⚡FLASH SALE - titles from earlier this year now just £7.99 each. Save 33% on these celebrated #poetry books now. Plus FREE UK postage across the shop. Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social

⚡FLASH SALE - titles from earlier this year now just £7.99 each. Save 33% on these celebrated #poetry books now. Plus FREE UK postage across the shop. Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social

📣This Saturday night, 18th October. A wonderful evening of #poetry from this mighty fine line-up: @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @suzannahevans.bsky.social & Amanda Dalton bookcornerhalifax.com/town/

A luvverly day in the company of @philcat92.bsky.social at Manchester Art Gallery, with cake, Goffik scarf, hat & magazines about plonking about in tunnels!💜 If that wasn’t enough, to @porticolibrary.bsky.social to hear all about the #porticoreunited plans!

Just seen a headline which asks "Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?" It's because she was a massive bastard. Hope that helps x

A day in Ravenna, somewhere I’ve always wanted to visit & never thought I’d get to. The pictures don’t come close to capturing the glitter & swash of the Byzantine mosaics… all over 1,500 years old.✨✨✨ Yep, that’s one & a half thousand. …& couldn’t miss the grave of Dante 💜 @alyfell.bsky.social

In Bologna for a few days! Famous for fountains with women squirting water from various body parts (tasteful) TWO leaning towers (eat your heart out, Pisa) & groovy street art 💜💜💜 @alyfell.bsky.social

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

This week's oasis of selected sanities, in a single place – how humanity saved the ginkgo, Fernando Pessoa on unselfing into your most authentic self, Rachel Carson on wonder as an antidote to self-destruction mailchi.mp/themarginali...

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1341918778... Looking forward to this!

Seeing as how the Rapture (inexplicably) failed to happen, I think it's safe to announce that l'll be part of Halifax Town Fest! Saturday 18th October at the fab @bookcornerhx.bsky.social 💜 with wonderful poets @suzannahevans.bsky.social & @amandadalton.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social

One week to go! Then I'll be heading to delicious Diversion in luvverly Ledbury💜 Friday 26th Sept, 7pm. With Holly Winter-Hughes 💫💫 @ninearchespress.bsky.social

… this just in from North Yorkshire… BLIMMIN BIG MUSHROOMS.

Today's news from North Yorkshire - an adder skin, hollow ways & beech tunnels lowering skies🌿

And breeeeeeeathe… Good morning, beautiful North Yorkshire!

This week I have been mostly painting, wallpapering & making curtains 💪🏼 Yes, purple may have been involved… Rock, and indeed, Roll. 💜

The trees have eyes! Aspen grove, Ryebank Fields, Manchester 🌱🌿

Chuffed to be reading at Diversion in Ledbury on Friday 26th Sept! A truly warm & welcoming event 💜 With Holly Winter-Hughes too ✨✨ @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Manchester Pride parade - loving, uplifting & joyous 💜🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💜 With added unicorns & hunky firefighters ✨✨✨ #loveislove

An amazing roomful of writers! Spent a joyous, uplifting day at @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social in Bishop's Castle... Delivering a workshop on Hope in Adversity with @julwe1.bsky.social a reading of our poems, & deft Q&A with Jane Commane of @ninearchespress.bsky.social ✨✨✨

Lovely friends are lovely And Book Post is the best🌹 Thank you @vickipope.bsky.social for the wonderful gift of Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England. Ticks SO many of my nerdy boxes @anniewhitehead.bsky.social

Many thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the sparkling review of This Is How I Fight 💜✨💜 @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 178: The benefits of writing for pleasure are many: it helps literacy, interpersonal skills, vocabulary; even lowers blood pressure. It's fun. It's therapeutic. And guess what? You can enjoy all these things without ever seeking to become a professional writer.

Thanks to lovely NZ friend I’m now the proud owner of this fabulous set of Rocky Horror Show stamps! They go perfectly alongside my Munsters stamps from Australia 😁

This is such a fantastic opportunity! I’m enormously grateful to be a Primers poet and if you are eligible, I urge you to submit!!! 🩵

Damn! I knew it had to happen sooner rather than later, but…. Damn. RIP Tom Lehrer, mathematician, lyrical genius & all-round decent bloke 🎶🎶🎶 youtu.be/TytGOeiW0aE?...

rosiegarlandwriter Tonight, Friday 25 July! Delighted to be guest poet at Chemistry at The Chemic, Leeds💜 See you there! With @gillcresearch.bsky.social & @markconnors.bsky.social too 👍🏼 @joewilliamswriter.bsky.social

Oh, what a night! Had a flippin lovely time at @lighthousebks.bsky.social in Edinburgh last night, launching This Is How I Fight 💜💜💜 A delight to read with @vikshirley.bsky.social Janette Ayachi & Jane Goldman!✨✨✨ @ninearchespress.bsky.social

A fantastic online book launch tonight with stunning readings from Erica Hesketh, @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social & @julwe1.bsky.social sharing rich, ferocious, evocative poems with a truly appreciative audience of readers. Thank you all ❤️ Treat yourself to these new books ninearchespress.com/shop

A wonderful opportunity to hear 3 amazing poets launch their new books @ninearchespress.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social and Erica Hesketh. Get tickets before 6pm today.

