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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 8h

You should go and see Rachel. She's very good, but also, the balls it takes to do a post like this - in a climate where comedians are encouraged to post nothing but wins, forever - merits your attendance on its own.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20h

My October gigs: 7 Croydon 8 Deal SOLD OUT 9 Norwich 10 Colchester SOLD OUT 14 Loughborough SOLD OUT 15 Manchester 16 Ulverston 21 Kidderminster 22 Glasgow 23 Aberdeen 24 Stirling SOLD OUT 28 Stamford 29 Bury St E 30 Corsham SOLD OUT 31 Oxford SOLD OUT More details here: brianbilston.com/events/

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Here’s a page dedicated to forthcoming events where I’ll be out and about, reading poems, signing books and generally inflicting myself on an unsuspecting or unreceptive public: Autumn …

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to see me in Ilkley and Malton over the last couple of days. Excited to have a kitten come along to last night’s show, too. Next up … 7th: CROYDON Fairfield Ashcroft Theatre 8th: DEAL Astor Theatre *sold out* 9th: NORWICH The Halls 10th: COLCHESTER Arts Centre *sold out*

A pic of me reading poems poems at the Ilkley Literature won Saturday.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That’s exciting - Florence Park is just around the corner from me. (I didn’t write these out myself, honest)

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you so much for coming along. The bookshop was Morten’s Booksellers. They’re based in Manchester.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Check out what's on today at ILF - Saturday 3rd October! You can still book tickets for many events at ilkleylitfest.org.uk

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks to everyone at Darwen Library Theatre - coming out to listen to poetry on a Friday night is not for the faint-hearted. This evening I’m in Ilkley, reading poems at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. Hope to see a few of you there. www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/16-br...

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16. Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside - Ilkley Literature Festival

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Catch Brian at ILF tomorrow! Learn more and book - www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/16-br...

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16. Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside - Ilkley Literature Festival

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That might be enough to get me that much-coveted two star review.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you to the fine folks assembled at Warwick Arts Centre last night for a terrific evening. Tonight, I’m going to be in Darwen, for the second of my shows this autumn in the north-west of England. Just a few tickets left for that one. uk.web.patrontools.com/_BWDVenues/P...

A poster featuring my shows in the north-west of England this autumn, including Darwen, Manchester, ULVERSTON, Chorley and Liverpool.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you. That Earl of Newton-le-Willows poem is in How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also take three seconds to look at, then done. Thank you for providing one of the more encouraging reviews of the tour.

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

National Poetry Day 1. John Hegley: Glad to Wear Glasses (1990) Mostly poems about dogs and (reading) glasses - and all the better for it! A lovely collection.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Excellent. I’d always dreamt I’ve being published in The People’s Friend.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I recommend the Everyman edition, hardback, about 880pp.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks for being part of a lovely evening, Frederica.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks very much. I’ve got my mum and dad coming tonight, though, so I’m going to hang out with them beforehand. See you later!

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On National Poetry Day, here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Power of Poetry

with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,

it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,

so he reached for his copy
of The Complete Works of Yeats

and bludgeoned the President
of the United States

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you so much to those who made it to Harpenden last night to hear me read some poems at the Eric Morecambe Centre. This evening, I’m at Warwick Arts Centre for yet more poems. It’s National Poetry Day today so attendance is pretty much compulsory. www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/Un8...

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Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside - Warwick Arts Centre

Join the UK’s most popular poet, Brian Bilston, for a hilarious evening of poetry. Featuring work from his latest collection, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That’s funny. I feel like that’s a metaphor for being young.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You say that, but it’s not as easy as it looks

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Apparently Harpenden qualifies as being in the East of England, although it doesn’t strike me as being particularly eastern. Anyhow, I’ll be heading further that way in October: Norwich, Bury St Edmunds and Colchester.

A poster advertising my shows in the East of England:
30 Sep Harpenden
9 Oct Norwich
10 Oct Colchester (sold out)
29 Oct Bury St Edmunds

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m bringing my poems to Harpenden tonight - at the Eric Morecambe Centre, where I’ll be reading all the right words, but not necessarily in the right order. Tickets available here: everyonetheatres.com/whats-on/bri...

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Brian Bilston: How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

Showing at The Eric Morecambe Centre…With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell-out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets. He has published ...

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking forward to returning to Warwick Arts Centre this Thursday, the first of two shows I’ll be doing in the West Midlands on this tour (also Kidderminster on 21st Oct). Tix still available. There may also be some tickets left, too. www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/Un8...

A pic featuring me and my cat and the news that I’ll be at Warwick Arts Centre on 1st October, 7.30 kick-off.

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Willgoose @willgoose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For anyone on the verge of buying a ticket, please do as it’s a wonderful evening. The critical review of ,,,;;pppppp’[[[[[[[[[;’;//////////////////3, had me doubled up in laughter.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That’s very kind of you - thanks for coming along.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you, Debbie. That’s very kind of you.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“The Cronx”. I like that. See you very soon!

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ha! I did think about getting a T-shirt of that hand. Perhaps I still will. Great to meet you on Saturday.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks so much, Emily. Lovely to meet you, too. The public transport woes were definitely worth it. Look forward to seeing your mum reading her poems on stage soon.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m back on the road on Wednesday. Here’s where I’m heading: 30 Sep: HARPENDEN 1 Oct: COVENTRY 2 Oct: DARWEN 3 Oct: ILKLEY LIT FESTIVAL 4 Oct: MALTON 7 Oct: CROYDON 8 Oct: DEAL (SOLD OUT) 9 Oct: NORWICH 10 Oct COLCHESTER (SOLD OUT) More info on these shows is here: brianbilston.com/events/

brianbilston.com

Events

Here’s a page dedicated to forthcoming events where I’ll be out and about, reading poems, signing books and generally inflicting myself on an unsuspecting or unreceptive public: Autumn …

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

After two fantastic evenings in Winchester and Guildford, the first leg of my autumn tour is at an end. Thank you to everyone who came along, despite all the poetry. A mere forty more shows to go.

A billboard created by Jeremy Deller declaring ‘More poetry is needed’.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thank you, Jo. Lovely to meet you. And you did well to get yourself first in line!

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If it’s going to kick off anywhere, it’ll be at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks so much for coming along, Liz

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks, John. Really lovely to meet you and I don’t recall any fat bloke at the end of the queue so you must have been hallucinating.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don’t think so, which is probably just as well for everyone.

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