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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 16h

Back from the Durham Book Festival with lots of signed books from Susanna Clarke, including her new publication The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City. Great to hear her talk about the genesis of Strange & Norrell, the north, and her creative process.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It was lovely to be invited to the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University's Celebrating Success event recently in recognition of New Famous Phrases winning the UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day! This year's @poetrydayuk.bsky.social theme is "Wonder" so if anyone is "wondering" what to read next they could give my UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award winning collection New Famous Phrases a go. Message me if you would like a signed copy. #NationalPoetryDay

A copy of the poetry collection New Famous Phrases by Daniel Hinds

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I reread Ted Hughes's debut The Hawk in the Rain recently. It is frontloaded with startling classics, the title poem, The Jaguar, The Thought-Fox, & The Horses that announced the arrival of a major new poet. The collection dips a bit in the middle & ends with emotive war poems.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is now a month away until my upcoming poetry reading with the wonderful @corinnaboard.bsky.social for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social. The event will be on the 19th October, 7pm UK time, online. Audience tickets & open mic tickets available if you would like to read a poem too. Link to register below.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I will be reading poems with @corinnaboard.bsky.social for the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social on the 19th October 7pm, online. Audience & open mic tickets are now available! I'll be reading from my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection New Famous Phrases. Link below for tickets.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A few new arrivals from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, that I've been meaning to read for a while: Megan Pattie's Bertha Comes Down, Steve Ely @steveeely.bsky.social and Michael Faint's @ansolasoir.com Orasaigh, and Ricky Momahan Brown's @rickyballboy.bsky.social Drawer of Letters.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Bought a present for myself this week: The Poems of Sylvia Plath from @faberbooks.bsky.social. It is massive!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I read the translated edition of Julijana Velichkovska's collection of prose poems, Reißverschluss, from Struga Poetry Evenings recently. I particularly enjoyed the section 'unfairy tales', feminist rewritings of stories like the little mermaid & Cinderella. Great to hear her read at the event too!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thanks very much to Andrew Duncan for this review of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases in Litter Magazine! 'He is what you would call a formalist – the leading features are intelligence and creativity'. Link to the full review below.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I read two translated books of poetry on the journey back from the Struga Poetry Evenings Festival. Gaia Giovagnoli's witchy Babajaga poems have a nicely realised creepy atmosphere. Alen Bešić's poems feature precise character sketches of artistically disaffected men.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My subscriber copy of The Poetry Review from the @poetrysociety.org.uk has arrived. Particularly looking forward to reading the conversation between Major Jackson and Nick Makoha, two poets whose work I admire. I was fortunate to hear Major Jackson read at Newcastle Uni a few years ago.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A reading from New Famous Phrases outside the historic St. Mary Peribleptos church in Ohrid. I've never needed sunglasses for a poetry reading before! I've never even needed sunglasses in Newcastle before!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Pictured with Pàdraig MacAoidh, the Makar of Scotland. Peter has thought really deeply about languages, their survival, interactions, and translation and it was a joy to hear him read. He is also a really amusing, great guy! I'll be seeking out more of his poems to read.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Fantastic to share a stage with the President of Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, this week for a televised reading from New Famous Phrases. Great to see poetry being given such a high profile platform and national attention in Macedonia.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The poet and the translator. By all accounts from all the Macedonians I spoke to, Gorjan Kostovski has done a tremendous job with his translation! I found the translation process really rewarding, revisiting the meaning, allusions, word choice, & inspirations for the poems.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Reading and discussing New Famous Phrases at Europe House in Struga with Gorjan Kostovski who translated the book into Macedonian.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Back from the Struga Poetry Evenings Festival after receiving the UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award for best debut poetry collection for my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book New Famous Phrases, & having a new Macedonian language edition of the book published. Lots more pictures incoming!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Thanks to Asymptote Journal for this article on my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection New Famous Phrases winning the UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award for a debut collection. Looking forward to attending the Struga Poetry Evenings Festival!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Thrilled to announce that I have won the UNESCO international Bridges of Struga Award for a debut poetry book from Struga Poetry Evenings for my collection New Famous Phrases published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. Thanks so much to all of the judges for their kind words about the book!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Really enjoyed attending a poetry reading by John Challis & Linda Anderson this week at the @litandphil.bsky.social, reading from new books published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social & @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social. I'm a big fan of John's work, so have been really looking forward to his new collection!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A new arrival today from the Poetry Book Society, Martina Evans's Drunken Driving, published by @carcanet.bsky.social.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

