Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 23hThanks so much for having me, Anna, and for your thought-provoking questions! 013 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaMary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Good morning from York. Enjoyed an evening at the @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for readings by @marymulholland.bsky.social and @corrintachibana.bsky.social and also spent more money on more books aargh 251 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Thank you so much for coming @maryealasaid.bsky.social and good to chat after the reading. Hope York is as sunny as Newcastle this morning and to see you again soon! Xx 110 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaThe Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Run entirely by writers, this new independent hybrid press is seeking English novels that defy easy categorization. High royalties, total transparency, and an editorial-first approach. themadridreview.com/f/announcing...themadridreview.comAnnouncing The Madrid Review Press:A New Home for Extraordinary Fiction 0146 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I’ve had such a brilliant morning at Birmingham Literature Festival 😊 Thank you to everyone who came along to my poetry writing workshop - it was so inspiring to hear all your wonderful and inventive work! 091 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I am good, thanks. I enjoyed The Poetry Virgins on the Friday with Ellen Phsthean and Charlie Hardwick. It was fab! 010 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Books Bab! I’ve got my official Birmingham Literature Festival t-shirt and I’m really excited to teach my workshop on writing historical figures into our poetry this Saturday. I’m told there are just a handful of tickets left, so do book ASAP if you’d like to join us (link below 👇). 121 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaThe Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026New issue out on Friday - details here: themadridreview.substack.com/p/into-the-n... @roguestrands.bsky.social @annabeerauthor.bsky.social @rickyballboy.bsky.social @acgrayling.bsky.social @pattismithh.bsky.social @richlyevocative.bsky.social @stephenclaughton.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.socialthemadridreview.substack.comInto the Night: The Madrid Review Returns with Issue 9From Patti Smith and A. C. Grayling to the vibrant pulse of independent bookshops, our massive new nocturnal edition explores what blossoms in the dark. It’s here Friday. 0134 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaThe Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All the info on our Issue 9 cover artist and her asemic art... themadridreview.substack.com/p/fugitive-f... ##coverreveal #coverart #asemicart #art #Athens #Greece #poetrythemadridreview.substack.comFugitive from Meaning: Inside the Wordless World of Caterina StamouMeet our cover artist for Issue 9 and explore the ways she shows how abstract, handwritten visual text can liberate literature from the constraints of interpretation. By James Hartley. 061 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaThe Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A look at Hugo Mujica, the Argentine poet whose extraordinary journey from factory worker and conscientious objector to Hare Krishna devotee and Trappist monk led him to a poetry of silence, attention and the Teatro Albadía in Madrid. themadridreview.substack.com/p/hugo-mujic...themadridreview.substack.comHugo Mujica: The Poet Who’s Lived Several LivesFrom factory worker and hippie to Hare Krishna and Trappist monk, the Argentine poet brings a lifetime of searching — and a poetry of silence — to La Abadía. By James Hartley. 041 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaThe Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On the blog today: Scruples, Judith Krantz and Mort Janklow — the 1978 blockbuster that helped redefine what a bestseller could be. themadridreview.com/f/7-from-the... #judithkrantz #1970s #blockbuster #janklow #agent #literaryagent 032 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you to @madridlitmag.bsky.social ‘s James Hartley for the beautiful surprise of this sensitive,wide-ranging review of Skinship @saltpublishing.com @carlrandallart.bsky.social 045 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you to @madridlitmag.bsky.social ‘s James Hartley for the beautiful surprise of this sensitive,wide-ranging review of Skinship @saltpublishing.com @carlrandallart.bsky.social 045 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Very grateful for this wonderful and unexpected review from The Madrid Review’s James Hartley. Thank you so much! 062 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaThe Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana has just published Skinship, her second collection with @saltpublishing — exploring Japan, Britain, intimacy, motherhood, memory and belonging. themadridreview.substack.com/p/when-you-r... #Japan #Japanlife #poetry @saltpublishing.com @corrintachibana.bsky.socialthemadridreview.substack.comWhen You Return, Who Do You Become?The Salt writer Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana’s new collection moves between Japan and Britain, intimacy and estrangement, motherhood and memory. By James Hartley. 1103 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you so much- what a lovely end to Skinship’s first week out in the world! Alex x 010 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brilliant to read with you Catherine & to hear more about The Way The Water Held Me. Thank you. 🥰 163 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Brilliant to read with you Catherine & to hear more about The Way The Water Held Me. Thank you. 🥰 163 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaDr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m really pleased that my poem ‘Tori line’ has found a home in Consilience Journal - I focus on the work to mitigate risks to the albatross and other diving birds from fisheries. Huge thanks to editors Sam and Vaishnavi (and to the unnamed reviewer!) #poetry www.consilience-journal.com/issue-26consilience-journal.comBirds (Issue 26) — ConsilienceIssue 26 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'birds'. 182 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thank you so much Carl for allowing me to use your wonderful Onsen painting on the cover of Skinship. The painting resonates beautifully with many of the themes & images in my collection. 