Beautiful summer garden in Yorkshire. The perfect writing retreat.

The Book of Bogs This new anthology from over forty writers, including Robert Macfarlane, Amy Liptrot, Alys Fowler and Patti Smith explores peatlands and bogs, and argues for their importance.

www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l... Delighted to have some work in this wonderful anthology, edited by Clare Shaw and Anna Chilvers. #bogs #peatlands

A great get together with my Royal Literary Fund Mentee Writers and my final day as an Advisory Fellow. It’s been great!

Hebden Bridge Short Film Festival Hebden Bridge Film Festival is proud to present a day celebrating SHORTS. We will be having 3 sessions: A showcase, a Calderdale competition and our loved HBFF National and International shorts compet

Delighted to have sphagnum - a poetry/dance film at this festival - massive thanks to collaborators Lewis Landini Filmmaker and dancer Inari Hullkonnen hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/movies/hebde...

Image announcing the launch of North Sea Poets on 1st March, 2025. Features a sunset photo of a beach, a logo with blue waves, and the names of poets Kathleen Jamie, Niall Campbell, Karen Solie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lisa Brockwell, and Lesley Harrison.

Introducing North Sea Poets. We run online masterclasses, workshops and webinars for poets and readers in the UK and Ireland (and for early birds and night owls planet-wide).

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Follow @northseapoets.bsky.social to learn more

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Really looking forward to running this again this summer. Places still available.

There are many takes on the William Carlos Williams original of this poem but this one sounds most like it is being spoken by someone from Leeds.

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A gorgeous sunset this evening. Red sky at night shepherds delight! But it is very chilly out there. I saw a kestrel today and three roe deer.

Our Poetry Review reading groups have been meeting this week to discuss poems from the winter issue of the magazine, including poems by Crispin Best, Nejra Ćehić and Meg Day. Why not join us next time - groups meet online and in person every quarter.

This is well worth looking at

Very sad to hear this news.

Will sign too, Jack.

A very useful starter pack for Canadian poets compiled by @phillipcrymble.bsky.social

New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025

The New Writing Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open for entries: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...

- Top prize: £1,100
- Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley (@shreyasenhan on Insta)
- Donating £1 from each entry to the brilliant creative writing charity First Story

#flashfiction #writingcommunity

‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’: Two newly discovered poems by Virginia Woolf Two poems by Virginia Woolf have resurfaced. I found them tucked in the back of a folder of letters to her niece Angelica Bell in the Harry Ransom Center

‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’: Two newly discovered poems by Virginia Woolf www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/p...

I hope you enjoy this wintery prose poem from my collection, ‘ Alice and the North’. It was down to about -10 here last night!

Glad to be home. A cold night ahead here in Yorkshire. I am editing anew poetry collection for Valley Press - do you like the working title - ‘The Language of Now’ ?

Hello there! Good to see you here!

Ice in grass

Wall

Winter trees

A great winter walk in the Craggs today, West Yorkshire - freezing and skeletal

Always loved the shipping forecast!

Poetry Film - Wainsgate - Anne Caldwell, Lewis Landini inspired by dancer Inari Hulkkonen YouTube video by Anne Caldwell

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windswept is a poetry film by me with Filmmaker Lewis Landini inspired by an exercise by Dance Artist Inari Hulkkonen. It comes from a residency at Wainsgate Chapel. I hope you enjoy it. #poetryfilm #poetry #poetrycommunity

I thought this was fabulous

Great selection of reading for the Xmas break! Poetry and short stories that are a delight - Books from @helenivory.bsky.social Amanda Dalton and Gaia Holmes.

Cheers! 👍

So helpful! Thanks.

Hello Bluesky people! I have just joined. A very merry festive season to you all. I am working on a new collection of poems at the moment. Watch this space!

Lovely!