There is also an interview about my poetry collection forthcoming in the next @tedhughessociety.bsky.social issue of Ted Hughes Studies. This is something of a dream come true for me, as I devoured all the issues of the journal when I was writing my undergraduate disseration on Ted Hughes!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Delighted to have 3 poems from my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection in the latest issue of Recklings, the @tedhughessociety.bsky.social publication. Alongside the poems there are explanations of how Ted Hughes has influenced and inspired my poetry.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Bought a new copy of Ted Hughes's Difficulties of a Bridegroom as my old copy from my student days was ex-library and in pretty poor condition. One of my favourite short story collections! The structure of this book is really important to any understanding of Hughes's goddess quest.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Thanks very much to Confluence Magazine for this lovely review of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases. Link to the full review below.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I read Ted Hughes's Meet My Folks for the first time in April. Interesting to see how early he established himself as a children's author. I particularly enjoyed the last poem 'My Own True Family' which, like much of his work, has a characteristically strong ecological theme.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Delighted to have my poem Acedia published in this magazine. Love the cute sloth illustration too!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I attended Max Porter's @englishpen.bsky.social lecture this week. Given the experimental forms of his books it was no surprise it was delivered in poetic style with musical accompaniment! @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @nclanews.bsky.social @pretitaneja.bsky.social @dnlgorman.bsky.social

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Had no idea this new Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath was on the way. Exciting news!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Finished reading Max Porter's Shy. I think this is Porter's best book yet. The narrative is really propulsive and compelling and he seems completely at ease in the form he uses to tell it. Just Lanny still to read!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Read The Death of Francis Bacon yesterday. I don't know very much about Francis Bacon, so am probably not the most insightful commentator! But you can see how Porter's writing has developed, there is a greater level of complexity here and the text leans more towards a modernist style.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Reread Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers today. I think the most impressive achievement of this book is structural - sustaining a clear narrative in a poetic form like this can be challenging. The voice of The Boys is where the book shines most for me.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I've been reading/rereading Max Porter's books in preparation for attending his upcoming PEN lecture at Newcastle University. Really looking forward to the event! @newcastleuni.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @nclanews.bsky.social

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I read Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became and Other Stories for the first time this week. They are very much in the vein of Aesop's Fables and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, animal stories with depth. There are some continuities with the creation stories in Crow too.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I read The Iron Woman this week, the sequel to The Iron Man. I don't think I had read this before; I certainly knew the plot, but likely from researching my Undergraduate dissertation on Ted Hughes. It is more of a novella than the 1st & strongly foregrounds the ecological themes.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Happy Siblings Day! To celebrate my twin brother @craighinds.bsky.social and I were featured in this @newcastleuni.bsky.social article. The photos are of our 1st day of school & the last day of undergrad for our graduation (I'm on the left in both pictures in true Ant & Dec fashion!). Link below.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Reread The Iron Man this week, which inspired the poem Earth Giant from my collection. I think this was likely the 1st writing by Ted Hughes I encountered. I can remember reading it in Primary School but not sure if I read it or saw The Iron Giant animated film 1st. It really is a perfect fairy tale

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The New Northern Poets Scheme from @thewordupnorth.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social is open for applications. I was a NNP a few years ago & it was a great experience, so if you are a northern poet who hasn't published a collection yet, this could be a great opportunity. Link in my reply below.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This week my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases had its book birthday. Here it is celebrating its 1 year anniversary with a Mini Eggs cake. I also had some lovely news about the collection this week, fulfilling a poetry dream of mine from my undergraduate days.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Delighted to have my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases as Book of the Month in The Candyman's Trumpet magazine, which features this wonderful & insightful review from @kent-nj.bsky.social & 2 poems from the collection. Thanks very much to Nigel & Jack Caradoc!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I just reread it recently, but I couldn't resist getting the new edition of Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My copy of @magmapoetry.bsky.social has arrived! Looking forward to reading this.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Next person to order a signed copy of New Famous Phrases gets a free bonus book, Karen McCarthy Woolf's Unsafe, as I have accidentally ended up with two.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Happy World Poetry Day! I have a fresh box of signed copies of my debut poetry collection New Famous Phrases if anyone would like a copy (all sold out from the 1st box!). £12.99 and free postage for the UK. #WorldPoetryDay

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Huge congratulations to my publisher @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social for winning Small Press of the Year for Wales at the British Book Awards. I have seen firsthand the professionalism and hard work of @godzillakent.bsky.social and everyone at Broken Sleep Books. Well deserved!

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Thanks so much to Nigel Kent @kent-nj.bsky.social for the wonderful review on his website of my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection: 'Taken together, the poems in New Famous Phrases reveal a writer of extraordinary imaginative range and technical skill.' Link to the full review below.

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Happy World Book Day! We are also approaching the 1 year anniversary of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases. A fresh box has just arrived, as I sold all my previous copies so if anyone would like a signed copy, please let me know! @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social

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Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I dropped in to @kent-nj.bsky.social website to discuss a poem, 'Death by Earth', from my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection New Famous Phrases as well as the wider collection. This is the most I've talked in prose about my poetics, so please give it a read! Link to the article below.

Screenshot of Drop-In article by Daniel Hinds on Nigel Kent's website

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