My poetry news 'short & sweet' is out for May. This month I share a new poem, I write about social media for poets, the collections I've been reading, & a new project us7.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh... #poetry #newcollections #socialmediaforwriters #poetryandcommunity

Today's fabulous poetry post from #BendingTheArcMagazine comes from @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social & Sarah Mnatzaganian #thrutopoetry #ThrivingFutures

Always a delight when someone posts about one of my books, thank you @timkiely1.bsky.social

Delighted to have 10 poems coming out in Woman, Mapped anthology, along with some really great poets/writers ed by Jennifer Wong & published by @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social & @foundationswift.bsky.social www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #poetry #womanmapped

Chaired 'Modern Cornish Poetics' last night at the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth for SOUND Festival, with Ella Frears, Taran Spalding-Jenkin & John Wedgwood-Clarke. #poetry #kernewek #cornishpoetry

My 'short & sweet' poetry news is out. This month, I recommend 'Sweet Dreams, The Sea' by #lukeallan published by @poetrysociety.org plus opportunities for poets & events us7.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh... #poetry #opportunitiesforpoets #poetrynewsletter #recommendedpoetry #readpoetry

Thanks to @sophieherx.bsky.social for a fab shout out to 'dance as if' (published by @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social) in the current issue of @mslexia.bsky.social I'm delighted to be described as 'a champion of collaboration and cross pollination across artforms'. #danceasif #collaboration #poetry

Always a joy to be in Poetry London @poetrylondon.bsky.social I wrote my poem 'Knap Howe' on a solo walk across Orkney #poetrylondon #orkney #islandpoetry

Do head over to our blog 'Wright to Writer'. The Poet extraordinaire @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social puts @nathanevansarts.bsky.social in the hot seat and thoroughly probes him on his latest collection HOMOGRAPHY. Enjoy! bit.ly/40y51o3

Writing a new poem at my friend's house #amwritingpoetry

Sat 23 May, I'm running a day's workshop 'Putting a Collection Together' at the Writer's Block in Redruth, Cornwall #poetry #workshop #puttingacollectiontogether #redruth www.tickettailor.com/events/thewr...

Wonderful to hear @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social read this evening in Cardiff at a Cardiff University event, alongside open mic from many great writers, including the MA students. #DanceAsIf #WildPersistence #BatteryRocks

My friends at Poetry at Leeds University have opened the Brotherton Prize up for submissions; it's open to anyone in the world over the age of 18 who hasn't yet published a full collection of poems. Full deets &c here: poetry.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-p...

Hello. I've just sent my monthly poetry news 'short & sweet' to my subscribers. If you'd like to receive my poetry newsletter too, you can sign up here mailchi.mp/14f20fcd4451... It contains reviews, opportunities for poets & forthcoming events. To read this issue mailchi.mp/d036ac0a0f16... #poetry

Next Mon 2 Feb, I'm reading in Cardiff. Free event. 5 to 7 pm, Porter's. Be lovely to see Welsh & Bristol friends there. @serenbooks.bsky.social @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social #cardiffpoetryreading

dance as if - Poetry Book Society Book of the Week. 'This uplifting pamphlet explores euphoria in the body & in movement & was written after a collaboration with a choreographer, in the aftermath of sexual violence. These poems always move towards joy & celebration.' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social

Seren have 50% off their books until Sunday - use the code JAN50 www.serenbooks.com/books/poetry/ My Battery Rocks, Wild Persistence & The Way the Crocodile Taught Me are all half price & here's my selection of Seren poets who you might enjoy, all half price @serenbooks.bsky.social #poetry

Here's 'short & sweet', my monthly poetry news mailchi.mp/7cdecf85d169... & feat @serenbooks.bsky.social @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social @magmapoetry.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social #poetry #olivesenior #mentoring #opportunitiesforpoets #poetrynews

Starting to edit & type up the poems I wrote during an island residency at The Arctic Hideaway in Norway last Aug/Sept. #norway #arctichideaway #islands #residency

Second read of the latest @poetrywales.bsky.social and this poem is superb. Hats off to @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social for a piece of cleverly-staged theatrical brilliance

Congratulations to our amazing authors - cheering you all on for this year's Pushcart Prize! @juliabiggs.bsky.social @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social inkfishmag.com/awards/

I'm running a Poetry & the Body workshop for @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social online 2026 programme on 24 Feb. Booking now open www.eventbrite.com/cc/verve-poe...

Chuffed to have 3 poems in this beauty. #theaftershockreview #poetry

A new poem 'Sound Bath' in @perversemag.bsky.social for anyone else who has tried & hated this 'holistic approach to healing & meditation'

My poetry newsletter 'short & sweet' is out mailchi.mp/5fb48390a25c... you can also subscribe for free here mailchi.mp/14f20fcd4451... I feature lots of opportunities for poets & info on my events. #opportunitiesforpoets #poetry #workshops #competitions #shortandsweetpoetrynewsletter

I'm going to be on BBC Radio 4's The Verb on Sunday, 5.10 pm, talking poetry & dance, & also a little sea swimming too www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

All welcome to the launch of the Four Pamphleteers with Verve. Come along to the online readings to hear @maxwallis.bsky.social and @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social and Rue Collinge. Bring wine, bring crisps, bring everyone. @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/four-pamph...

