I can announce that my 'that's not poetry!' show will be performed twice at Colchester Fringe in October. It's an hour of poetry, chat, laughs, nonsense, visuals, and more in a kind of wonky timeline that takes you from childhood to the present day. Fun+ colchester.ssboxoffice.com/events/james...

10th August in Stowmarket. Part of the week of events that make up @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social - check www.forewordfestival.uk for more details!

SOLD OUT! If you snoozed, you, er, loozed! Chelmsford is in for a major treat! on the 31st!

4 weeks to go until the wonderful Mark Grist headlines the poetry event at @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social in Stowmarket at The John Peel Centre - some great support from Lorna Mackinnon, Sam Marsh, @getonthesoapbox.bsky.social and, er, ME! compered by @ajdeane.bsky.social - what a lineup!!!! #poets

Father's Day is always a bit of a weird one for me. m.youtube.com/watch?v=CLmU... #fathersday #fathersdaypoem ##poetrycommunity

Grab a ticket ASAP!!!! Walk-ups are nice, but buying a ticket in advance really helps to reduce stress! Andy Riley has written for Big Train, Smack The Pony, Armstrong & Miller, Black Books, Spitting Image, Armando Iannucci, Veep and many more. colchesterartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

CHELMSFORD PEOPLE! AND THOSE NEARBY! If you want a ticket for this DO NOT DELAY! It's going to be a special - night! #andyriley #smackthepony #bigtrain #blackbooks #spittingimage #veep #hyperdrive #Pirates #spokenword #yearoftherabbit #bunnysuicides #triggerhappytv #comedy dice.fm/event/bbwdav...

A new poem (half-finished for ages, completed this week) about David Attenborough made its debut last night at a small gig in Trimley-St-Mary, Suffolk. Went well! #davidattenborough #blueplanet #spokenword #punkpoet #livepoetry #essex #suffolk #baddavidattenborough #nature youtu.be/hVChGNZtABc?...

TOMORROW! FRIDAY 23RD MAY! Last chance to grab a ticket for this excellent evening in Trimley-St-Mary near Felixstowe! Me, Virginia Betts, AJ Deane, and Dawn Vincent offer a variety pack of poetry, spoken word, comedy, and even some songs! Hope to see y'there! www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-...

Monday morning on @suffolksound.bsky.social we chat about @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social and lots of other cool stuff!

On Monday morning it's me and @jcarreirawriter.bsky.social on @suffolksound.bsky.social with @julesbutton.bsky.social talking about all kinds of stuff! #suffolkarts #poetry #forewordfest #authors #suffolkcreatives #artsnews #ontheradio #Felixstowe #Stowmarket #wordnerds #tunes #excitingstuff #poems

Next Friday (9th) I support the always excellent Luke Wright at Sudbury Arts Centre. Without doubt it'll be a brilliant night! #lukewright #sudburysuffolk #poetrycommunity #punkpoet #livepoetry #spokenword #funnypoems #poetrylegend #wordnerds #poetrygigs #poems sudburyartscentre.com/event/luke-w...

Tomorrow I headline Good Shout in Peterborough. Loved doing this last year and happy to be returning! Doors at 6.45! #poetrycommunity #goodshout #livepoetry #performancepoetry #punkpoet #peterboroughpoetry #poetryfans #wordnerds #funnystuff #poetrybooks

Can't stress enough what a wonderful night this is going to be! BAFTA & Emmy winning writer Andy Riley with no less than 3 poets in support. If you're in or around Colchester and you ❤️ words, this is for you! #essexpoet #colchester #spokenword colchesterartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Next Saturday at The Brewery Tap Sudbury! NORTHERN SOUL! MOTOWN! FUNK! LATIN SOUL and MORE! Always a quality night! FREE ENTRY! #eastrevent #suffolksounds #Sudbury #vinyl #soulmusic #FUNK

Poetical friends! Grab yourself a ticket to the 11th Festival of Suffolk Poetry at the famous John Peel Centre in Stowmarket while you still can. Some excellent performers and some cool looking workshops too! Not to be missed! Info and tickets here: suffolkpoetrysociety.org/events/

The brilliant comedy writer, Andy Riley (check out that CV!) plus me, Leon The Poet, and Laura Bradley in Chelmsford? Hell yeah! Tickets are VERY limited, so don't hang about if you want one! dice.fm/partner/jon/... #poetrycommunity #spokenword #blackbooks #smackthepony #chelmsfordgigs #essexpoetry

The very funny poet, Heather Moulson, has (with permission) put one of my poems from the 'That's Not Poetry!' book up on her website, added some illustrations and written some nice words of her own. Please do check it out here: heathermoulsonpoet.com/2025/04/07/h... #poetry #poetryscene #poems

Lovers of words and laughter in Colchester and surrounding areas...this is for YOU! BAFTA and Emmy winning comedy writer, Andy Riley is coming to town with some excellent support! #comedy #poetry #spokenword #essex #smackthepony #blackbooks colchesterartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/....

