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

For @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social's excellent #PromptCombo theme, my recording of a #poem about personal #history published in @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social's Lothlorien Poetry Journal @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social The Haunty Tree #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetry #writingcommunity

and if you want to be involved have a look at the Author Interview series on the Big Bearded Bookseller blog, currently at 113 interviews bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo...

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-...

New on my blog, an interview with the very talented Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social about her fantastic new book, 'The Water That May Come', with @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social - please have a read and share www.samszanto.com/post/amy-lil...

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-...

New on my blog, an interview with the very talented Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social about her fantastic new book, 'The Water That May Come', with @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social - please have a read and share www.samszanto.com/post/amy-lil...

The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Twelve Of Twenty-Five: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Wonderful to interview Beth Brooke, @bethbpoet.bsky.social, a poet I really admire, on her latest collection 'A Long Way Down' www.samszanto.com/post/beth-br...

Wonderful to interview Beth Brooke, @bethbpoet.bsky.social, a poet I really admire, on her latest collection 'A Long Way Down' www.samszanto.com/post/beth-br...

It’s Wednesday. Got a WIP? Doesn’t matter if it’s raw or rolling. If it’s yours, it belongs. Drop a line. Share a note. Let us know where you’re at. #WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout

download the Ekphrastic Poetry S2 collection: anyflip.com/sdmnd/mspp/ the reading from this series was wonderful! grateful to be featured w/ @prestonspantry.bsky.social @paulbrookes007.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social & more! thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social!

This afternoon (pst) we celebrate the launch of #EkphrasticFolkArt #Season2 #flipbook. #16poets! @coastalpoet.bsky.social @matt-guntrip-music.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social @shadesofgreen.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social #ANDMORE Link: DM #PoetsOfBlueSky

Welcome To The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Of Artwork And Poetry Issue Eleven Day Seventeen featuring the poetry of @samszanto.bsky.social Sam Szanto open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

www.samszanto.com/post/tessa-f... Brilliant to interview the very talented poet Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social on her poetry collection 'Try to Find Me', out with @livecanon.bsky.social. Tessa was such an interesting interviewee - please have a read and share #poetrycommunity

www.samszanto.com/post/tessa-f... Brilliant to interview the very talented poet Tessa Foley @tessafoley.bsky.social on her poetry collection 'Try to Find Me', out with @livecanon.bsky.social. Tessa was such an interesting interviewee - please have a read and share #poetrycommunity

Some interview questions really do add extra dimension to this collection. #MoonKissedEarthWroughVisionDrunk #hybrid #art #poetry #chapbook Bottlecap Press Full interview with @samszanto.bsky.social: bit.ly/43ADoNM

For this week's #promptcombo #stigmas with thanks to Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and everyone taking part.

And it's LIVE! #EkphrasticFolkArt #Season2 features 16 #poets, including @shadesofgreen.bsky.social @matt-guntrip-music.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social #BasilikéPappa and more. #folklore #folkart #poetry anyflip.com/sdmnd/mspp/

Today, my #LiftToTheSky goes to @samszanto.bsky.social. Her blog interview questions take us between the lines of of what a #Poet #Writer #Artist creates. I know because she interviewed me. #MoonKissedEarthWroughVisionDrunk #hybrid Bottlecap Press Full interview: bit.ly/43ADoNM

Anyone got a book to promote? I have space on my blog for a couple of interviews - check out samszanto.com/blog and get in touch if interested #writingcommunity

Kudos to @samszanto who really thinks about the questions she's going to ask. @samszanto.bsky.social‬ #MoonKissedEarthWroughtVisionDrunk #hybrid #poetry #art #chapbook#BottlecapPress ‬ bit.ly/43ADoNM

I have just TWO copies of my Dreich contest-winning poetry pamphlet left! Anyone like to buy a signed one for £6.50 or do a pamphlet swap?

Loved getting an insight into @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social’s creative process in this new interview by @samszanto.bsky.social

I have some #ThankYouForTheInterview #SundayShoutOuts: @samszanto.bsky.social who she could teach the rest of us how to create #interview questions & @alanparry83.bsky.social @phynnebelle.bsky.social #CliveMatson #DavidGonzalez for added so much to #MoonKissedEarthWroughtVisionDrunk bit.ly/43ADoNM

Excited to share my latest interview - the much-loved poet and artist @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social talking about her new book 'Moon Kissed, Earth Wrought, Vision Drunk'. Best viewed on a PC if possible. #poetry #art www.samszanto.com/post/karen-p...

Issue 14 of Dust Poetry is now live ✨ And you can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...

