Don't miss this amazing FREE poetry event in London in October with @roguestrands.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social @jonathandavidson.bsky.social @fionalarkin.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social at The Devereux Pub in Temple. #poetry #reading #london

Got a couple of hours spare on 22nd October between 6.45 - 8.30pm? We'd love to see you for an evening of ace poetry from @hannahcopley.bsky.social @jonathandavidson.bsky.social @fionalarkin.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social Philip Hancock & me.

Last week I co-tutored a lovely Arvon course on Nature and Eco-Poetry and thought I’d write up some of the books, poems and ideas that shaped the workshops. I’ve also added a few poetry prompts in there too. Happy writing! open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

TOMORROW - THURSDAY Online & in-person - check Eventbrite for different tickets - Manchester Poetry Library Isabel Galleymore in conversation w @hannahcopley.bsky.social 6.30-8pm How do we give voice to species & place in poetry? What are the challenges of doing so? Can poetry protect and preserve?

Wrote a little thing about the material practice of writing and learning and thinking big thoughts about big things open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

This Thursday!

I’ve just finished the lovely job of judging a prize and thought I’d write some thoughts on ‘competition’ poems and some of the things I look for: On Poetry Competitions (and the poems that didn’t win) open.substack.com/pub/hannahco... #poetry #competitions #prize #writing #rejection

Yay, my poem ‘The Morning Shift at Wetherspoons Begins with Majesty’ is highly commended in the Ware Poets Competiton judged by the inestimable @hannahcopley.bsky.social. Congrats to all winners, can’t wait to hear the work in July

Gorgeous post today - the new @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social collections of @oliviamcc.bsky.social @munozpoems.bsky.social and Sarah Corbett. So excited to read them

Lapwing by Hannah Copley

An Ecosystem of Antagonism by Hannah Copley #EarthDay hannahcopley.substack.com/p/an-ecosyst...

Just spotted this - I love seeing Hertz out in the soil! Thank you, Corinna 💚. To get a copy of this compostable collaboration, head to the DIRT/Dialect bookshop: www.dialect.org.uk/bookshop/p/h...

Such an excellent and inspiring poetry event last night. Both Will Burns and Hannah Copley read beautifully from their collections of melancholy nature/eco poems. Will even had mention of concrete cows in his

This was an eco-joy to be involved in

If you’re like me and leave submitting to things until the last minute, here’s a reminder that the deadline for the annual Ware Poets Open Competition is fast approaching - 30th April! 🩵. For details on how to enter, go to warepoets.org #poetry #poetrycompetition #poetryprize #poetrycommunity

I’ve written a new essay on antagonism, ecosystems, manifestos, feral poetry, birthdays and listening to soil. open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

I took 3 goes to get into Lapwing @hannahcopley.bsky.social but now I’m in I can't get out. My father was not like yours. I did have an arable childhood among pee-wits, skylarks and hares, but neither the wit nor courage to stitch that stubbly dangerous world into an important book. Congratulations!

Lapwing is almost a year old so I’m writing a few pieces on substack to reflect on a year in the life of a book. Hopefully there’s some useful advice in there too. Part one: essential conditions for publishing. hannahcopley.substack.com/p/a-year-in-... And, you know, subscribe if you fancy x

There's no Planet B, but poets can show us ours anew. @troubledstriker.bsky.social + @hannahcopley.bsky.social visit #miltonkeynes 10 April to discuss words and worlds. www.mklitfest.org/poetry-in-the-pavilion #willburns #hannahcopley @livunipress.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social #ecopoetry

And you can see/hear Will Burns read his poem Global Stuff in a Southbank Centre video youtu.be/gUij8ZMHcvE?... See him and Hannah at the same literary festival his poem mentions on 10 April. Tickets on website.

Join us at @theparkstrust.bsky.social Pavilion for 2 award-winning #ecopoets as Hannah Copley and @troubledstriker.bsky.social (Will Burns) come to #miltonkeynes on 10 April. Tickets: mklitfest.org/poetry-in-the-pavilion #poetry @livunipress.bsky.social #lapwing #naturalburialground #poets

You can get a preview of @hannahcopley.bsky.social reading at the TS Eliot Prize readings www.youtube.com/watch?v=exQD...

Poetry at our Spring Festival: two superb poets - Will Burns and Hannah Copley - share their work and discuss how they address the natural world. www.mklitfest.org/poetry-in-th... #ecopoetry #poetry #miltonkeynes #willburns #hannahcopley @hannahcopley.bsky.social @troubledstriker.bsky.social

Funded PhD Opportunity!!! @UniWestminster and @I_W _M are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from October 2025 under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme.

