Four artworks; a WBN United Artists call out for responses to a text or book about mountains. Work pictured by Paul Hearn, Rosemary Everett, Varju Krisztián, Faizal Suhif
The Mountains Are Calling…
An exhibition for World Book Night 2026
Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/wbn2026/
The Longbarrow Press stall
We’re here at States of Independence, Hugh Aston Building, Leicester, til 4pm today. All welcome, admission free.
Gorgeous! ❤️
a large square painting of two crows in front of a fiery sky, tending to a strange nest. There are bare trees behind them, a moon in the sky and a human skeleton in the ground below
today in the list of things-it'd-be-awesome-to-sell-before-I-move-house, this gorgeous big fella, 60cm/2 foot square. any shares really appreciated! 🧡💀🧡
shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/cynn... #art #artsky #painting #crow #skeleton #witchsky #skull
Flyer for Daughters of Fire, an evening of poetry and fiction celebrating women's voices. 17th March 2026 at 7pm UK time. Last chance to register via email to DaughtersPoetry@hotmail.com
Tonight at 7pm! The window to register closes at 12 noon UK time... Want an audience ticket for this Zoom event of powerful poetry and prose celebrating women's voices? Email DaughtersPoetry@hotmail.com #Poetry #WomensWriting
I’ll share with my queer writing group!
Poster reads: Writing Philosophical Fiction: A Creative Writing Workshop with Dr Rachel Handley, when: wednesday 25th march, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Saturday 28th March, 1 pm to 3 pm. Where: Liverpool Central Library (Hornby Library). All welcome! All you need is a pen and paper. For enquiries, contact Tom Bunyard at t.bunyard@liverpool.ac.uk Logos of liverpool city council, liverpool central library, the british philosophical association, university of Liverpool, and #philosophymatters appear on the bottom of the poster.
Come write some weird fiction with me at Liverpool Central Library on either the 25th or the 28th March.
The event is free and everyone is welcome!
@livunihss.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social @livunilibrary.bsky.social @thebpa.bsky.social
#philosophymatters #liverpool #philsky
Photo of event flyer
Really looking forward to reading at @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social alongside Samatar Elmi, Kaycee Hill and @jamiewoods77.bsky.social. Expect a poptastic evening of eclectic poetic excitement on Saturday 18 April!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
Can’t wait!
Just over a month until the ' poetry party with a healthy dose of anarchy' runs in #Cheltenham #workshops #readings #performances highlights inc @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @fionasampson.bsky.social @hazardpressuk.bsky.social
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Thought it was time we told you exactly who is contributing #poems of #queer #resistance to Up//Roar (out in October, advance warning! pre-order now arachnepress.com/Up-Roar-p815...)
those who are ON Bluesky: @hazardpressuk.bsky.social
@rickdove.bsky.social
@rachaelclyne.bsky.social continues...
Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, arranged diagonally, spines facing outwards.
Special offer from Longbarrow Press: any 3 hardbacks for £32. Includes collections by Steve Ely, Angelina D'Roza, Rob Hindle, Peter Riley, Nancy Gaffield, Mark Goodwin, Matthew Clegg, Chris Jones, Fay Musselwhite, 'The Footing' anthology, and more
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Delighted to be a LONDON Regional & Country Finalist for SMALL PRESS OF THE YEAR in #BritishBookAwards
the London list is quite long, but - regional winners announced 10th March.
Our submission rests on success of #Afonydd
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social
'To the End of the Land', a text & audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, in pamphlet and CD editions.
Earlier this year, we published 'To the End of the Land', a text & audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, grounded in the landscapes of Nova Scotia. Apt for winter reading (and listening).
You can order the pamphlet & CD here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Thrilled to share the stunning cover for FOLKISH by @kymdeyn.bsky.social and make it available to pre-order now.
Artwork by Letty Wilson.
'Bold, inventive, sardonic. Ripe with scavenger gods, local saints and legends.'
Playful, spirited and absolutely furious.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Hope you have a great launch Angela! 👏👏👏
@hazardpressuk.bsky.social
From Black Zine Fair and Sojourners 4 Justice on Instagram: post featuring old-school computer graphics of books on a bookcase. Text says: “Black Zine Fair. Save the date: May 9, 2026. Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until February 9, 2026.”
Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC
in two weeks, the first Speak-Easy of 2026!
(still hosted by yours truly)
sample page of artists book listings in the publication Artist's Book Yearbook.
Last call for the Artist's Book Yearbook 2026-2027, you can list up to 3 of your artists' books, also any courses, workshops, bindery, print studio, organisation etc. You don't have to buy a copy to be in it. Download the listing form at: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/artists-book...
Deadline 9 Jan!
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 132678:
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
I saw Lily Savage at an AIDS benefit in Cardiff where she absolutely demolished everyone in the first two rows methodically one after the other! It was funny, awe-inspiring and terrifying and I never sit anywhere near the front now at anything (apart from poetry nights, they’re usually okay)! 😀
‘Life comes at you in waves, sometimes they carry you to new shores, sometimes you risk drowning in the flood. Life is the rhythm of all three together, it is the beat, the pulse, the wave that brings you to this moment.’
Image of the book cover featuring the title in large white letters on a dark blue background
IT’S A CHRISTMAS COVER REVEAL!
I’m delighted to unveil the cover for my new poetry collection THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE!
The book will be published by @arachnepress.bsky.social in June 2026 (Pride Month) and is available for pre-order now.
arachnepress.com/The-Beat-the...
Illustration of a pink tiger’s face with the text Up//roar crowdfund secured! Thanks everyone! superimposed on top
A huge, roaring thank you to everyone who contributed to the successful crowdfunding of @arachnepress.bsky.social’s UP//ROAR: Poems of Queer Resistance! Whether you claimed a reward or liked or shared a post your support has meant so much! More news of covers & contributors & tours in the New Year!
An amazing place and one of my most favourite bookshops! ❤️
‘The Mountains are Calling’, 2026. Concertina book, handprinted on Fabriano Rosapina Bianca 220gsm and inkjet printed on Fabriano Tonal paper 120gsm. Varied edition of 5. 14 x 20 cm folded, 70 x 20 cm unfolded. Made in response to The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd. By @clarerogersartist.bsky.social
A postcard artwork based on the novel ‘The Call of the Wild’ by Jack London (first published 1903). Read in Dutch translation: ‘De roep van de wildernis’. Recently I found a sketch that I made in 1986, representing a typical flat Dutch landscape. That same year I read ‘The Call of the Wild’, situated in Yukon, a wild part of western Canada. To me brought a direct longing for mountains (born and raised in the Netherlands I wasn’t used to higher levels). In 1989 I got the opportunity to go to Alaska, my first contact with similar areas. During the years some more were to follow. In my contribution I use the 2026 WBN motto: the mountains keep on calling. The vowels already left, they couldn’t wait. By Frans Baake
World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling…
You're invited to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap.
Deadline 3rd March 2026. Some early submissions shown here. Find out more and download the full brief at:
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/news/#wbn2026
6 hours left to fund Up//Roar #Poems of Queer Resistance
thank you to the people who have donated/increased their donation in the last 3 hours!
we have £296 to find, so still less than £50 an hour - we can do it!
please share, folks. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...
9 hours to raise the remaining £391 for Up//Roar, #Poems of #Queer #Resistance thats under £50 an hour CAN WE DO IT?
pls donate money to get a brilliant book onto the presses. please share! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...
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