Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...

“I don’t know who I am at this moment, nor the man  at my side. Suspended here like an exclamation mark  that doesn’t have to fall towards a full stop, I curve into  the wild escape[...]” Sarah James https://indigodreamspublishing.com/sarah-james / https://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191

In the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Helen Angell about T S Eliot’s early poem ‘Preludes’ and how this influenced her approach to writing ‘Mancunian Way’. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/helen-ange...

So excited to be longlisted for @walklistencreate.org #Walking #InTheDark competition & in great company with: @sarahraybould.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social

Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social

Very happy that @dustpoetry.bsky.social believes in this poem! You can read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/so-many...

Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social

We are over the brightest super moon to announce our Pushcart nominations for this year: ✨Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana ‘Izakaya' ✨Stephen Boyce ‘The Road to Duffus’ ✨Anna Fernandes ‘Past Nest’ ✨Thea Smiley ‘Flint’ ✨Hannah McCann ‘So many amoebas' ✨Alice Stainer ‘Nostos’ Congratulations all! 🥳🌟

Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...

Excited for this early December workshop. Something different… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1948306600...

Excited for this early December workshop. Something different… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1948306600...

Taking a course on Japanese literary/poetic forms right now with @corrintachibana.bsky.social. The current session is about zuihitsu, an essay form I feel attracted to but also find challenging to do well. Really enjoyed this one by Ellora Sutton janeaustens.house/news/a-zuihi... #writingcommunity

Had such a lot of fun talking to Chris. Looking forward to hearing your chats with other guests on your new series, Chris!

The third series of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast is now available - the first programme just out featuring Al McClimens. Other guests include @thehalt.bsky.social @corrintachibana.bsky.social Geraldine Monk, Cliff Forshaw, Steve Sawyer and Helen Angell twowaypoetry.podbean.com

A scintillating review of Samantha York’s debut, THE FORESHORE, in the Glasgow Herald: ‘skilfully weaves together themes of grief, compassion, temptation, loyalty, self-sacrifice and deeply-buried secrets without letting the suspense and escalating sense of dread slacken for a moment.’

Really looking forward to reading at @torriano.bsky.social _poetry tomorrow with Luigi Coppola as part of @Patrizia Longhitano’s Venn Diagrams. If you can, come!!

I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book, The Point Is You Are Alive, alongside @marymulholland.bsky.social Wendy Allen and @alicehiller.bsky.social, at The Poetry Cafe, Tuesday 28th October, 7pm-9pm! Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...

My upcoming online event with Lime Square Poets where I will be reading from my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases is now listed on the National Poetry Library website here. Come along if you want to listen/read a poem! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...

Delighted to announce I have a story in vol 4 of Worldstone Publishing's new Summer of Sci-fi and Fantasy anthology about a motley band of madcap skeletons raised for a final mission ☠️ 💀 You can find out more about the anthology and the other stories via the Kickstarter #Fantasy #WritingCommunity

Great poetry readings at Blackwell's Newcastle this week from @corrintachibana.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social and @marymulholland.bsky.social. Always lovely to meet a fellow @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social author too! @saltpublishing.com @livecanon.bsky.social

Looking forward to this event on Thursday.

I'm very excited to be reading this Thursday (18th) September at #Blackwell's in Newcastle with the awesome @corrintachibana.bsky.social and @marymulholland.bsky.social - it's free and there will be wine, so come if you can! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...

Looking forward to this event on Thursday.

If you’re around Newcastle on 18 Sept do come to poetry in the bookshop - I’ll be reading from my new @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social pamphlet with @corrintachibana.bsky.social and @samszanto.bsky.social - free wine, poetry - what more do you need? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...

‘Through the voices of ten women, this collection explores the joyous burden of relationship, the pain and comfort of loneliness, and the challenge and freedom of 21st-century living.’ Richard Lamey reviews Michael Arditti's The Mellow Madam and Other Stories.

Looking forward to teaching this course from Sept 9th, on Tues nights, showcasing Japanese women poets. Fabulous poets already on board. Join us! thewritingschool.co.uk/onnade-the-w...

Happy publication day to Samantha York – The Foreshore is available from all good bookshops today. 🎉🥳🥂😻🚀

Feeling hugely excited about this and grateful and happy to have @carlrandallart.bsky.social ‘s beautiful ‘Onsen’ image on the cover!

Delighted to be shortlisted for the July Verve Poem of the Month. Here’s my poem, ‘Mister’.

Delighted to be shortlisted for the July Verve Poem of the Month. Here’s my poem, ‘Mister’.

& to our shortlist @deanatta.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social @lauraceleste.bsky.social @corrintachibana.bsky.social @fiddes.bsky.social

Greatly looking forward to teaching this masterclass on Thursday. Tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1464609158...

Lots of lovely things planned in this session, informed by an exhibition and research conducted at the Japanese National Institute for literature, in Tokyo.

Greatly looking forward to teaching this masterclass on Thursday. Tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1464609158...

Feeling hugely excited about this and grateful and happy to have @carlrandallart.bsky.social ‘s beautiful ‘Onsen’ image on the cover!

ICYMI Cover reveal! @corrintachibana.bsky.social’s second collection, SKINSHIP, with a stunning cover by @carlrandallart.bsky.social Cover image: ‘Onsen’ by Carl Randall www.carlrandall.com Copyright the artist 2025 © #CoverReveal #IndiePublisher #BookDesign #BooksOfBluesky #Booksky #LitSky

Delighted to be teaching for @poetryschool.bsky.social this October! poetryschool.com/courses/foll...

3 places left @poetryschool.bsky.social poetryschool.com/courses/foll...

3 places left @poetryschool.bsky.social poetryschool.com/courses/foll...

Delighted to be teaching for @poetryschool.bsky.social this October! poetryschool.com/courses/foll...

Looking forward to teaching this end of July workshop! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1464609158...

Looking forward to teaching this end of July workshop! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1464609158...

Reason #11: You want to read research about truly patient centered care #mentalhealth #writingcommunity

Happy to be back teaching for The Poetry Business on June 16th: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...

Thrilled to be in this beautiful magazine alongside fellow poets like @corrintachibana.bsky.social - thank you Pomegranate-London!

Looking forward to repeating this popular workshop as a morning session, 3 weeks today. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1340604045...

Two new poems in The Interpreter's House - one of my absolute favourite poetry magazines and one I've appeared in a few times now. Always love seeing when a new issue of theirs drops theinterpretershouse.org/conley-83