Tonight! Online triple launch for @julwe1.bsky.social Erica Hesketh & moi - 7pm BST @ninearchespress.bsky.social 💜💜

Tomorrow, Tues 22 July, 7pm BST! It's the online launch of my new collection This Is How I Fight 💜 AND it's a triple launch, with wondrous wordsmiths Erica Hesketh & Julia Webb too! Tix are pay what you can, from @ninearchespress.bsky.social Or www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

Next week Weds 23 July I’m thrilled to be visiting @lighthousebks in Edinburgh! Sharing a poetry stage with fabulous Janette Ayachi @vikshirley.bsky.social @janegoldman.bsky.social ✨💜✨ AND it’s available online too 🌹 lighthousebookshop.com/events/this-... @ninearchespress.bsky.social

In Brighton, after the @marchvioletsband.bsky.social gig - where the wind is windy & the stones are holey! #hagstone

Join us for a Triple Online Launch featuring Erica Hesketh, @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social & @julwe1.bsky.social celebrating their latest #poetry books Tuesday 22 July 7pm BST Pay What You Can Reserve your place here, we'd love to welcome you along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

Yes, I’m here, where the skies are blue 🌹 & @marchvioletsband.bsky.social

Big shout out to Noir for interviewing me - it's now live! 'Rosie Garland on The March Violets, Survival, and Embracing Your Inner Outsider' noirpourfemmes.fr/inconversati... Thank you Nic Chapman Photographs for the flippin wonderful photo 💜💜💜 @marchvioletsband.bsky.social

Join us for a Triple Online Launch featuring Erica Hesketh, @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social & @julwe1.bsky.social celebrating their latest #poetry books Tuesday 22 July 7pm BST Pay What You Can Reserve your place here, we'd love to welcome you along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

Happy #PublicationDay to two of our visiting authors: @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social for THE SCRAPBOOK (9th July) & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social for THIS IS HOW I FIGHT (18th October with @suzannahevans.bsky.social & Amanda Dalton) Tickets on our website: bookcornerhalifax.com/events/

I say, I say! What’s better than publication day for one book? Publication day for TWO books! Delighted to share launch day for This Is How I Fight 🌹🌹🌹 @ninearchespress.bsky.social with Boater by the fabulous @jobellwriter.bsky.social 💜

25th June, York… Rise Up! 💜 Launch event for ‘This Is How I Fight’ ✊🏼 So looking forward to sharing a stage with @jpseabright.bsky.social & Spencer Wood ✨✨✨ @nickykippax.bsky.social @chadpie.bsky.social thankyou xxx

Our curated #poetry book bundles include trios of titles exploring Queer Perspectives alongside our Pride Collection, highlighted for #PrideMonth Discover books by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social‬ @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social‬ @taniahershman.bsky.social‬ and more ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Book-...

Join us for a Triple Online Launch featuring Erica Hesketh, @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social & @julwe1.bsky.social celebrating their latest #poetry books Tuesday 22 July 7pm BST Pay What You Can Reserve your place here, we'd love to welcome you along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...

I flippin love these new photos, taken by Nic Chapman… Yep, I’m still grooving, still green. 💚 www.nicchapmanphotographs.com/about

Arriving next week 'roaring to be seen', the much-anticpated This Is How I Fight by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social‬ Our thanks to @carolinebirduk.bsky.social for these gorgeous words of support. Line up your copy now - offering FREE UK postage across our shop: ninearchespress.com/publications...

In times of destruction, create something 🌹 ‘This Is How I Fight’ has arrived 💜 Official launch date 19 June! Thank you @ninearchespress.bsky.social for believing in my weird poems & to @novelniche.bsky.social John McCullough & @carolinebirduk.bsky.social for ALL their kindness ✨✨✨

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Yay! Thrilled with my Minnie the Minx drawn by @laurahowell.bsky.social 💜💜💜 At Enniskillen Comic Fest 🌹

Having a great time at Enniskillen Comic Fest! Being merch burd for @alyfell.bsky.social 🌹 A warmer and more welcoming bunch of people you could NOT find 💜 & especially fab to meet @laurahowell.bsky.social - drawerer of Minnie the Minx!😃

Exciting new #poetry books by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social and Nina Mingya Powles coming this summer ☀️ All available to pre-order now, type FREEUK at the checkout for free UK postage right across the shop: ninearchespress.com/shop