Looking forward to hearing @hannahcopley.bsky.social and WIll Burns read in @mklitfest.bsky.social in April www.mklitfest.org/poetry-in-th...

Really looking forward to taking part in @mklitfest.bsky.social and reading and chatting about eco poetry alongside @troubledstriker.bsky.social

I’m looking forward to it too 😊

Happy to be in this excellent anthology from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

Important new research out today concludes that English “water companies are adopting disinformation tactics similar to those used by the fossil fuel and tobacco industries with the widespread use of greenwashing to downplay the environmental harm they cause”. 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

ah! seeing our collaborative pamphlet next to these beautiful (and favourite) books is the best feeling, and it's such an honour to be read by students 🌱🌷

Here are the gorgeous books and pamphlets I used in my first ‘Working with the Words of Others’ class. By Atef Alshaer Maggie Nelson @victoriachang.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles @pairedaeza.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social @jessicajlee.bsky.social 📚

collections often are criticised for “unevenness” but isn’t that also part of their charm? that the workings of a poet “becoming” are also on the page, next to poems that feel crystallised? don’t we love process and learning and error more than the language of product & perfection? or shouldn’t we?

Very excited for the launch for @writeback.bsky.social - a new quarterly events series at the British Library where writers speak about their niche interests, then interview each other. First event is 18th March. Tickets can be bought here www.seetickets.com/event/writeb...

Excited for this curated by the super-talented and equally just lovely human being @hannahcopley.bsky.social

Some photos from the wonderful TS Eliot Prize-giving and readings, including a lovely photo of the winner Peter Gizzi with me and two fellow shortlisted poets, Hannah Copley & Raymond Antrobus.

This is going to be fantastic - so excited to be hosting @aanaxagorou.bsky.social @rushikawick.bsky.social Oluwaseun Olayiwola and Anita Pati at @thesohopoly.bsky.social on Thurs 6th Feb. Get your ticket 🎟️ ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soho-poly-...

A few photos from the T.S Eliot Prize weekend. HUGE congratulations to the incredible Peter Gizzi 🩵 Fierce Elegy is a remarkable book and it was so special to celebrate it. Still pinching myself that Lapwing was on that list 💚

Fantastic event at the at RFS last night; the best poetry from 2024 was on showcase, but we are of course rooting for our own @hannahcopley.bsky.social, whose collection 'Lapwing' is as strong a contender as any! 🪽 🪶 🖋️

Congratulations to all the readers tonight at the TS Eliot prize readings and especially @hannahcopley.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

Excited for the TS Eliot awards tonight at the Southbank. Lots of poetry new to me on this list so looking forward to the readings. Special shoutout and lots of luck to my lovely @thesohopoly.bsky.social pal @hannahcopley.bsky.social and her beautiful 'Lapwing' 💚🕊️ www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/t...

Watch Joe Wright's review of @hannahcopley.bsky.social's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lapwing' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGV.... It is worth every minute of your time. #poetry #TSEliots @poetrysociety.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

Happy Solstice, all. Hope you're burrowing in whatever way suits your slow-moving & soft-bodied subterranean selves 🪱

Have just finished reading ‘Rhizodont’ by Katrina Porteous, (it’s fantastic) and am now enjoying the notes at the end - a goldmine of fascinating ecological and scientific information!

I’ve written a little piece about my writing process, love of sequences and messy (non) endings. And about how writing ‘Lapwing’ @livunipress.bsky.social felt a bit like holding a lit sparkler 🧨 @poetryschool.bsky.social poetryschool.com/theblog/hann...

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Joe Wright’s video review of Lapwing for the @poetrysociety.bsky.social Young Critics Scheme is stunning 🩵. I’m blown away by it, and my mum says he talks about my own book far better than I do. So there you go. youtu.be/0bGVwMOH3Wo?...

The best venue in London @thesohopoly.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Being poet in residence at the Soho Poly has been the biggest joy and honour. Here's a pic from my first book launch in January, alongside fellow readers and bona fide poetry superstars Glyn Maxwell and @hannahcopley.bsky.social ♥️

This is a brilliant list of poetry-based Substacks, and I'm chuffed to see The Day Job on there 🙌🏻

🎅🏽🌲 is up and I’m using it to celebrate Jackson Phoenix Nash’s Little Betty pamphlet ‘Some People Are Trains’ - it’s smart, funny & vulnerable & I’m excited to hear him THIS THURSDAY (5th Dec) with Mona Arshi & @dzifabenson.bsky.social at @thesohopoly.bsky.social ❤️🔥 🎟️⬇️ tinyurl.com/sohopolypoet...

We invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. The award aims to stimulate a new generation of thinkers who can offer original, lively and topical contributions to the lines of political, cultural and educational inquiry which Hall pursued. www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/the...