We are hiring !

hi all it’s been a while… later today we have a longer announcement over on IG. Here are the bullet points; we have a competition this year, name change, April submissions for substack and HELP we need readers, a coeditor for substack & managing staff. Would you like to join us?

Hedgehogs away! We three are launching our Hedgehog Press books (& more!) on Sat 28 March, online tinyurl.com/hedgehogpoets - join Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social Katrina Moinet and me from 7.00pm, with @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @sarahleavesley.bsky.social.

Only a few hours until I am joined by this heart-stirring half-dozen poets #LastSaturday #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetrylovers It's online, free and starts at 7.00pm (UK). Join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

My wee book is on holiday!

Two poets. Many paths. One shared landscape.

Crossing Paths — Reading Tour 2026
Jean Atkin & Richard Skinner journey between place, nomenclature & nature, @jmatkin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social

📍 UK dates from February–September
🖤 Join them on the road.

#CrossingPaths #PoetryTour

Glorious poets galore! Celebrate iamb's 6th birthday with me @iamb.uk, @markantonyowen.com and 19 superb poets at the top of their craft TONIGHT! Free Online Zoom 6.45pm for a 7.00pm start. tinyurl.com/2d3h46d3

A trip to the sea for @ewenglass.bsky.social latest collection, throughly enjoyable (the sea and the poems) !

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY: “Hemlock & Honey” – Margaret Royall Well, I am so verily chuffed to say HAPPY LAUNCH DAY to the rather brilliant Margaret Royall, on the Book Birth Day of her latest collection, Hemlock & Honey. Signed First run, First Edition copies are still (just about) available direct from the lady herself, so don't delay, order today... Order Signed Copies Direct From Margaret Royall HERE As I approach my three score years and ten I have been thinking back over the past decades and analysing the memorable events that stand out for me most, reflecting on those that have exerted the greatest influence on my life.

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY: “Hemlock & Honey” – Margaret Royall

Well, I am so verily chuffed to say HAPPY LAUNCH DAY to the rather brilliant Margaret Royall, on the Book Birth Day of her latest collection, Hemlock & Honey. Signed First run, First Edition copies are still (just about) available direct from…

So many congratulations Carmella!

New Author signing for Parlyaree Press - Carmella de Keyser

Parlyaree Press

Parlyaree Press, Carmella de Keyser, author bio.

Thrilled and excited to be a new author signing for the brilliant Parlyaree Press!
Pleased to announce that my new YA poetry collection exploring emotions - 'The Amygdala Safari' will be coming soon! Heartfelt thank you to Parlyaree Press for believing in the book!
🩷🧡💚🌈
@parlyareepress.bsky.social

Lovely to see it out in the world - and what a gorgeous plant! Thanks so much, Marcelle.

Tonight ! Come along on zoom for an evening of poetry!

Book post! Excited for a cuppa with @louisepoetical.bsky.social collection from @hedgehogpress.co.uk, with beautiful cover art by @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social. Congratulations ! ✨

A great launch event. Fantastic to hear these poems out loud. 🙏 to @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press!

We are very proud of the anthology- celebrating unconventional & overlooked beauty - slugs & snails, pigeons & weeds, and our relationship with nature. Bronwen’s painting graces the front cover, with Colin Thom’s illustrations inside. Many thanks also to @alixklingenberg.bsky.social for her foreword

A wonderful day with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press latest anthology ‘Lines of Communication’ online launches.
It was such a joy to hear the poems, selected by myself and Bronwen read out loud, and to celebrate together @wennieevans.bsky.social ✨

Last Saturday - celebrating 6 years of iamb Join iamb's creator/curator Mark Antony Owen & host Louise Longson for a night of poems to celebrate 6 years of this great poetry showcase.

15 glorious poets so far signed up to read for the @iamb.uk 6th birthday special with creator/curator @markantonyowen.com in January's #LastSaturday #poetry session - it's going to be a great night! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

Many thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my multigenerational poem in their beautifully curated Winter Anthology. A joy to be included, it’s a sumptuous celebration of the dimensions of the season. Available in paperback and hardcover 💫

COMPETITION ALERT! Just over two weeks to go! MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026 T
his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
magmapoetry.com/competition/

So grateful to have received this generous endorsement of my work from EIC Ophelia Monet and to have ‘Dagger Sonnet’ accepted for publication in the forthcoming issue of Wildscape Literary Journal 💚🌱

A lovely start to the new year!

wildscapelit.com

North Bay Poetics presents Speak Up/Speak Out with Karen Pierce Gonzalez . Social (in)justice chap to be released Spring 2026 & poetry performance tips & open mic. Jan. 20, 3-4:30 pm pst. NorthBayPoetics.net

NOW is the time to #SpeakUp/SpeakOut That's exactly what I'll do as January feature #poet! Program incl #poetryperformance tips. Special friends #LKN @celesteschueler.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social #AntoinetteVPayne #KeithMar & open mic poets too! #NorthBayPoetics Zoom link: DM

Tickets are flying out for this event... #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, hope to see some of you there! 🤗

Thank you so much Julie Stevens for your kind words about my new book This Joyful Interlude!

Book links (or pm me for an author copy):

UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330
US: amazon.com/dp/1068432330
CA: amazon.ca/dp/1068432330
AU: amazon.com.au/dp/1068432330

#poems #poetry #books #booklovers

Free reading including me!

Yay!

Coming up this Friday! Don't miss this gorgeous feast of talent & creativity. Free tickets via Eventbrite: oncemorewithfeeling.eventbrite.co.uk

@moette.bsky.social @benedictan.bsky.social @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social @jenferoze.bsky.social

So sorry to hear this Beth, sending love xx

The first issue of Season 3 is now live! #EkphrasticFolkArt @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social l #KarenNFitzGerald #MercedesDugger and more! #FolkHeartPress #Folklore #FolkArt #poetry #prose #microflash folkheartpressblog.blogspot.com

Happy end of 2025! A beautiful day by the sea - calm after the recent storms, lots of kelp on the shoreline showing the underwater turmoil.

No yearly round up from me, just gratitude to the poetry and writing communities, thank you, for your support, grace and encouragement. Much love for 2026 ✨✨