IT’S A CHRISTMAS COVER REVEAL! I’m delighted to unveil the cover for my new poetry collection THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE! The book will be published by @arachnepress.bsky.social in June 2026 (Pride Month) and is available for pre-order now. arachnepress.com/The-Beat-the...

A huge, roaring thank you to everyone who contributed to the successful crowdfunding of @arachnepress.bsky.social’s UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance! Whether you claimed a reward or liked or shared a post your support has meant so much! More news of covers & contributors & tours in the New Year!

I love Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Books - such an inspirational space full of magnificent people - their support means the world

World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling… You're invited to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap. Deadline 3rd March 2026. Some early submissions shown here. Find out more and download the full brief at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn2026

6 hours left to fund Up//Roar #Poems of Queer Resistance thank you to the people who have donated/increased their donation in the last 3 hours! we have £296 to find, so still less than £50 an hour - we can do it! please share, folks. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...

9 hours to raise the remaining £391 for Up//Roar, #Poems of #Queer #Resistance thats under £50 an hour CAN WE DO IT? pls donate money to get a brilliant book onto the presses. please share! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe... @hazardpressuk.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social

Order by 2pm Wednesday 17 December for delivery in time for Christmas (within the UK). We can gift-wrap, add a handwritten note, and/or send to a different UK address (no extra charge).

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One of the Crowdfunder Rewards for @arachnepress.bsky.social’ UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance are some Polari Badges handmade by yours truly! If you haven’t already then please consider supporting this campaign and make this bona book happen! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...

readers of #Cymraeg #Welsh and of writers from #Cymru #Wales Our #noAI #coedennadolig of ( #bilingual) #poetry anthologies/collections from sian northey @nessowen.bsky.social & @hazardpressuk.bsky.social #nadoligllawen last UK post 2nd 16thDec 1st 19thDec arachnepress.com/Poetry-c1217...

Huge thanks to everyone who has helped raise 33% of the funds for @arachnepress.bsky.social’s UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance! If you haven’t already, please consider supporting the campaign as well as bagging yourself some queer-tastic rewards! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...

Shortlist Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance @hazardpressuk.bsky.social @rickdove.bsky.social @rachaelclyne.bsky.social @nathanevansarts.bsky.social @grizonne.bsky.social @em-words.bsky.social @jftherapy.bsky.social we are crowdfunding for production costs tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 continues

250+ LGBTQ people were subjected to Electric Shock Aversion Therapy in NHS hospitals between 1965 and 1972. That’s (literally) shocking, right? What’s also shocking is that so called ‘conversion therapy’ is still legal in the UK now. It’s beyond time that all LGBTQ conversion practices were banned.

Have yourself a very gay christmas courtesy of our #lgbtqia #poetry #books from #KateFoley #cathythomasbryant #JaneAldous @hazardpressuk.bsky.social #HannahHull and many more arachnepress.com/LGBTQ-titles... Support our #crowdfund for the NEXT #Queer Poetry anthology, Up//Roar tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

I will be showing a new book made in collaboration with Roelof Bakker + @rachelartsmith.bsky.social + Declan Wiffen on Roelof's Negative Press stand at Brighton Art Book Fair this Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton BN2 9NB, UK. www.brightonartbookfair.org/events | www.neg-press.com

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

Right, as I am recommending this to my Stanza members today, I will also remind you that you can, every day in January, have @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social teach you how to be a better poet. TRUST ME, IT WORKS :D www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

They're all kicking off. The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth. Change is coming. Join.greenparty.org.uk

First published as a 'digital pamphlet' in 2023, and briefly available as a print edition in 2024, here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come. longbarrowpress.com/wp-content/u...

This weekend only 10% off selected titles if ordered using this link #Jolabokaflod #givebooksforchristmas arachnepress.com/JOLABOKAFLOD...

We have a #shortlist for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance Everyone who submitted has been informed, so now we can tell *you*. Our shortlisted poets are: Abhi Abu Leila Alyson Hallett Arun Jeetoo Carmina Masoliver Claire Hennessy Conway Emmett Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez David Wakely continues...

