of aftermath,’ all thanks to @maxwallis.bsky.social Anna Percy and Suzi Feay.

Late to post, but Poetry in Aldeburgh was a brilliant festival, bringing poetry, art and music together to consider the book, its survival under oppression, and its future. Bravo to everyone involved! Keats and the Sea - fab opener @juliamarybird.bsky.social & Mike Sims - included origami for all!

Enjoying @deanbrowne.bsky.social ‘s After Party very much

Rogue Strands are making a Live Poetry Mix Tape...!

A stellar line-up that would grace any of the top poetry festivals in the country. Except this time it's all free. We'd be delighted if you could join us in London on 22nd Oct...!

Three weeks today, at Riverhouse Barn in Walton on Thames, delighted to be reading with the wonderful Jill Abrams hosted by excellent poet, singer and tutor Katie Griffiths, plus open mic - do join us! link in comments.

⏱️ Time is ticking... The deadline for PRIMERS entries is midnight Tuesday 9th September BST Read the full criteria and how to enter here: ninearchespress.com/primers UK poets looking for mentoring and publishing, don't miss out!

Save the date for another fantastic launch of 14 magazine at the fabulous Turner Contemporary, Margate! The 14 readers tbc soon. www.margatebookie.com/big-weekend/...

Wow! stunned to have some new work feature among a brilliant cohort in issue 2 of The Aftershock Review, 🙏🏻 @maxwallis.bsky.social

Excited to be part of this amazing night - do join us!

A new generation of Irish artists is teaching us that we are global citizens www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Today is the perfect Bank Holiday Sunday to lose yourself in poetry and Geraldine Clarkson writes the stuff damn well.

It’s still August, so how about a signed copy of Rope of Sand for the last days of summer - and of #TheSealeyChallenge? £10 including UK p&p, DM me for details!

OPPORTUNITY!! @royalholloway.bsky.social is recruiting a poet to join our Creative Writing team - the role is part-time (0.5), permanent, and encompasses teaching and research! More than happy to chat about department culture and all things RHUL poetry🧡 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Really enjoyed poems from @marymulholland.bsky.social ‘s wonderful new @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social pamphlet The Elimination Game last night at The Devereux, with great support from @tessafoley.bsky.social Tamsin Hopkins & Kit Ingram all hosted by Jill Abram - such a good evening

Well, here's big news. The Laurel Prize shortlist has just been announced & Shearsman have three of the five shortlisted titles! Congratulations @jrcarpenter.bsky.social, Eliza O'Toole & Carol Watts! Thanks to judges & congratulations also to the other two finalists.🌿 laurelprize.com/2025-finalis...

📣 Our submission window is now OPEN for the month of August. Get your blooms to us while the sun is shining! badlilies.uk/submit

Crescent moon just appearing over Snowdonia

📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is now underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations. (...)

Our new issue is out tomorrow! And now you can subscribe to our new mailing list to get updates on issue launches and submission windows. www.badlilies.uk/subscribe

I was delighted to have a poem feature with a lovely cohort of poets in this excellent new journal, The Marrow International, currently OPEN for submissions - www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-four/a...

Really enjoyed @robinhoughton.bsky.social ‘s conversation with Erica McAlpine

💫 ANNOUNCING THE POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE 💫 Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo Publishing and New Directions are pleased to announce the Poetry in Translation Prize, a new biennial award for an outstanding poetry collection translated into English: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/06/anno...

Congratulations Sharon! A wonderful evening, remembering Tobias Hill and his work, and hearing Sharon’s extraordinary winning poem.

Brand new journal from eds Declan Ryan & Alan Jenkins, plus a vintage treasure - great to come home to such post #PoetsOnBluesky

Sale at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social - my pamphlet Vital Capacity now £5.25, and so much else to explore. Have just picked up recent work by @danielghinds.bsky.social & @rushikawick.bsky.social & Rhian Elizabeth 📚 www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Very sorry to hear of the death of Paul Durcan, one of my mother’s favourite poets. She grew up very close to Turlough.

Missed the Polylingual Poetry panel, or enjoyed it so much you want to hear it again? The FULL recording is now available via our Soundcloud and Spotify. Polylingual Poetry: a panel on how poetry containing more than one language, and poetry in translation, is speaking to new audiences and (...)

The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. Michael Hofmann will chair and will be joined on the panel by fellow poets Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell. Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...

Brilliant to catch up with old and new friends Claire Dyer and @alicefwrites.bsky.social at the @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social on Friday, great chat with Patrizia Longhitano and colleagues Katie & Evie, plus a great haul! Perfect afternoon.

Good weekend for a walk? From my recent debut collection Rope of Sand, first published in @thespectator1828.bsky.social

Excited for this! Come and join us tomorrow.

On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

Overwhelmed by this news! All my thanks to the judges @romalynante3.bsky.social Stephen Sexton & John McAuliffe, to the @poetrysociety.bsky.social for arranging the live & online events so well and for all their support, and to my fellow poets, a brilliant cohort to be part of 🎉🎉🎉

Calling all UK creatives! 🚨 There's still a few hours to submit your response to the Government’s AI and copyright consultation. Let’s make sure our voices are heard. Click the link below for support. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

Looking forward to reading ‘Glamour as Armour, January 1979’ at the launch of Skirting Around tonight, a poem which juxtaposes my mum and Edna O’Brien … do join us! www.skirtingaround.org/latestissue

‘bolts of shot silk shiver silver’ very much enjoying the new collection from @jrcarpenter.bsky.social from Shearsman Books

Remembering Ann Lovett, who tragically died, 41 years ago today, after giving birth alone in a grotto in Granard. 'The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks' by Paula Meehan

Excited for this!

💫✨ very thrilled to be a part of this exciting launch - Diana Evans' beautiful pamphlet 'Broth', which is also Fictionable's first publication ✨💫 PS it's also my first mention in the bookseller

Louis MacNeice on “less difficult media” with a question for Musk and Zuckerberg. #SocialMedia @poetrysociety.bsky.social

For the first week of the new year - thrilled to have a poem in the Ghost Furniture Catalogue! 🙏🏻 Sophie and Bill.

On Christmas Eve 2022, I did a Twitter thread about my love of Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas (1973). It turned out lots of other people loved it too, so for its fiftieth anniversary year, I wrote this www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6430...

I’m a day late, but this is a gem from @samueltongue.bsky.social in the Advent calendar raising funds for Medicine sans Frontieres created by @annierutherford.bsky.social 🎄

Surprised and delighted by this review of Rope of Sand in Tupelo Quarterly - deep thanks to @martinjago.bsky.social for his perceptive words & to @tupelopress.bsky.social 🙏🏻 www.tupeloquarterly.com/reviews/rope...

The Live Canon Christmas pamphlet is now available! Slim enough to post in place of a card, with just a first class stamp, but packed with brilliant new writing. www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc... #poetry #christmas #poetrycommunity

Likewise elated! and @lisadmkelly.bsky.social is right, this could be a perfect stocking filler …

just to say @magmapoetry.bsky.social is now on this site! Please do follow 💚

This was such a lovely evening! Thanks so much Jonathan for the opportunity to share our launch, I return to your book often 🙏🏻

Very grateful indeed to the Society of Women Writers & Journalists, and judge @fionalarkin.bsky.social, for awarding me the beautiful Elizabeth Longford Rose Bowl for #poetry. A great honour to have my name added to many illustrious winners across the years. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity