Such a pleasure to be guest reader in Llansteffan, at an event exploring how we might deepen our connection with the more-than-human world. I shared prose from Where the Seals Sing, poetry from Words the Turtle Taught Me & there was stimulating conversation, art by Romola Parish & a lively open mic.

Looking forward to sharing prose from Where the Seals Sing and poetry from Words the Turtle Taught Me at this event in Llansteffan tonight, focusing on how we might expand and deepen our relationship with the more-than-human world. #poetry #morethanhuman #creativenonfiction #naturememoir

Overlooking Aber Felin, the bay that's at the heart of my nature memoir, 'Where the Seals Sing'. Acer and I watched - and listened to the howls of - a small haul-out of pregnant cow seals. Not long now till the pupping season gets underway.

BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK! A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

Like the old-growth coastal redwoods that host whole other ecosystems in their spires, these extraordinary Australian stick insects reveal not only the richness and mystery of mature forest canopies but how vital their protection is for countless forms of life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So happy to have been commissioned to write this sequence of poems for the @rethinkingfable.bsky.social project.

I am delighted to announce that the recording of Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh's keynote speeches at our final conference are now available from this site: www.rethinking-fables.org.uk/final-confer... Please have a look and enjoy! 😊

So excited about the Moving Words workshop I'm co-facilitating with movement director Sarah Perry tomorrow! We've created a session to encourage exploration of how different movements can shape & transform poetry, scripts & prose. Last-minute bookings - shapesinmotion.myflodesk.com/moving-words

So grateful to be part of this. And a huge thank you to Kaori Nagai for such amazing curating and organising.

Much looking forward to sharing my commissioned sequence of eco-fable-themed poems at the final Rethinking Fables in the Age of Global Environmental Crisis conference later. It's been so inspiring to be involved in this University of Kent-based project.

The 'Rethinking Fables' final conference is happening now! Please join us if you can. Also please check out the online resources/exhibition (just launched) www.rethinking-fables.org.uk

Suniti Namjoshi kindly designed a fable-writing exercise for our project. Can you take up the challenge? www.rethinking-fables.org.uk/challenge-su...

Birthday joy continued with a visit to Cors Caron, the raised bog near Tregaron, to seek out the beautiful carnivorous sundews. #plantlife #carnivorousplants #wales

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Episode 15 of the Shapes in Motion podcast, is now live! 'Sarah Perry speaks with writer and poet Susan Richardson about the profound relationship between writing and movement. They explore how the body and the written word intertwine...' Such a joy to be interviewed and talk about this theme.

Beautiful female Emperor moth on the windowsill this morning. #moth #nature

Big thanks to those who've booked for Moving Words, the writing-inspired-by-movement workshop I'm co-running in May. Places are filling quickly so if you'd like to come, please consider signing up soon. A lovely group is forming & Sarah & I are very excited! shapesinmotion.myflodesk.com/moving-words

So excited to be co-facilitating 'Moving Words', an online writing workshop with a difference! I'll be working alongside the brilliant movement director Sarah Perry of Shapes in Motion. Saturday 31st May, 10 am - 1pm. #writingcommunity shapesinmotion.myflodesk.com/moving-words...

The new free Living One webinar series "Seeing the Unseen: Restoration Through Re-Enchantment" from the Kerulos Center for Nonviolence will run weekly for 6 wks between May 9 - Jun 13, 2025. See this short preview video to learn more (more details in text below video)! youtu.be/vLp7zdQBtUE

Would you like to follow more nature writers or read some nature writing over Easter? You'll find 209 folk to follow on the starter packs & loads of content on #naturewriting feed - just use the hashtag & your posts will be added too. Pls repost 🙏 SP1: go.bsky.app/NXoPc6D# SP2: go.bsky.app/7opWxNV

This is a wonderful thing for International Haiku Day!

We gave two concurrent open windows right now, one for Festive Fiction and one for Coming of Age Poetry, they close on April 30th but the next one opens on May 1st, that is for #Haze #CounterculturePoetry Read about it here! thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/04/14/s...

Grateful to be invited to be part of Ecopoetikon, a Uni of Glos-based project that showcases the work of ecopoets from around the world & is dedicated to offering 'equal voice & representation' to ecopoets from the Global North & Global South. Such a rich resource. ecopoetikon.org/poets/portfo...

We’re going live with @drlornagibb.bsky.social on April 22 to celebrate "Rare Tongues," her powerful new book about endangered languages around the world. Register to join us: bit.ly/ThatWordChat #ThatWordChat #BookLaunch #AmReading #Linguistics

First glimpse of thrift along my local stretch of coast. #wildflowers #flowers #plants #signsofspring

Thanks to all who came to Writing the Wild! Great to work with such an enthusiastic group, with everyone engaging so thoughtfully with the stunning landscape and the climate & nature emergency. Acer met me for a post-workshop walk so he wasn't too miffed at missing the earlier coastal exploration.

Off to St Davids to Write the Wild! Looking forward to meeting all the participants. I've previously run versions of this workshop in a range of wild weathers including snow (near Fort William) and torrential rain (Conrwall) so today's sun and the gentle breeze feel very benign.

The forest doesn’t ask for attention. It just keeps growing, quietly and completely. If that kind of patience feels like home, make something from it. Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art! thedodgemag.com/submissions

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Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 15,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookTheives by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40

I encountered quite a few beautiful creatures while doing my Writing the Wild workshop recce earlier this week - and none more stunning than this adder. #writersofbluesky

Why has @privateeyenews.bsky.social stopped running this ad? It’s factual and a really clever way of getting a lot of information across.

Solidarity with the Society of Authors and all my fellow writers today. Thousands of us have had our work used by Meta to train AI systems without permission or payment. Grateful to those who were protesting earlier at Meta’s London HQ.

The Society of Authors has coordinated an open letter that will be sent to Lisa Nandy demanding that Meta be held to account for pirating writers' work for AI training. You can add your name here:

Gorgeous day for doing a recce for one of my Writing the Wild workshops. #Pembrokeshire #Cymru

This week’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Thresholds! 🌟 🖋 Write your poem. 📅 Share it Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social. Let’s create poems that #TakeRisks & #LeaveScars! #Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark

On #WorldTheatreDay, happy memories of working as a playwright for Something Permanent Theatre Co. So honoured that Two Of Me Now, my poetic drama about Virginia Woolf & Sylvia Plath, was published by Cecil Woolf (Virginia’s nephew) in his literary/academic imprint, the Bloomsbury Heritage Series.

In The Flow I wrote about the spring that rises a few metres from my house. So close, yet somehow it’s always an adventure to go there. today’s Country Diary www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Like so many other writers, I'm outraged that some of my work, incl Where the Seals Sing, has been stolen by Meta to train AI systems. Here's the Authors Guild template for writers to send a formal letter to Meta, indicating they do not have the right to pirate work & demanding proper compensation.

I love how this boy always lies close to me as I write, using his bed as a pillow and sleeping half under my chair. #dogsofbluesky #dogsky #writerslife

Spring equinox walk to 'my' seal bay, the one that features throughout 'Where the Seals Sing'. For the 1st time in 10+ years of watching, recording, writing, I failed to see a single grey seal. But the sun & gorse were out, there were celandines & violets & I heard my 1st chiffchaff of the year.

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN WMO - Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Under two weeks to go now until #VARConference2025 , running from 28th-30th March in Manchester . . . sadly I can't make it , but tickets are still available and it looks great ! www.varconference.com

Please do support your local libraries. We're losing 40 libraries a year. They are such an essential part of our communities. Please, if you can, contact your MP or councillors before its too late. @librariesconnected.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This Thursday at 1pm Fluellen Theatre Company are taking my Bag For Life play to The Met in Abertillery awenboxoffice.com/whats-on/lun...

The Writing the Wild workshop, exploring the climate & nature emergency & the local coastal environment, that I'm offering in St Davids in April is part of a series of 4 free Lit in Place workshops supported by Literature Wales, WWF Cymru & EcoDewi. Bookings: [email protected]. #ecopoetry

Last night's beaming sunset. #pembrokeshire #wales #cymru #sunset

We are delighted to announce that the competition is now open for the 2025 biennial ASLE-UKI book prizes in three categories: academic monograph, prose creative writing, and poetry. The closing date for nominations is 15 April. Find out more and nominate a title online: asle.org.uk/awards/book-...

🆕 New episode out now: a spectacular walk to the “Lost Places” of Dartmoor with Cole Stacey. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2b84f1