It’s our Annual Mini Print Exhibition in the Bookshop at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social Bristol. Our MA Print students + staff at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social each produce an edition of mini prints which are for sale at £20 each - £1 per print goes to Caring in Bristol. bookshop.arnolfini.org.uk

Just added to our Up//Roar #poems of #queer resistance #crowdfund rewards, #CAKE home made by Cherry Potts. pics of previous ones made for launches. If you are within reach of London SE23, (not putting them in the post!) you can grab one of the 2 on offer made to your specs. tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

'At the Promised Place: Expanding Imagination Through Book Art' is on show at Urawa Art Museum, Saitama, Japan until 18th January 2026. Curated by Seiji Shinohara, Akiko Takiguchi and myself, it brings together c.100 artists’ bookworks made in Japan & the UK. www.city.saitama.lg.jp/urawa-art-mu...

Want to make some queer poets happy? Our next book is Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer #Resistance which will be stuffed with magnificent #LGBTQ+ poetry.Help get Up//Roar out in the world, please support the #crowdfund tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 11 days to go 25% funded. We CAN do it with your help

Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.

another reward in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is a joy//us prescription from our friends #poetrypharmacy originally created for our Joy//Us crowdfund A perfect seasonal gift paired with the actual book 12 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

one of the rewards in our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance is '9 golden rules for reading poetry in public' a tiny hand-printed guide from co-editor @hazardpressuk.bsky.social find the secrets to successful poetry reading! 13 days left to support this book tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

Tomorrow! an open mic for your words said your way come along and • share • listen • support • connect (oh, and it's hosted by yours truly)

🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you. With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026. Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️ 🧵 Details 👇

"The inventory is whatever will fit into two rucksacks and two carrier bags. To be hauled, on foot, between tram, train and tube. City to city.​ One year to the next." 'The Exchange': some reflections on the 2025 Small Publishers Fair longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/the-exchange

This old poem of mine stays relevant every November www.therupturemag.com/the-collagis...

Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply. Link below. Please share :)

We've finished spotlighting the poets in our new issue! Read the whole thing here badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-two

Support our #crowdfund for Up//Roar #Poems of #Queer Resistance with these dolly #handmade #badges from editors @hazardpressuk.bsky.social and #cherrypotts 2.5cm, safety back, using cover art by #frankduffy from Joy//Us or original designs. longlisting poems on Tuesday tinyurl.tools/8330fc82

You’ve got ‘til 11:59pm tonight to submit your work to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published in 2026 by @arachnepress.bsky.social! Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only. Thanks to @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social for the loan of a tiger! arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...

A gentle reminder to all LGBTQ+ poets that it’s time to get organised and submit to UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance, to be published next year by @arachnepress.bsky.social! SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 1 NOV 2025! (Open to LGBTQ+ poets based in the UK/RoI only) arachnepress.submittable.com/submit/33689...

"Poem" by Joe Brainard.

Stall-holders view at @smallpublishers.bsky.social! Three hours left to see you at @conwayhall.bsky.social – closes 7pm!

Very happy that copies of KATE POEM ZINE BOOK and 9 GOLDEN RULES: Reading Poetry in Public will soon be on the shelves of the National Poetry Library! They’re both also available on my stall at today’s @smallpublishers.bsky.social running at @conwayhall.bsky.social until 7pm!

All set up and ready for two days at @smallpublishers.bsky.social! See you at @conwayhall.bsky.social today and tomorrow Saturday 25 October! Artists’ Books! Books! Poetry!

Europe is the only region of the globe that saw more deaths due to HIV in 2022 than it did in 2010. An @aidsmap.bsky.social report from #EACS2025. www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-202...

One day to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions, and now updated with table plan. smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...

I'm going to be repping @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social along with coeditor @rachelartsmith.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social this Friday and Saturday. Come say hello and check out the verdant loveliness of our Series 4 pamphlets.

Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance

youtu.be/ulG41ZR7Zis short video from Cherry Potts & Jeremy Dixon about our planned #LGBTQ+ #poetry anthology - UP//ROAR poems of Queer Resistance, to remind queer poets in UK & RoI #submissions open until 1st November arachnepress.submittable.com/submit crowdfunding soon! keep an eye out for that.

Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow) smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...

WOTTA DOLLY EEK!!! Made some Polari badges ready for this week’s @smallpublishers.bsky.social! See you @conwayhall.bsky.social on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October!

9 GOLDEN RULES: READING POETRY IN PUBLIC A lovely Sunday afternoon spent making the perfect book for a poet’s pocket just in time for @smallpublishers.bsky.social! See you this week @conwayhall.bsky.social on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October!

also for the love of god do not bring up the rejection with the editor IN PERSON after running into them at an event or social function. unless you want to witness an editor's skeleton flee from its flesh.