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...

July's 'short & sweet' poetry newsletter, recommending Isabelle Baafi's 'Chaotic Good' @faberbooks.bsky.social & feat @serenbooks.bsky.social @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social @arvonfoundation.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social mailchi.mp/315fe9108e32... #poetry

I'm delighted

Cover reveal for (shiny) pamphlet 'dance as if' out in Sept with @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social 'A glorious rediscovery of body' Joelle Taylor. 'Exuberant and celebratory' Tishani Doshi. 'dance as if' follows a collaboration with dancer Kyra Norman. vervepoetrypress.com/product- #dancepoetry

If you're looking for more poet blogs to follow I'd also recommend these three: @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social

I'll be running a workshop for those new to poetry at Penzance Lit Fest on 2 July #poetry #literaryfestivals

Reading from Battery Rocks @serenbooks.bsky.social in Norwich on Mon. Thanks to Samantha Wynne- Rhydderch for this 📸 & for travelling from Wales 🥰 #poetry #batteryrocks #poetrycommunity

Particularly good poetry in the latest @mslexia.bsky.social selected by @sarahwestcott.bsky.social My faves include 'Genesis' by Rachael Davey & Greta Stoddart's story 'Light green rain' #newwriting

I've recorded three poems from Battery Rocks @serenbooks.bsky.social on @iambapoet.com www.iambapoet.com/wave/22-katr...

On Monday, I'll be reading from Battery Rocks @cafewriters.bsky.social with Naoise Gale in Norwich www.cafewriters.co.uk/9th-june-202...

Poet in residence at Surrey University - looks like a great opportunity jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #poetry #poetryjob #poetryresidency

'If a poem doesn’t try to make you feel or to question or to challenge something in you, then the poetry isn’t doing its job.' I'm interviewed in @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social by @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social inkfishmag.com/interview-wi... #poetry #batteryrocks #interview @serenbooks.bsky.social

'in the kelp forest' from Battery Rocks @serenbooks.bsky.social www.serenbooks.com/book/battery... for @worldoceanday.bsky.social To help ensure marine life survives & to campaign for our seas, pls consider joining @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social @seashepherd.bsky.social Thanks🐳

Are you seeing this? Massive anti-ICE protests. I am not interested in the spat between two grown men who should know to do better. It a distraction, let’s boost this, the people standing up to Trumps fascist law and 21st century gestapo! Solidarity with every protestor here! 🙌🏾

Here's 'short & sweet' my #poetry newsletter us7.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/sh... feat Fiona Benson's #middenwitch plus **exclusive** book news for readers & subscribers. Also feat @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rtbspokenword.com

Back with a bundle of books from Launceston Poetry Festival. Inspired by a day of so many brilliant poets @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social @pascalepetit.bsky.social @FionaBenson @isabelleBaafi and more @ellafrears.bsky.social for her wit humour and poems. Loved both her performances.

Book, set list, frocks & hair flowers. Away to Launceston Poetry Festival. I'm reading from Battery Rocks @serenbooks.bsky.social on Sat with @pascalepetit.bsky.social, doing a breakfast panel on Sun plus 1 to 1 mentoring sessions. #launcestonpoetryfestival #batteryrocks #poetrycommunity #poetry

Girl on a space hopper, 1971, Byker series, Newwcastle, UK , by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #FridayFeeling

Any friends here near Oxford - this is likely to be wonderful

A poem #anislandofstrangers for this Labour government, for Keir Starmer. The poem is rough, simplistic perhaps but heartfelt. Thanks for reading. I'm happy for it to be shared. #inthehopeofchange #fordecency #forkindness #immigrationpolicy #poetry #keirstarmer

Free reading in London on 17 June @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social @pascalepetit.bsky.social & #richardscott. Free but you need to book via @reddoorpoets.bsky.social I'll be reading from Battery Rocks @serenbooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-door-p...

I’m donating three mentoring sessions to an aspiring writer to raise funds for Authors & Artists for Palestine, which is raising funds for Palestinian charities - the auction here airauctioneer.com/authors-and-...

I had a great time at the launch of Simon Armitage's 'Dwell' last night @faberbooks.bsky.social at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. I think all poetry collection launches should have a rope bridge. #Dwell #simonarmitage #lostgardensofheligan #kernow #ropebridge #poetry

I'm delighted to be mentoring for Word Space with @literatureworks.bsky.social this year 💫