Join us for the FREE online launch of exquisite new poetry pamphlets by Hilary Menos and Elaine Ewart on 28 May: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... NEW PAMPHLETS by Hilary Menos and Elaine Ewart - now available! newwalkmagazine.bigcartel.com

Join me for a Poetry Business online workshop in July. Info and booking here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...

Pleased that Gurminder Sikand has two early paintings in the group show 'Diaphanous' at Indigo+Madder in London. Thursdays to Saturdays, or by appointment, till 20th June 2026.

My new book, Devils in the Details, is out today @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social. It explores folk tales and the people and places associated with them, and includes images. So here are some photos that did NOT make the cut, and some words about them. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/forgotten-...

'Few places left' for my Devils in the Details book launch on 26 May in NOTTINGHAM. Free! Booking link here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/linco... I'd love to see you. So would Kathy Daszkiewicz & Rob Etty. Folklore, poems, spicy anecdotes, attempts at humour, etc guaranteed.

Two I love. If you're in (That) London, go along.

I read this extract yesterday, before heading into Nottingham in the afternoon. Passing @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social ‘I wonder if they’ve got any in yet?’ And lo and behold they did! Already got stuck in. If you’re into folklore, how it develops, and the mysteries of the East, then it’s a cracker.

My review of John Fuller's Marston Meadows in this week's Times Literary Supplement: www.the-tls.com/literature/p...

Was so excited to receive this folklore gem in the post today. Thank you @rorywaterman.bsky.social for a brilliant book. The Lincolnshire Imp approved and I loved it so much I had them print it on the back!

I've just posted a third short extract from my new book, Devils in the Details. This little section concerns opium, hilariously bad stories, and barrel-scraping. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/a-nugget-o...

MAGANIMBY www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

If you want to read a short section of my new book, Devils in the Details, visit rorywaterman.substack.com. You can preorder the book there too!

If you'll be in Nottingham on 26 May, please come to my book launch! fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/linco...

15% off my poetry books - and any other @carcanet.bsky.social book - throughout April, with the code at the top of this page. www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017396...

In case you wanted to be reminded of your Lincolnshire heritage, Rory Waterman will be talking about his books Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined and the Devils in the Details Friday 1st May @ the Red Lion, West Deeping supported by the Lincolnshire Poachers £5 from www.deepingsliteraryfestival.com

On Geoff Hattersley, whose Collected Poems was published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social a few months ago: rorywaterman.substack.com/p/geoff-hatt...

Come and hear me talk (and read) about Lincolnshire folk tales at Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham on 26 May. Free, but advance booking required. Also readings from Katryn Daszkiewicz and Rob Etty. fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/linco...

Donald Trump didn't lie for once, in 2016, when he said 'I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.' 80% of Republicans in the US approve of his handling of the war in Iran, and over 40% of Americans overall.

I've started a Substack. This article was published in PNR in 2023, then in my book Endless Present (2024). I promise I'll post new things in future, on many subjects: poetry, folklore, travel, and so on. A rag-bag. Sign up immediately, or be damned. open.substack.com/pub/rorywate...

My new book, and I'm very pleased with myself. I hope you'll order a copy, another for a friend, and a third as an offering to the tiddy people. fiveleaves.co.uk/product/devi...

You probably live near West Deeping, down at the foot of Lincs, near Peterborough. Most people do. In which case, why not come and listen to me - and also to the folk band The Lincolnshire Poachers - at Deepings Literary Festival on 1 May? Book here: deepingsliteraryfestival.co.uk/festival-pro...

Henri Coulette (1927-1988) was a masterful poet, tout court. He was also the poet who taught me how to capture Los Angeles in loving yet ironic, wistful yet clear-sighted verse. It is an honor to bring his poems back into print with Michael Caines, as part of @carcanet.bsky.social Classics.

I don't use EBAY. But if you do, and you like the collecting of folklore and intangible heritage generally...

TOP TIP (based on a behind-the-scenes conversation I'm having): When a (fashionable) poet grumbles onanistically, wields elbows while pretending not to, or otherwise acts like a precious luvvie, ask which independent school they went to, and which Oxbridge college it conveyed them towards.

Tomorrow! All welcome. Booking link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

'Few tickets left' for my inaugural lecture on 4 March (next week) in Nottingham. I'm not sure what 'few' means, but if you'd like to come, this is a good time to reserve a spot. I won't be talking about poetry, though. I'll be talking about...a magical horse. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

He will be outstanding. I write that with utter certainty and sincerity.

Selling quickly', but it's free. My inaugural professorial lecture in Nottingham on 4 March, titled 'Byard's Quantum Leaps: The Origins and Mutations of a Folk Tale'. Reserve a place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

Two poems by @rorywaterman.bsky.social badlilies.uk/rory-waterman-1

I'm very glad to have two poems in the excellent new issue of Bad Lilies - my first poems since my most recent book, Come Here to This Gate, was published by Carcanet in April 2024: www.badlilies.uk/rory-waterma...

My new book, exploring folk tales in Lincolnshire, is now available for pre-order! Publication: April 2026. fiveleaves.co.uk/product/devi...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... Many will continue to profess to believe what they've been told to believe. they don't mean it - they're passing the test given to them by their government and its new military force. Fail the test and presumably you also are a potential 'domestic terrorist'.

I'm grateful to Triastram Fane Saunders for reviewing Endless Present in the @thetls.bsky.social: ‘One of the most honest and reliable poetry reviewers writing today'; 'superb and surprising’. And a few lukewarm things that - ahem - unfortunately can't fit here. www.centralbooks.com/endless-pres...

The US President tells Europe we'd all be speaking German and a bit of Japanese were it not for the USA. It's a great way to rebuild relations after threatening military action against allies. (1)

If you grew up in the East Midlands in the 1990s, and this song doesn't remind you of many a disappointing night on the town, there might be something wrong with you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELXY...

Join me for this online poetry workshop on Monday evening: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...

This is happening at 5.30-7pm on 4 March in Nottingham (NTU City Campus), it's free, and obviously I'll love it if you turn up! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

Looking forward to it!

My review of John Greening's A High Calling in this week's TLS: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

A very good little article by my friend and PhD student Julie Gardner in The Conversation: theconversation.com/how-poetry-c...

Welcome to the enlightened world of @theguardian.com in 2025: Bardot 'became an inspiration for intellectuals and artists' (i.e. two of The Beatles) because she made them wish their girlfriends had blond [sic] hair.

Congratulations to Donald Trump for winning a peace prize invented for him by FIFA, an organisation well known and regarded for its humanitarianism.

The continued silence of the publisher and author is not golden, is it?

Wanted: a left-wing party in the UK that isn't ridiculous in one way or another or several ways at once. I'm right here, waiting for you, along with much of the electorate. Thanks.

Reports from: Anthony Vahni Capildeo, John Gallas, Philip Terry, Sam Adams, and Rory Waterman. Read Rory's report for free here: www.pnreview.co.uk/.../remarkab...

A lot of people should be ashamed, having behaved disgracefully. Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character: www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/... I also wrote about this, for PNR: www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema... But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.

TOMORROW (20 November), online, 7pm: MARK FORD and SEAN O'BRIEN launch their New Walk Editions pamphlets. Sign up below. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

20 November (one week today), online, 7pm: MARK FORD and SEAN O'BRIEN launch their New Walk Editions pamphlets. Sign up below. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Ilse Pedler won first prize in our 2025 Open Competition, judged by Rory Waterman, with her poem, “After the calving”.