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Emma Woodford

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Poet COO European Policy Centre Feminist Insta: emmawoodford1, emmahibou (poetry follows) Poetry pamphlet available here: www.hedgehogpress.co.uk/product-cat… Wingless I Watch, Hedgehog Poetry Press

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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
If you haven't heard of Poets for the Planet until now please take a look at our website for more information about who we are and what we do. Our artwork was created by the wonderful Henny Beaumont. #poetrysky #nationalpoetryday poetsfortheplanet.org.uk
Blue and white watercolour painting with Poets for the Planet in large letters painted across the centre
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Starting in a month! A brand new Novel Accountability Group - let us NAG you and may this be the year you finaly write. That. Book. bit.ly/4kGUm2V #amwriting #booksky #novelwriting
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
18 to 20 Sept 2025, on the island of Lopud, a special literary festival takes place - the Book Bridge festival. Immerse yourself in breathtaking nature, transformative conversations and memorable dinners. We could not recommend it more - see the glimpses of last year and join us: bit.ly/3ZyYhX3
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Kier Starmer, the man who made Labour the right wing populist vote. He doesn't deserve to be a member of the Labour party.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
What's up? Poetry! The Resilient Poets of Brussels are coming together for the first time under the @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social umbrella to bring you an night of resilience, frivolity and beautiful words. Come and join us! May 24th, www.wordcraft-collective.eu/courses
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Where's Cardinal Wallo
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Katja Knezevic @katjaknezevic.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
In one week! Let @emmaineurope.bsky.social guide you through Plath's power and imagery - I attended Emma's first Plath workshop and had the most inspiring time. Highly recommend.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I'm looking forward to hosting this workshop on April 26th. See you there...
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Here's one for the participants of our retreat last weekend. A place to submit what you wrote in @emmaineurope.bsky.social's nature poetry workshop!🌳🪻📚
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
We a wonderful time at our first ever writers retreat. Thank you to all participants for your enthusiasm, and for the great conversations and many laughs! And the weather gods deserve a thanks too of course. 📚☀️
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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This is PACK TWO of a series of three starter packs of members of the wonderful #poetrycommunity: supporters of poetry, specialist journals, competitions. But above all #POETS. (It's full.) Please follow the great people inside and repost the pack if you can #booksky #poetry
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European Policy Centre @epc-official.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
📢STARTING NOW Europe: Strength through crisis with António Costa, President of the European Council EPC's Thought Leadership Forum kicks off at 14.00 With opening remarks by Herman Van Rompuy and followed by a Q&A with Brigid Laffan Follow the livestream: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
TOGETHER WE ARE POWERFUL In a world filled with division and discrimination, a group of change makers came together for this @epc-official.bsky.social publication on allyship and equality #IWD www.epc.eu/en/Publicati... @joannamaycock.bsky.social @president.europarl.europa.eu
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Together we are powerful
Together we are powerful
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
For #EarthHour join the Wordcraft Collective and Poets for the Planet for online inspiration ahead of writing by candle light. Hosted by @emmaineurope.bsky.social The European edition (CET) of the event is taking place at 19:30-20:30 CET on 22 March. Sign up: tinyurl.com/3zs3hnff #Poetry
European Poets for the Planet Candle Write
22 March, 19:30-20:30
Virtual gathering of the Poets for the Planet for an hour of inspiration before we switch off for Candle Write
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European Policy Centre @epc-official.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📢 To the Point | Europe must go higher ✍ By Emma Woodford Equality is at the heart of the EU’s mandate. Discover why Europe must rise above short-term compromises to safeguard its core values. Read here👉 epc.eu/en/publicati... #Equality #EU #HumanRights
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Europe must go higher
Europe must go higher
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We Lived Happily During the War Ilya Kaminsky
Poem by Ilya Kaminsky
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/we-lived-happily-during-the-war
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 02/03/2025
Tomorrow is #LiftToTheSky! 🌟 Get ready to tag @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and the poet/press who inspires you. Share: A quote, review, or why a poem moved you. Use the graphics attached and pin the feed: shorturl.at/nR9VF. #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Happy to read my tribute to environmental defender Homero Gomez Gonzales in @allegropoetry.bsky.social today. Grab your copy here www.allegropoetry.org/p/issue-34-m...
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Chris Kremidas-Courtney @christhalassa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We should be thanking HIM and the brave Ukrainian people since they are fighting for OUR security.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Munich 1938. Munich 2025. Appeasement. Naivety. Only Trump is no Neville Chamberlain. And the US appears in no mood to "backstop"
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Did you know that we don't only offer writing courses but an oral storytelling course as well? 🎤✨ Read more and sign up ➡️ tinyurl.com/Wordcraft-Co...
The power of personal story.