I am genuinely proud to be part of this most recent issue of @dustpoetry.bsky.social. Just read the poem by @samszanto.bsky.social, which hit rather close to home, & am looking forward to enjoying the work of everybody else. Big thanks to the editors! www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/smile-b...

I'm so honoured to have my poem 'Dear' included in this beautiful edition of Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social 💗 www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...

Delighted my poem "In Search of Albion" is included in the upcoming @brokenspinearts.bsky.social anthology 'Rites and Trials' featuring stellar poets inc. @samszanto.bsky.social nto.bsky.social @susanrich-poet18.bsky.social ‪@paulbrookes07 Huge thanks to the great editor @alanparry83.bsky.social

Big thanks to @samszanto.bsky.social for this excellent interview! PLUS the lovely blurb for our book. So grateful for this community of writers supporting writers!

My #LiftToTheSky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social is @samszanto.bsky.social for all she does to welcome new poets & for her divine work 'This was your Mother' AND @paulmcgrane.bsky.social for the inclusive open mic spaces he manifests and for his heartfelt pamphlet 'British People in Hot Weather.'

www.samszanto.com/post/janet-d... New interview on my blog! Janet Dale @thesisterjanet.bsky.social and Allison Renner @allisonwrites.bsky.social talk about their brilliant hybrid chapbook Green Light: the Gatsby Cycle #poetry #flashfiction #greatgatsby

www.samszanto.com/post/janet-d... New interview on my blog! Janet Dale @thesisterjanet.bsky.social and Allison Renner @allisonwrites.bsky.social talk about their brilliant hybrid chapbook Green Light: the Gatsby Cycle #poetry #flashfiction #greatgatsby

How lovely! Thank you @harlowstanza.bsky.social 😊

Delighted to have a short story in Issue 3 of @underbellypress.bsky.social 😃

4 talented #poets write about #FolkArt. I'm so impressed with their #ekphrastic responses. Just read this and see what I mean! Thank you @samszanto.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @midwesternskirt.bsky.social @prestonspantry.bsky.social #Folklore #Poetry #FolkHeartPress buff.ly/7pCTjZv

Now read the (almost) full blurb by @samszanto.bsky.social for GREEN LIGHT: THE GATSBY CYCLE forthcoming from Alien Buddha Press cc: @allisonwrites.bsky.social

With my and @allisonwrites.bsky.social's chap coming out on The Great Gatsby's centennial from Alien Buddha Press here is another 1925-style ad. Tomorrow we'll share the full blurb from @samszanto.bsky.social

Four amazing #creatives put pen to paper and give this #folkart an #ekphrastic #poem it can be proud of! @samszanto.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @midwesternskirt.bsky.social @prestonspantry.bsky.social #Folklore #Poetry #FolkHeartPress buff.ly/7pCTjZv

Wonderful to be featured in the Ekphrastic Folk Art Season 2. Thank you to amazing @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for the stunning prompt! Do read the work of @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, @midwesternskirt.bsky.social and @prestonspantry.bsky.social at folkheartpressblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ekph...

happy to have a poem in @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social’s latest issue of Ekphrastic Folk Art Blogzine! be sure to check out poems by @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, @prestonspantry.bsky.social & @samszanto.bsky.social there as well! go to bit.ly/3EXnBPf to enjoy our words!!!

I have been reading: 🌟 🩵THIS WAS YOUR MOTHER 🩵 by SAM SZANTO. @samszanto.bsky.social I found it a beautiful read - embracing both joy and sorrow, with expressive colour, musicality and light. I wholeheartedly recommend her pamphlet. 🩷

Thank you @samszanto.bsky.social for this interview with me from 2023: www.samszanto.com/post/20-ques...

2X Pushcart nominated poet, @samszanto.bsky.social PHD, kindly interviewed me about 🌜'The Liminal Light of the Night'🌛my micro-pamphlet, out Feb 14th with the fab @hedgehogpress.co.uk ✨ Editor- Mark Davidson!✨I enjoyed her thought-provoking questions.Thank you Sam!🩶 www.samszanto.com/post/carmell...

What a joy to be interviewed by @samszanto.bsky.social for her mother poetry PhD @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Thank you so much, Sam, it’s been fascinating thinking in depth about all this wonderful poetry. #poetry #blueskypoets

COVER REVEAL:”Hemlock & Honey” – Margaret Royall I am always excited to be able to bring to you a poetry collection from the rather wonderful Margaret Royall, and this time is no different as we will be seeing her latest, Hemlock & Honey appearing in the soonerest. Today however, I have only the…

x.com/fionahallida... Thank you to @samszanto.bsky.social for this interview about ‘Thoughts on Life’!