THIS FRIDAY!...a brilliant night in Trimley-St-Mary (Nr Felixstowe)... www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-...

I'll tell you what...this is going to be bloody amazing! Get yourself a ticket early to avoid disappointment! part of @forewordfestivaluk.bsky.social! www.johnpeelcentre.com/event/8367/ #poetryevent #markgrist #johnpeel #stowmarket #forewordfestival #spokenword #battlerapper #suffolkarts #festival

All round top fella Pete Cardinal Cox mentioned me no less than 3 times in his slot on Louise Hulland's show on BBC Radio Suffolk today! Pete gets in the studio around 1 hour 18 minutes in... #ontheradioagain #bbcsuffolk #louisehulland #poetry #punkpoet #poetrygigs www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

TOMORROW I'm back on BBC radio chatting about For the Love of Words at the lovely Sudbury Arts Centre on the 13th, amongst other stuff, and doing a poem from the That's Not Poetry! book. Head over to sudburyartscentre.com/event/live-l... for info and tickets! It's gonna be special and it's only £8!

News about what I'm up to on the Earth Island Books website... www.earthislandbooks.com/post/james-d... #poetrycommunity #spokenword #punkpoet #poetrygigs #livepoetry #poeteybook #poetsday #earthisland #gigs

Smack The Pony, Black Books, Spitting Image, Armando Iannucci, Big Train, Year of the Rabbit? That's the quality writing Andy Riley's known for - you NEED a ticket to this! sudburyartscentre.com/event/live-l... #spittingimage #bigtrain #blackbooks #smackthepony #emmy #baftawinner #poetry #comedy

A couple more dates added in the past week. That's 18 gigs on the horizon, starting 2 weeks today with Andy Riley & co. in Sudbury. Am I coming to YOUR town? #spokenword #poet #forewordfest #punkpoet #livepoetry #poetrybooks #writer #poetrycommunity #wordnerds #wordporn #funwithwords #poetryiscool

Writers of East Anglia...this looks fun!

My new book is up for pre-order over at Earth Island Books. Just got my author copy and I'm chuffed to bits with it! Will probably the last book from me this year as I want to focus all my energies on the live stuff. Got some crowd pleasers in it, this one! www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page...

New bits in the store...the 'That's Not Poetry!' book, a re-stock of the 'Amateurcrastinator' chapbook, 'That's Not Poetry!' badges, and a new painting ('We Live In A Massive Snake') 30cm x 40cm acrylic + pen on canvas. Check it out, or don't. jamesdomestic.com/store #diy #artist #poet #folkart #FU

Been doing this one live for at least a year. Will be in the new book, out March 7th (I think)...love the way the audience get on board with this. :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSUK... #poetry #cats #photocopiers #sex #wrongun #manink #purr #nottingham #unpopularculture #popularculture #punkpoet

Badges! Black 'n' white (like badgers). New book badges. That's Not Poetry! Er, badges! #pinbadges #badges #oneinchbadges #25mmbadges #buttonbadges #poetstagram #poemsaboutpoets #poetsofinstagram #instapoets #poetrycommunity #poetrybadges #punkpoets #punkpoetry #suffolkcreatives #essexcreatives

Some albums I've been spinning today... Rat Cage, Paul McCartney, GEVÄL, and John Cooper Clarke. Nice mix, that. #ratcage #paulmccartney #johncooperclarke #geväl #musiclovers #vinylcollection #vinylalbums #recordcollection #musicfans

Wasn't supposed to be out until January, but I got copies of my snazzy new book today ('That's Not Poetry!'). All the poems are about poetry, poets, writing & performing poetry, etc. More details here: jamesdomestic.com/product/1064... #poetrybook #newpoetry #limitededition #poetryforeveryone

That's a lot of me in one pic! Have a great Xmas, @rob-air.bsky.social

A really short one from 'Ten Poets Volume Two' called 'Employing An Octopus'. Yeah, it's one of those metaphor fings, but you can work that out for yourself. youtube.com/shorts/aJ1hB...