051 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thank you so much Carl for allowing me to use your wonderful Onsen painting on the cover of Skinship. The painting resonates beautifully with many of the themes & images in my collection. 051 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s today! 🎈🥂❣️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1992922985...eventbrite.comOxford Poetry Library Reading: Catherine Redford & Alex Corrin-TachibanaHear award winning poets Catherine Redford and Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana read from their new collections. 023 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCarl Randall @carlrandallart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Nice to see my painting Onsen on a book cover published by @saltpublishing.com. Poems by @corrintachibana.bsky.social the title comes from a Japanese loan word fusing 'skin' and 'kinship’. Like myself, the author spent many years living in Japan, and some of her work touches on those experiences. 082 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’m so looking forward to heading down to Oxford tomorrow to read with my fellow Forward Prizes shortlistee @corrintachibana.bsky.social at Oxford Poetry Library! There are still a few tickets available, so if you’d like to come along you can book one via the link in my bio ✨ 023 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So looking forward to this event at The Oxford Poetry Library tomorrow❣️ 057 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I always ask for the Forward Book of Poetry for Christmas, but this year I won’t need to! This really is a dream come true and I still can’t quite believe it’s happening to me. Thank you so much to @forwardprizes.bsky.social for shortlisting me for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection. 061 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I’ve had a brilliant time at Sutton Coldfield Literary Arts Festival today! Thank you to everyone who came along to my poetry reading and writing workshop. As always, it was an absolute privilege to chat to audience members and to hear others’ stories of grief ❤️ 021 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thanks so much @ameliadowler.bsky.social 023 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thanks so much @ameliadowler.bsky.social 023 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaDr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I hope you get a full class - I really enjoyed the one I attended! 111 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thank you so much Amelia and hope to see you again! X 000 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Thanl you so much Amelia for tge shoutout. I really appreciate it. X 101 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thank you so much @catherineredford.bsky.social an early reader of Skinship, my new poetry collection, out with @saltpublishing.com on Sept 21st! 085 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thank you so much @catherineredford.bsky.social an early reader of Skinship, my new poetry collection, out with @saltpublishing.com on Sept 21st! 085 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thank you so much Catherine. 010 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Thank you so much @poetbex.bsky.social for these kind words about ‘The Way the Water Held Me’ 💙 051 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Fascinating interview, Catherine. Lovely to learn more about your writing experiences and influences. 010 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It’s been great to read about all the @forwardprizes.bsky.social shortlisted poets over the past couple of weeks; I’m so excited to hear everyone read at the awards ceremony in October. Thank you to the team at the Forwards for publishing this interview with me ❤️forwardartsfoundation.orgIn Conversation with Catherine Redford - Forward Arts FoundationWhen did you start writing poetry and what drew you into it? I wrote poetry throughout my childhood and teenage... 121 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaTristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Happy to have these two poems published in the 30 year anniversary edition of Snakeskin! www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk 48217 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaAlexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 07/08/2026So looking forward to this reading with @catherineredford.bsky.social. Thanks in advance to OPL for having us! 055 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 07/08/2026So looking forward to this reading with @catherineredford.bsky.social. Thanks in advance to OPL for having us! 055 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I’ll be at the Oxford Poetry Library on 19 Sept alongside fellow Forward-shortlistee @corrintachibana.bsky.social. I’ll be reading from ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, while Alex will be reading from her brilliant new collection, ‘Skinship’. Hopefully see some of you there! Tickets via link in bio ✨ 051 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I’ve got some exciting events coming up in the Autumn, including a workshop and reading at Sutton Coldfield Literary Arts Festival, a reading with @corrintachibana.bsky.social at the Oxford Poetry Library, and a workshop at the Birmingham Literature Festival. Tickets available via links in bio ✨ 031 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The Forward Prizes have teamed up with Marjorie’s Table to put on a series of workshops exploring the work of this year’s shortlisted poets. It’s really amazing to think of my poems being studied alongside so many brilliant voices from contemporary poetry ❤️eventbrite.co.ukMarjorie's Table x Forward Prize - Ten Workshops on the 2026 ShortlistTen midweek workshops from 7:30-8am (+ recordings) from 31st August -11th September, exploring the 2026 Forward Prize shortlist 032 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Just read this too. Lots to enjoy! 021 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Still buzzing about this. Thank you so much @forwardprizes.bsky.social for this huge acknowledgement of my poem, Madam Gout. Congrats to all the shortlistees! 184 0
Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hope it goes brilliantly! Xx 110 0
Reposted by Alexandra Corrin-TachibanaCatherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 19/07/2026‘Imperfect Bodies’, Ali Isaac’s honest and compelling memoir, is a beautifully-written account of bringing up a disabled child. Here, we find reflections on motherhood, identity, and bodies, but what we ultimately encounter is a deep and enduring love that exists between mother and daughter. 231 0