‘Alice in Wonderland: Shed Edition’. I think Stacey Solomon’s come up with something potentially cracking there.

the latest books / LLM brouhaha is a reminder that some outsourcing might be good, but probably not your thinking: betarish.medium.com/hill-climbin...

‘Make space on your TBRs; this is an unmissable reading list’ We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the #InternationalBooker2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2026

Happy National Indexing Day from @indexers.bsky.social! Here is a new blog post from me on ‘My 25th freelance anniversary: how it started vs how it’s going (for NID 2025)’. Follow along and post your love of indexes and human indexers today with the hashtag #IndexDay. baindex.org/2026/03/31/m...

Delighted to have contributed to this, alongside a host of brilliant other voices. If you can support, that'd be wonderful.

Finally. The day has come to release Unwhispered Legacy from The Book Bag x Write Here, Right Now out into the world. Thank you to all the poets who contributed to this book. Proudly raising money for MSF. Visit 🔗 shorturl.at/iVhZN to download your copy. #poetry #anthology

How the IronPigs made ‘Rehab Ribs Night’ happen in honor of Zack Wheeler www.nytimes.com/athletic/715... << Glorious, this mischief

On the off chance you’re in London - Temple - tonight, come along to the Devereaux to help me send this into the world. Every purchase tonight comes with free matches! 7.30pm start.

the absence of any Scott Mills blather on my feed is exactly the kind of thing that makes me miss old twitter

lot of blossom about today...

A chair is the canonical design brief IMO. Danish Museum of Design is a testimony to what good chair design can and should be. One day I will write chair sonnets.

Have popped up briefly in this week's Big Issue to bang on about some books about, or around, the London Underground: www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

'The blossom is out' - thank you Jade Cuttle for this photo and choosing Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by @betarish.bsky.social as The Observer's Poetry Book of the Month for March 🌸 Have you got your copy yet? ninearchespress.com/publications...

So red wine and skittles is not a mix to be recommended.

I mean, one shouldn’t joke about such things. So forgive me if my brain immediately went to try and think of puns. “So so Suez”, for that Pep vibe.

I note that this correspondence to The Economist, about signing off correspondence, neglects to say what the sign off to the correspondence actually was.

I note that this correspondence to The Economist, about signing off correspondence, neglects to say what the sign off to the correspondence actually was.

Dear Friends, AN ANNOUNCEMENT: My first poetry collection will be published in the Spring of 2027 by Broken Sleep Books. I am simply delighted - and immensely grateful to @godzillakent.bsky.social and everyone at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetryislife

It was 10 seconds from seeing to buying.

Oh Frank O'Hara we still miss you, a century on! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Happy 100th birthday Frank O’Hara 💕

fighting the crump of insomnia with caffeine and skittles

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m... << Vertsappen confirming what a prat he is.

What are the ingredients needed to make a poem powerful enough to take possession of the reader? Join @betarish.bsky.social at 'Possessed by Poetry', alongside David Punter, talking to @jodurrant.co.uk at Cheltenham Poetry Fesival on Thursday 9th April, 7pm www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

perfect for those peak blossom snaps I know you wanna be taking this weekend

Oh hey! The magic that is @alcs.co.uk has magicked some pennies for some words I wrote. Joyous! If you write, and you're not hip to it, sign up here: www.alcs.co.uk

Hello hello I see we are all being judgey on here again today.

My neubauten? Einstürzende.

Threads makes so much sense when you treat it as a place where bots are lowkey testing their human personas.

My fizz? Bucks.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... You know you have half an hour to spare... go listen to @helenmort.bsky.social exploring how light is housed. It's lyrical and you can feel how the coast hugs its slender guardians.

Book merch has arrived. If you’d like to buy a copy, and some matching matches, LMK.

My vox? Ultra.

My ballet? Spandau.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SATYR

My garden? Sound.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS BLATTER

My trees? Screaming.

My dü? Hüsker.

My furry animals? Super!

My enemy? Public.

My sister? Shakespeare.

My minds? Simple.

My country? Big.

If you are finding cherry blossom season too busy and full of people as per this item (www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...) do I have a solution for you....

relying on TACO to avoid a world war << oh that AJP Taylor was alive to try and explain that

Looking forward to hosting Daljit Nagra tomorrow night (24th March) at Manchester Poetry Library. Daljit will be reading alongside 7 of our current MA poetry students. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-rea...

My Atomic Dustbin? Ned's.

My M? Boney.