Another one from the 'Ten Poets Volume Two' book, published by Earth Island Books (also available from me at www.jamesdomestic.com). I think a few people can probably identify with this one...it's called 'Racist Nan'. www.youtube.com/shorts/USJgc... #bigotry #antiracist #commondecency #racistnan

Here's one from the 'Ten Poets Volume Two' book (published by Earth Island Books). A fellow poet told me this one makes her cry, but she's into that (so fair warning; it's not one of the funny ones!) www.youtube.com/shorts/Ts_py... #poetry #spokenword #steak #acknowledgement #praise #welldone #poems

Met this charming family of water bottles in the street earlier. Father's wearing his hat at quite a rakish angle! #waterbottles #family #familytime #familytrip #waterfamily #spain #familysize #agua #familia #aguafamilia

ONE FOR THE POETS! 'that's not poetry!' is a brand new book of poems, prose, and musings about poets, poetry, performances, poetry careers, attitudes, snobbery, misunderstandings about poetry. Order: www.kibourecords.bigcartel.com #poetstagram #poemsaboutpoets #openmic #limited #thatsnotpoetry

Just read the first story in this collection from Ray Canham over pre-work coffee, and it's brilliant. Possibly my favourite writing of his so far (and it's all good stuff). Funny and sad in equal measure. Grab a copy from www.earthislandbooks.com #theweightofsin #ray Canham #shortstories #fiction

Dug this 2013 beaut out for a play yesterday. Good stuff. This purple vinyl version going for about £40 on discogs now and hard to find in the UK. I am nerd. 😆😆😆 #gothpunk #darkpunk #vinylforever #catholicspit #punkrecordcollectors #punkvinyl #purplevinyl #recordcollectorsarepretentiousassholes

Nice little compilation of rare synth wave/minimal/post punk from around the world. There are some proper bangers on it. Been playing it a lot. Check it out! #vinylgems #vinylcollection #vinylalbum #produkt #synthwave #postpunk #retrosynth #retrosynthwave

I'm on BBC Upload TONIGHT with @theerobjelly.bsky.social talking about poetry, about my TV appearance , and more! Always a pleasure! From 6pm tonight (and Sat) listen is via @bbcsounds.bsky.social #ontheradio #poetryontheradio #bbcradio #interviewwithapoet #poetrycommunity #essexpoet #suffolkpoet

Been getting some more people subscribe to the Kibou Records YouTube channel this week...but it'd be really nice to get a few more on board! It's almost entirely poetry (not only mine) and punk rock. Go on, y'know you wanna ;-) www.youtube.com/@kibourecords #youtubepoetry #poetryvideo #newpoetry

Luke Wright was great at Sudbury Arts Centre earlier this year. He's back next year with his new show, so grab a ticket. Support act is reasonable too 😉 sudburyartscentre.com/event/luke-w... #lukewright #joy #sudburyartscentre #stpeters #Sudbury #livepoetry #spokenword #poetrygoat #performancepoet

Well, all the blackwork is done...will save the colour for the New Year. Couldn't be happier with how this is going with Sam at Custom Tattoo, Sudbury. #tattoo #japanesetattoo #dragon #dragontattoo #backpiece #moreink #inked #tatts #podge #lovehandles #inkedpoet

Something festive from my 'Domesticated Vol.3' book. Grab a copy from the publisher here: www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page... Or from me at www.jamesdomestic.com #Christmaspoem #xmaspoem ##poetrycommunity #latestbook #earthislandbooks #poetryeveryday #indiepublisher #xmasgift #spokenwordbloke

Really looking forward to this next year with @virginiabwrites.bsky.social at 2 Sisters in Trimley St Mary. Limited tickets so grab one while you can! Great openers too in the form of @ajdeane.bsky.social and Dawn Vincent. #suffolkarts #poetry #spokenword #poets twosistersarts.co.uk/2024/11/18/p...

A couple of months ago I was unexpectedly on BBC Breakfast telly (I'm abput 4 mins in). A savage edit, but that's showbiz! m.youtube.com/watch?v=76dz... #Ceefax #ontv #poetryontelly #bbcbreakfast #Teletext #spokenword ##poetrycommunity #punkpoet

March at Sudbury Arts Centre - the great writer, Andy Riley (Smack The Pony, Big Train, Black Books, Spitting Image) with some great support! You'd be nuts to miss this! Tickets: sudburyartscentre.com/event/live-l... #andyriley #jamesdomestic #sudburyartscentre #bunnysuicides #spokenword #poetry