Thursdays 13/3, 20/3, 27/3 and 3/4
18:30-21:00

4-week oral storytelling course
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Never going to stop shouting about this. You need to buy trans books now. Especially in hardcopy or DRM free formats. Don't say "it'll never happen." Look around. It's already happening.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It's official, one more European country forms a right to far right government, don't be fooled by the inclusion of Vooruit, the apparently socialist party, their leader has made many racist statements in the recent past www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Belgium to form government after seven months of negotiations
The coalition government will be led by the conservative New Flemish Alliance party’s Bart De Wever
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
With all eyes on Trump 2.0 it is easy to loose sight of what is happening right in here Europe. Tomorrow the Patriot Network, are attempting to hold a meeting in the Vlaams Parlement Offices in Brussels. This will not do! www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1415...
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Far-right Patriots Network allowed to hold conference in Flemish Parliament this week
"It's a scandal that the Nazi salutes are entering the Flemish Parliament," a Brussels anti-fascist group said in response to the news.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Fill our feeds with this. Not the other.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
If we can say "I love my work. I believe in my work. It’s my life. I stand by it.” that is success. Congratulations Peter Gizzi. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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‘There’s a majesty to grief’: TS Eliot poetry prize winner Peter Gizzi
The American writer won the prestigious prize for Fierce Elegy, a collection informed by the deaths of his family members. He explains why poetry is like friendship – and why he loves small words
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Janis A. Emmanouilidis @jaemmanouilidis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"Trump’s presidency represents new watershed moment: policies of next US administration aren’t just likely to put #EU at a global disadvantage, they will threaten its core objectives of prosperity, sustainability, security & democracy." Read paper by @FabianZuleeg & me here: epc.eu/content/Euro...
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Don't eat your Christmas tree! Now you have heard it all 🎄🎄https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/07/belgium-christmas-tree-food-advisory?CMP=share_btn_url
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A tree is just for Christmas, not for dinner, Belgian food agency warns
Message came after northern city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifer as a dish
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Happy launch day to me! Yesterday..ok..but today too 🤣. Let me know if you would like to buy a copy, and I'll send one your way or order via Hedgehog Press
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
@lesoir.bsky.social these are not les Viols de Mazan, but the rape of a woman. She is a human, not a town. www.lesoir.be/645459/artic...
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Viols de Mazan : 17 accusés ont fait appel, un second procès prévu en 2025
Condamné à 20 ans de prison après le procès qui l’opposait à son ex-femme Gisèle, Dominique Pelicot ne fait pas appel. Dix-sept autres accusés ont fait appel, a annoncé le procureur général ce lundi.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
So the world’s richest man, who grew up under apartheid in South Africa and now pulls the mentally deteriorating incoming U.S. president’s strings, has written an op-ed urging Germans to elect a neo-Nazi government. Got that?
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Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right Party
The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party AfD, as Germany prepares for elections.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 28/12/2024
European and Brussels readers who pay for Politico, take note of the owner platforming a foreign anti-European and anti-democratic billionaire.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Being a part of EUrope means so much more, but a standard charger is a Good Thing too
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
@alanparry83.bsky.social #naturalreckoning written on my long car journey home today. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Looking forward to reading this thread!
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Which books will you he reading this year?
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Welcome to the account of the Wordcraft Collective! Our aim is to bring writers working in English and living in Brussels and Belgium together in a community. You can subscribe to our newsletter to stay up with our news here too: www.wordcraft-collective.eu
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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
So, what do we do? Every last Saturday of the month, we write together in silence, everyone working on their own projects. We also have regular read togethers, writing courses and workshops. In 2025 we will also host the first WCC writing retreat in beautiful Belgium. www.wordcraft-collective.eu
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I'm excited to welcome the @wordcraft-blx.bsky.social to Bluesky! Calling all poets and writers in Brussels and Belgium to join our writing community.
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
It says a lot about beautiful #bluesky that my feed is a fine balance of solstice wishes, poetry and current affairs this morning. A lot of love for the receeding darkness and rising light, I wish the same for the human world, but think we have a long way to go in worse times than these first
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
POETS!! Share your own best original Christmas poem (just one) in the comments below and we’ll spotlight our favourite one on Christmas Eve. You know what to do!!!
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santa claus is flying in a sleigh with reindeer .
ALT: santa claus is flying in a sleigh with reindeer .
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I've got mine and it's a real Christmas gem 🥰🎄🤶🎅🌲
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Gayle J. Greenlea @gjgreenlea.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Look what a X-mas angel left in my tree! The @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Christmas & Winter Anthology full of exquisite art by Emma Bissonnet & enchanting poems by the Black Bough poets. Much gratitude to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @elcurwen.bsky.social & all who made this wintry gem possible.
White lights strung around branches and ornaments make a nest for the Black Bough Poetry Christmas & Winter Anthology.
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Nigel Kent @kent-nj.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
So excited about this seeing the light of day. Details shortly on my website about how to buy a copy and about the launch event. Thanks for everything @hedgehogpress.co.uk
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Wingless I Watch is my debut poetry pamphlet, and was written in as much time as it takes an albatross to circumnavigate the earth approximately 26 times Publication Date is January 4th, and you can pre-order it now from www.hedgehogpress.co.uk @hedgehogpress.co.uk
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Pre-orders are possible, just DM me and I'll be in touch with those who already have soon! Thanks to @hedgehogpress.co.uk Mark. I'm happy to see my birds fledging from the clifftops....🦆🐣🕊
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Emma Woodford @emmaineurope.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This makes me proud
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