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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana

@corrintachibana.bsky.social
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Author of ‘Sing me down from the dark’ (SALT; 2022). Worked in higher ed. in U.K. and Japan. Poems in P.N. Review, The North, MAGMA, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House & The Madrid Review. Lover of Things Japanese and proud mother of teenager.

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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 23h
Thanks so much for having me, Anna, and for your thought-provoking questions!
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Mary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Good 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
Two books, Skinship and The Dodo Stories
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Thank 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
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Run 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...
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Announcing The Madrid Review Press:
A New Home for Extraordinary Fiction
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’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!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am good, thanks. I enjoyed The Poetry Virgins on the Friday with Ellen Phsthean and Charlie Hardwick. It was fab!
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Books 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 👇).
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New 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.social
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Into the Night: The Madrid Review Returns with Issue 9
From 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.
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All the info on our Issue 9 cover artist and her asemic art... themadridreview.substack.com/p/fugitive-f... ##coverreveal #coverart #asemicart #art #Athens #Greece #poetry
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Fugitive from Meaning: Inside the Wordless World of Caterina Stamou
Meet 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.
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A 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...
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Hugo Mujica: The Poet Who’s Lived Several Lives
From 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.
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On 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
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank 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
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank 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
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Very grateful for this wonderful and unexpected review from The Madrid Review’s James Hartley. Thank you so much!
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Alexandra 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.social
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When 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.
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you so much- what a lovely end to Skinship’s first week out in the world! Alex x
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Brilliant to read with you Catherine & to hear more about The Way The Water Held Me. Thank you. 🥰
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Brilliant to read with you Catherine & to hear more about The Way The Water Held Me. Thank you. 🥰
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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’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-26
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Birds (Issue 26) — Consilience
Issue 26 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'birds'.
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank 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.
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank 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.
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s today! 🎈🥂❣️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1992922985...
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Oxford Poetry Library Reading: Catherine Redford & Alex Corrin-Tachibana
Hear award winning poets Catherine Redford and Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana read from their new collections.
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Carl Randall @carlrandallart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nice 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.
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’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 ✨
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So looking forward to this event at The Oxford Poetry Library tomorrow❣️
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I 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.
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’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 ❤️
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thanks so much @ameliadowler.bsky.social
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thanks so much @ameliadowler.bsky.social
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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I hope you get a full class - I really enjoyed the one I attended!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you so much Amelia and hope to see you again! X
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thanl you so much Amelia for tge shoutout. I really appreciate it. X
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you so much @catherineredford.bsky.social an early reader of Skinship, my new poetry collection, out with @saltpublishing.com on Sept 21st!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you so much @catherineredford.bsky.social an early reader of Skinship, my new poetry collection, out with @saltpublishing.com on Sept 21st!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you so much Catherine.
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Thank you so much @poetbex.bsky.social for these kind words about ‘The Way the Water Held Me’ 💙
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Fascinating interview, Catherine. Lovely to learn more about your writing experiences and influences.
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’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 ❤️
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In Conversation with Catherine Redford - Forward Arts Foundation
When did you start writing poetry and what drew you into it? I wrote poetry throughout my childhood and teenage...
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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Happy to have these two poems published in the 30 year anniversary edition of Snakeskin! www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Gorgeous pic Wendy!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So looking forward to this reading with @catherineredford.bsky.social. Thanks in advance to OPL for having us!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So looking forward to this reading with @catherineredford.bsky.social. Thanks in advance to OPL for having us!
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’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 ✨
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’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 ✨
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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The 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 ❤️
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Marjorie's Table x Forward Prize - Ten Workshops on the 2026 Shortlist
Ten midweek workshops from 7:30-8am (+ recordings) from 31st August -11th September, exploring the 2026 Forward Prize shortlist
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just read this too. Lots to enjoy!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yes loved it too.
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Still buzzing about this. Thank you so much @forwardprizes.bsky.social for this huge acknowledgement of my poem, Madam Gout. Congrats to all the shortlistees!
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Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @corrintachibana.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hope it goes brilliantly! Xx
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Catherine 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.
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