For #nationalpoetryday here's a selection of poetry books which I love. Any of your favourite poets here? #poetry

I had a ball launching 'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social at The Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. Joelle Taylor calls 'dance as if' 'a radical relearning of the skin and bones of us. The poetry is alive and in constant movement.' www.vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page... #poetry

Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on

You are the shark of your life / *OHHHHHH* / Central Park / Noah’s Ark / You are a basking shark 🎵

I'm on BBC Countryfile's Plodcast www.countryfile.com/podcast I talk about how I got into poetry, coming from a working-class background, how I write, my love of Penzance & Cornwall, & writing on difficult subjects. #poetry #bbccountryfile #theplodcast #poetryonpodcasts #workingclasspoet #Penzance

From today you can hear @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social talking about the poetry, wild swimming and ‘Battery Rocks’ on the BBC Countryfile #Plodcast. Listen here www.countryfile.com/podcast. Buy your copy of ‘Battery Rocks’ from your local bookshop!

I read poems from 'dance as if', my new pamphlet out with @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social next Thursday. The reading was with Penelope Shuttle at CAST. I launch 'dance as if' next Thurs in Penzance then London. #poetry #poetryfromdance #contemporarydance #danceasif #tourdates

'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social will be launched on 25 Sept at the Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... Other events to follow. #danceasif #booklaunch #poetry #poetswhodance

Here's my 'short & sweet' poetry newsletter for Sept: info on 'dance as if' launch events in Cornwall & London @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social & recommending @mptmagazine.bsky.social Plus an article on how I write @serenbooks.bsky.social See mailchi.mp/10e91fb65935... #danceasif #poetry #howiwrite

Heading home from a 2week writing residency on a tiny island in the Arctic Circle in Norway. I saw the Northern Lights, which I hadn't expected. The sea was warmer than I'd hoped for. I met fab people, developed a love of saunas & wrote tons of island-related poems, hoping some will be half-decent.

📚 Katrina Naomi @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social on How to Get Your Poetry Published + details of her Oct 2025 course What Makes a Collection? → poetryschool.com/the...

Travelling in Norway, on my way to a residency on a small island in the Arctic Circle. Feeling very lucky to be doing this. #writingaboutislands #poet #arcticnorway #hurtigruten

'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social will be launched on 25 Sept at the Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... Other events to follow. #danceasif #booklaunch #poetry #poetswhodance

I'll be reading at #northcornwallbookfestival on Sat 27 Sept with @pascalepetit.bsky.social & running a workshop on writing from the body on Sun 28 at 10 am. Booking open now via #endelientaarts endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/ncb... #poetry #batteryrocks #danceasif #beast #poetryincornwall #festival

This workshop, How to simplify your book marketing, by @annacaig.bsky.social on 14 Oct is via @societyofauthors.bsky.social I've been to a couple of Anna's workshops and I've always found them really helpful. societyofauthors.org/event/profes... #marketingforwriters #workshop #tipsforwriters

My pamphlet 'dance as if' will be published by @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social on 25 Sept #poetry #danceasif

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘One-Sided Conversation with a Hydrozoan’ by @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social from her collection ‘Battery Rocks’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/08/frid...

This month's 'short & sweet' poetry newsletter is on broken ankles, new books & rejection, feat @serenbooks.bsky.social @notjustdancing.bsky.social @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social @foundationswift.bsky.social @poetryschool.bsky.social mailchi.mp/f3591be78b32... #poetry #hotelamour #danceasif #books

I'm writing towards my next collection, which is in response to islands @serenbooks.bsky.social. I've been awarded a residency at The Arctic Hideaway on Fleinvaer island, Norway. I'll be working alongside other writers, artists, musicians over a 2-week stay in Aug-Sept. #poetry #residency #islands

Battery Rocks is 1 year old. Thanks to my publisher @serenbooks.bsky.social & to @societyofauthors.bsky.social for the Arthur Welton Award & Gorsedh Kernow for Holyer an Gof Poetry award & to all bookshops/festivals/readers & The Guardian/BBC R4 for featuring it www.serenbooks.com/book/battery...

Just heard I've won the Holyer an Gof award for Poetry for Battery Rocks (pub by @serenbooks.bsky.social Holyer an Gof is the Cornish literary awards. I'm delighted. #poetry #batteryrocks #poetryprize #holyerangof #Kernow

Great to read in Heron Books always brilliant newsletter that Katrina Naomi is reading in the shop in Clifton, #Bristol on Saturday 12 July. Hope to be there! www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/poetry...