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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thank you to the editors at @inkandescentuk.bsky.social and congrats to all those longlisted!

Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Delighted to receive my contributor's copy of #alchemyspoon Issue 19 - the poetry editor gods have been kindly this summer. www.clayhangerpress.co.uk/store/p68/Th...

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The Alchemy Spoon Issue 19 (Child)

Issue 19 of The Alchemy Spoon

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Really proud to have a poem in this wonderful anthology, my author copies of which arrived this morning. Thank yous to @arachnepress.bsky.social, #CherryPotts and @jeremydixonpoet.bsky.social for all your diligent work in making this book possible. #poetry #poets #lgbtqpoetry

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

write.walklistencreate.org/wr_instance/on-pilgrimage-a-sacred-place/ Honoured to be runner-up in @walklistencreate.org's competition, On Pilgrimage - A Sacred Place, and have 3 other poems included. All manner of places can be pilgrimage sites: claypits, trees, riverbanks, unique public toilets...

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On Pilgrimage – A Sacred Place

A spiritual journey on a sacred route, or a personal journey in search of oneself, a challenge for charity, a ritual of repetition, or a holiday with a difference, following a musical idol or sporting...

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

write.walklistencreate.org/wr_writing/t... Delighted to have two poems (both inspired by the extraordinary summer of 2020) published as part of the Raising Voices Project by @mklitfest.bsky.social, both of which include audio recordings, photography and a marked location within the city.

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The Plague Field, 2020

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Really pleased to have three poems published at MIR Online (produced at Birkbeck, my MA alma mater). The first two reference my late father, who would have been 100 this month. mironline.org/poetry/the-l...

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THE LONDON EXPRESS/A FINAL BED/PROTEST, Dave Wakely – MIR ONLINE

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking". (Info in alt text.)

A photograph I took quite early on New Year's Day, 2019, while walking on the Isle of Purbeck during the research for my book Ring The Hill, not long before I did a tweet using the photo and this same caption. I imagine it won't have as much impact here, since loads of people have since reused it, and the phrase is now more widely known. It is still very very true, though. Lots of things are solved by walking. Although not everything, obviously.

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Surprised, very pleasantly, to have a poem in the next issue of The Pomegranate, written in response to a Van Gogh painting and accompanied by its image. A beautifully designed magazine, btw: website at thepomegranatelondon.com where Issue 10 will be available shortly.

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Join Geoff Andrews to explore Labour's hidden history and radicalisms through the ideas of its leading thinkers. www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev... #politics #labourparty #history

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Two wonderful poets - join them in-person or watch from home on livestream, 25 April. Tickets on sale now.

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Writers of Bucks, Beds and Northants! You have 7 days to submit #poems/#shortstories/#creativenonfiction that could be performed at our April Festival! Submit a piece about a specific place in #MiltonKeynes by 30 March: www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice... #submissionsopen

Submit your writing about Milton Keynes for the Raising Voices Project

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Writer/broadcaster Jonn Elledge takes a witty, surprising look at world history through its borders, and stories they tell about political identities and human folly. www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev... #border #geopolitics #jonnelledge @ouliterature.bsky.social

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Creative Writing tutor Toby Litt offers advice, ideas, and tricks for writing better dialogue with greater ease and confidence. www.mklitfest.org/in-person-ev... #writingworkshop #writingdialogue

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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Join us on Sat 28 March for Earth Hour: Writing by Candlelight. We'll meet at 8pm GMT on Zoom for readings & inspiration before lighting candles & switching off for Earth Hour 8.30-9.30pm GMT. email poetsfortheplanet@gmail.com with the subject: Earth Hour & we'll send you the link the day before

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

www.instagram.com/reel/DWECeIU...

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

@davewakely.bsky.social and those who aren't on Bsky, but are just as keen on queer resistance Kate Foley Gwenhwyfar Ferch Rhys Joshua Linney Alyson Hallett Mwelwa Chilekwa Robert Hamberger Rowan Carteret Jane Aldous Donna Nì Conor Teddy Mills Abhi Abu Leila Arun Jeetoo Carmina Masoliver

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Honoured to have a poem in Issue 18 of 14poems - available from them at www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/issue-18 for those who support small presses. Thanks to editors Troy Cabida and Helen Bowell, and to Sean Hewiit, Richard Scott, Derek Jarman and Jeanette Winterson for inadvertent inspiration.

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A poem in the new edition of Caduceus Journal, with thanks to the poetry editor, Dawn Gorman @dawnpoet.bsky.social caduceus.info

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Tomorrow night (Tues 9th) in-person or online: a fascinating new website launches, with live readings of 12 excellent pieces of original writing about our city Tickets (free): www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoiceslaunch

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Honoured to be shortlisted for this forthcoming anthology - please support @arachnepress.bsky.social through their crowdfunder if you are able (and spreading the word is also a fine form of generosity)

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Delighted and more than a little honoured to be reading in such talented company at 3pm on westwiltsradio.com today (and available on the Play Again pages from early next week). "There should be a recipe. How to Make a Perfect Day at Home..."

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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass – Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3

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The Magic of Bogs – Poets for the Planet

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Delighted to be reading tonight for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social fundraiser event - all welcome! www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Delighted to have a poem, As if, on Poem Alone. Thx editor Colin Dardis (@purelypoetry.bsky.social‬_, and ‪@annasaund.bsky.social‬ (Cheltenham Poetry Festival) and ‪@clareshawpoet.bsky.social‬, whose workshops helped mould my imagination into finer shape. poemalone.blogspot.com/2025/08/dave...

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Dave Wakely: As if...

As if the contours of a tune could outline the route of a voyage, the skyline of a view, the way that a drawing maps the dancing of a pencil...

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Join local author Will Burns for a place-based creative workshop providing a framework for new writing with Milton Keynes and its environs at its heart. www.mklitfest.org/cityofstories @troubledstriker.bsky.social #WillBurns #writingworkshop #shortstories

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Free event with Helen Bowell will help you write poems mining memory, history and place to paint pictures of MK. Places limited: please pre-book. www.mklitfest.org/poetryaboutp... #helenbowell #writingworkshop #poetry #miltonkeynes

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

All stories take place somewhere. Belfast-born fiction writer Paul McVeigh and Coventry-born poet Cathy Galvin invite you to disrupt your usual writing practice and look again at the familiar landscape of home. www.mklitfest.org/lookagain @cathygalvin.bsky.social @wordfactoryuk.bsky.social

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We're always going to recommend reading, of course, so why not try a few minutes perusing our Spring Festival Programme. Starts next week: 4 days, 18 events, and packed with books, words, writers and ideas! www.mklitfest.org/downloads #bookfest #books #miltonkeynes

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Download a Programme | MK Lit Fest 2025

A fabulous festival of books, words, writers and ideas that celebrates everything literary, bookish or wordy - download a programme!

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Writers of #BUCKINGHAMSHIRE #bedfordshire + #northants, 2 weeks left to send us your #poems or #flashfiction to celebrate May Day or any of its associations. Details: www.mklitfest.org/dreams-for-b... #writingcompetition #creativewriting #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #miltonkeynes

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Podcast of Episode 4 of our #FreeSpeech and #Literature series - #Translation and #Censorship - is now available to listen. Translators Sawad Hussain and Monica Cure discussed taboos, cultural difference, banned words + more with Daria Chernysheva. mklitfest.org/podcasts @monicacure.bsky.social

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Podcasts | MK Lit Fest

Podcasts available from Milton Keynes Literary Festival.

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Ellen Meister 💙 @ellenmeister.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Oh, Dorothy. You speak to me. #DorothyParker

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Dave Wakely @davewakely.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Very pleased to have this poem in the new issue of The Alchemy Spoon.

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